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Pronoun:A leopard cannot catch a wildebeest as fast as it...

by mithunshah Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:00 pm

A modified MGMAT SC question

'A leopard cannot catch a wildebeest as fast as it can catch a deer'

Is this correct? I think it is. But is it possible that the pronoun it may not have a clear Antecedent (Leapord or wildebeest).

I applied the MGMAT Pornoun reference principles of number, gender, repeat, promximity and case. This is what I got:

IT, Cheetah, Wildbeest

Number: X, X
Gender: X, X
Repeat: - -
Proximity: -, X
Case**: X, -


Case**: It and Cheetah are both subjects and wildbeest is the object.
Further if I break the parallel components into seperate parts, this is what I get,
A Cheetah cannot catch a wildbeest - as fast as-
It can catch a deer
And if you refer to the start of the pronoun chapter, MGMAT says' that if you have 2 clauses and the second clause starts with a pronoun, it can be assumed to refer to the subject of the first clause (though its really far away).

Thoughts?

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Re: Pronoun:A leopard cannot catch a wildebeest as fast as it...

by tim Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:19 pm

the pronoun modifies leopard; we can tell because they are both subjects and this interpretation makes the most sense. to be grammatically correct though, your sentence should replace "fast" with "quickly"..
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