KathyL227 Wrote:Thanks.
sure.
KathyL227 Wrote:Thanks.
RonPurewal Wrote:mihir Wrote:NEWYORK can't have any PREDATORS in thsi world ha haa (((..
only deer population can have some predators...so it should modify deer population ..not the NEWYORK..
public service announcement: new york and new jersey are two different places.
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the above poster has correctly summarized why 'deer population' is the right noun to follow the opening modifier: there are no predators that threaten to eat new jersey (political metaphors notwithstanding).
i agree that describing a deer population as 'with expanses of green suburban neighborhoods' is somewhat ridiculous - in my mind, it conjures an image of smartly attired deer touring the latest subdivisions along with their antlered sales representatives - but it's better than the awful lack of parallelism in choice d (without natural predators and no hunting allowed - ugh).
never forget that you're often reduced to picking the choice that's least awful, rather than the 'best' one.
RonPurewal Wrote:That's a good question.
I thought about this for a bit. Here's my best answer:
* If the prep phrase does not specifically pertain to the subject at all, then it doesn't matter where the subject is placed.
E.g., "In 1993" is purely the timeframe of an action. It would make no sense at all to say that any person or physical object is/was "in 1993".
So, in the sentence In 1993, I graduated from high school, "In 1993" is describing nothing other than the pure event. It doesn't pertain to any noun.
So, it makes no difference which noun is placed after it.
You could also write In 1993, Dupont Manual High School issued me a diploma.
On the other hand...
* If the prep phrase actually applies to a specific noun, then that noun should be placed directly after it.
E.g.,
With sufficient course credit to skip my first year of college afterward, I graduated from high school.
Here, "With sufficient course credit..." specifically describes me. So, "I" must follow it.
This sentence would be wrong:
*With sufficient course credit to skip my first year of college afterward, Dupont Manual High School issued me a diploma.
Hope that helps.
tim Wrote:agautamdai Wrote:My problem with C was that - has a full sentence in the comma - wildlife officials estimate
This is the issue because a independent clause is placed within another clause ( without any conjunction )
Ron could you please let me know how this is correct...
as Ron would say, it's correct because the GMAT says it's correct. remember, don't question official answers, just internalize this as a valid construction..
You are right that "deer" is an adjective and "the population" is the subject. However, you are wrong that population is essentially a number--it can be quantified with a number, but "a population" is a group of people or animals living in a certain place. The group can have a natural predator.JbhB682 Wrote:On option C, Per my understanding, "Deer" is just an adjective and an adjective CANNOT be the subject of the clause.
Instead the subject of the clause i thought was "Population" only [ i dropped the adjective]
In option C
I don't understand how the noun "Population" (which is essentially a number) -- how can a number have a
- natural predator
Nor can the noun "Population" (which is a number) have
- expanses of green suburban neighborhoods