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GMAT Prep Question From Student: Who/What Is “It” and “Them” Referring To?
How is B correct? What about this pronoun showed that “them” refers to the school districts and “it” refers to the budget? They seem to be too far apart.B is correct.
Do you say
“demand that the money is controlled”
Or
“demand that the money be controlled”You say “I want the house to be built by architects”—instead of “I want the house is built by architects.”
So you choose “demand that the money be controlled”—which is answer B.
But let’s pretend you didn’t know that so you keep reading the sentence.
You asked about “them” in “but it allows them”—it allows who? It allows “the administration.”
You also asked about “it” in “but it allows them”—but who/what allows them to spend?
Well, it’s the budget. You might think it seems too far apart because there’s a lot of FLUFF in the sentence.Try reducing the sentence to:
“The budget for education reflects XYZ, but it [the budget] can only be spent on ABCDEF.”Notice by cutting out the fluff, it is easier to spot what “it” is referring to.
One response to “GMAT Prep Question From Student: Who/What Is “It” and “Them” Referring To?”
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rockrock
an excellent explanation! thanks for the quick response!
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