Nobody knows exactly how many languages there are in the world

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Sentence Correction; I understand that choice A is correct and the best best among the answer choices presented. It technically refers to people who tried to count I believe. But The people doesn't exist in the sentence. Is it permissible for a demonstrative pronoun to exist without any proper antecedent in the sentence?

Great question! You're correct that in most cases, "those" must be preceded by an antecedent in a sentence. However, there is an exception. In GMAT SC and in English in general , the demonstrative pronouns "that" and "those" can be used to introduce a relative clause, without actually using the noun that is being restricted and described by the relative clause. Instead, the noun is simply implied, but not directly stated. So for example, in this sentence, "those who have tried" really means "those people who have tried.

Or, to give a few other examples, you could say "That which is sweet, I will eat for dessert" meaning "that food which is sweet What our students say. Toggle navigation. Published May 19, Understand the meaning of the sentence and determine the logical antecedent Per the sentence: No one knows the exact number of languages in the world This is because of the difficulty of distinguishing between two things: A language Sublanguages and dialects within it.

Take away Message So in this sentence, we went purely by the meaning and decided the logical antecedent for the pronoun. Hence no pronoun ambiguity Where can you get more information? Becuase of 'have found' Nobody knows exactly how many languages there are in the world, partly because of the difficulty of distinguishing between a language and the sub-languages or dialects within it, but those who have tried to count typically have found about five thousand.

I feel the rest of the part is good. C is incorrect. Have is right usage and so A is corrct. Re: Many languages in the world Post by Shawshank » Sun Jul 25, am sulabh wrote: answer is A. So if both A and C seem correct, I always would prefer have tried to count over have tried counting. Post by rohu27 » Thu Apr 07, am re-opening an old thread. I understand how to get to the OA but can someone please explain me the below?

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