{"id":495,"date":"2011-06-06T16:59:28","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T23:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/?p=495"},"modified":"2022-11-17T14:32:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T09:02:01","slug":"the-quechuans-believed-that-gmatprep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/the-quechuans-believed-that-gmatprep\/","title":{"rendered":"The quechuans believed that \u2026GMATPrep"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">A <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min read <\/span><\/span>\n<address>The Quechuans believed that all things participated in both the material level and the mystical level of reality, and many individual Quechuans claimed to have <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">contact with it directly with<\/span> an ichana (dream) experience.<\/address>\n\n\n\n<address>(A) contact with it directly with<\/address>\n\n\n\n<address>(B) direct contact with it by way of<\/address>\n\n\n\n<address>(C) contact with the last directly through<\/address>\n\n\n\n<address>(D) direct contact with the latter by means of<\/address>\n\n\n\n<address>(E) contact directly with the mystical level due to<\/address>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-what-does-this-question-test\">What does this question test?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This question tests your understanding of pronoun reference and idiomatic usage of &#8220;due to&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-what-does-this-sentence-mean\">What does this sentence mean?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This sentence presents a belief of the Quechuans. &nbsp;They believed that all things participate at both the following levels of reality:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The material level<\/li><li>The mystical level<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore many Quechuans claimed that they contacted the mystical level of reality through a dream experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-what-are-the-errors-in-the-original-sentence\">What are the errors in the original sentence?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this sentence, the reference of the pronoun \u201cit\u201d is not clear. &nbsp;From the meaning of the sentence, it can be inferred that \u201cit\u201d refers to the mystical level of reality. &nbsp;However, the presence of another singular antecedent at the same grammatical level in the sentence \u2013 \u2018material level\u2019 \u2013 creates ambiguity in this pronoun reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-answer-choice-analysis\">Answer Choice Analysis:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Choice A<\/span>: &nbsp;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Pronoun Reference Error.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Choice B<\/span>: &nbsp;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Pronoun Reference Error<\/span> as in Choice A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Choice C<\/span>: &nbsp;The use of expression \u201cwith the last\u201d is <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">un-idiomatic.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Choice D<\/span>: &nbsp;No errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Choice E<\/span>: &nbsp;Use of \u201cdue to\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">changes the meaning <\/span>of the sentence. &nbsp;The sentence now implies a cause and effect sequence &#8211; dream experience was the reason for the contact with mystical level of reality. &nbsp;The intended meaning however is that the contact with the mystical level of reality happened through the dream experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, Choice D is the correct answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-what-are-the-key-take-away-messages\">What are the key take-away messages?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Pronoun \u2013 Antecedent reference should be clear.<\/li><li>\u201cDue to\u201d established a cause &amp; effect relationship. &nbsp;It should be used only when the intended meaning requires such relationship.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Quechuans believed that all things participated in both the material level and the mystical level of reality, and many individual Quechuans claimed to have contact with it directly with an ichana (dream) experience. 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