Quasars, at billions of light years

[saxenankit]

There is a question in OG similar to the below sentence -

Reteors, at 5 light years from the Earth, are believed to be the .....

Using one incorrect option the above sentence becomes -

Reteors, at 5 light years from the Earth, some believe them to be the .....

The OG explanation says -
The clause - some believe them to be - supplies an object "them" so that Reteors cannot be the object, making the sentence ungrammatical,

Can anyone of the experts rephrase this explanation in simple language

[saxenankit]

There is a question in OG similar to the below sentence -

Reteors, at 5 light years from the Earth, are believed to be the .....

Using one incorrect option the above sentence becomes -

Reteors, at 5 light years from the Earth, some believe them to be the .....

The OG explanation says -
The clause - some believe them to be - supplies an object "them" so that Reteors cannot be the object, making the sentence ungrammatical,

Can anyone of the experts rephrase this explanation in simple language

Dear experts,

I request that any one of you please reply to this question.

Thanks for your valuable time and effort.

[tim]

Dear saxenankit,

I request that you not bump your posts to the end of the queue and then wonder why it took so long for your question to get answered.

In fact, if you want your question to be answered, you're going to need to provide a little more background than you have. I appreciate that you followed the rules and refrained from quoting a GMAT problem, but can you provide a problem number for reference so we can check up on what the OG was actually doing with this one?

[saxenankit]

Dear saxenankit,

I request that you not bump your posts to the end of the queue and then wonder why it took so long for your question to get answered.

In fact, if you want your question to be answered, you're going to need to provide a little more background than you have. I appreciate that you followed the rules and refrained from quoting a GMAT problem, but can you provide a problem number for reference so we can check up on what the OG was actually doing with this one?

I don't understand what you exactly mean when you say - "not bump your posts to the end of the queue " ... If you have time please explain.

OG 12 question no - 45

Regards,
Ankit Saxena

[tim]

No problem. We answer posts in chronological order, based on how long it's been since the post has had any activity. When you respond to your own post, it makes it the newest post in the list and therefore the last one we'll get to. Always a bad strategy if you want your question answered quickly.. :)

The problem with C and D in the question you post is that the subject-verb is "some believe", leaving nothing for the word "quasars" to do in the sentence. Every word in a sentence must have a function, and "quasars" does not have a function because there is already a subject and verb. In the correct answer, "quasars" is actually the subject. Does this help?

[VijayR318]

There is a question in OG similar to the below sentence -

Reteors, at 5 light years from the Earth, are believed to be the .....

Using one incorrect option the above sentence becomes -

Reteors, at 5 light years from the Earth, some believe them to be the .....

The OG explanation says -
The clause - some believe them to be - supplies an object "them" so that Reteors cannot be the object, making the sentence ungrammatical,

Can anyone of the experts rephrase this explanation in simple language

Hello Tim,

I understood the requirement of a verb, and options "c" and "D" lack it. But I had the same question as above, the OG's explanation for the wrong usage of "them" in "C" is not clear. Can you please clarify.

[RonPurewal]

it's clear enough that "them" = meteors. that's not the issue.

the issue is, as you seem to realize already, that "meteors, some believe them to be..." isn't a legitimate sentence.
simpler example:
The Earth, most people once thought that it was flat.
also not a sentence.

[RonPurewal]

also—when you look at OG answer keys, don't forget that the answer explanations are NOT written by the authors of the problems themselves; they're written by people who are, frankly, less talented.

[VijayR318]

Thank you Ron.

[RonPurewal]

sure.