doubt - usage of "whose"

[murali.inspired]

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the answer for the above question is B as per one of the OG test's Key. But, I suspect the placement of "whose"...please let me know whether it is fine with the option B.

[Willy]

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the answer for the above question is B as per one of the OG test's Key. But, I suspect the placement of "whose"...please let me know whether it is fine with the option B.

All other answer choices are wrong except B.

Yes, I think option B is fine and is the correct answer choice. Though it is strange and weird question but I think "whose families" can correctly modify "young people" jumping off the "blood pressure" because it doesn't make any sense to refer "whose families" to "blood pressure".

I have read "whose" can refer back to things and people. As such nearest noun is "blood pressure".

But can "whose" we jump a noun and refer to another noun? When I see "whose" alone I think it can't but with "whose families" I think it can.

Can "whose" alone jump and if it can please explain under which conditions it can?

Experts please?

[tim]

OG is a banned source; it is illegal to post OG questions anywhere on the web. If you are in one of our classes, please ask OG questions during office hours or before/after class..

remember--
OFFICIALLY CORRECT ANSWERS ARE CORRECT!
do not question officially correct answers!
far too many students on this forum make the mistake of questioning the correct answers; please note that doing so is a complete waste of your time and effort. i.e., exactly 0% of the time that you spend posting "isn't this official answer wrong?" is productive, and exactly 100% of that time is wasted.

"is this correct?" is never a productive question to ask about one of GMAC's correct answers. the answer is always yes.
"is this wrong?" / "is this X type of error?" is never a productive question to ask about one of GMAC's correct answers. the answer is always no.

instead, the questions you should be asking about correct official answers, if you don't understand them, are:
"why is this correct?"
"how does this work?"
"what understanding am i lacking that i need to understand this choice?"

this is a small, but hugely significant, change to your way of thinking.
you will suddenly find it much easier to understand the format, style, and conventions of the official problems if you retire the idea that they might be wrong.

Willy, this is not an issue of jumping at all; it is one of parallelism. if you want to construct a similar (non-copyrighted) sentence to discuss i will be happy to talk about this issue further if you'd like more clarification..

[Willy]

Thank you for the kind reply. I am really poor at constructing sentences. :)

But can you please look into Q116 of OG13 (Q114 in OG12), in this 'whose' is not referring to closest noun i.e. 'funds' but to 'associations'. (I think actually it is 'whose members' referring to 'associations')

[tim]

"whose" can totally refer to "funds" in that one..

[Willy]

"whose" can totally refer to "funds" in that one..

Thank you for the reply. So, it means we have to think about the logical referent of 'whose'? I was forgetting the intended meaning concept. Thank you once again.

[tim]

you always have to think logically on the GMAT.. :)