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GMAT SC Q19

by Abhijit K » Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:10 am
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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:27 am
The state has proposed new rules that would set minimum staffing levels for nurses, rules intended to ensure that at least one nurse is assigned for every four patients put through triage in a hospital emergency room.

A.rules intended to ensure that at least one nurse is assigned for every four patients put through triage in a hospital emergency room
B. rules with the intent of ensuring one nurse at least to be assigned for every four patients to be put through triage in a hospital emergency room
C. rules intending to ensure at least one nurse is assigned for every four patients in a hospital emergency room put through triage
D. with the intent of ensuring that at least one nurse should be assigned for every four patients in a hospital emergency room that are put through triage
E. and this is intended to ensure one nurse at least to be assigned for every four patients put through triage in a hospital emergency room
B and D: rules with the intent
This meaning is nonsensical.
Rules cannot have an intent.
Eliminate B and D.

C: rules intending
This meaning is nonsensical.
Rules cannot have an intent.
Eliminate C.

In E, this lacks a clear antecedent.
Eliminate E.

The correct answer is A.
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by Abhijit K » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:44 am
Sir,

However in A, the underlined clause is an independent clause. Can we join two independent clauses without a proper conjunction?? Does a comma suffice here?

Please throw some light on the use of comma.

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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:02 am
Abhijit K wrote:Sir,

However in A, the underlined clause is an independent clause. Can we join two independent clauses without a proper conjunction?? Does a comma suffice here?

Please throw some light on the use of comma.
OA: The state has proposed new rules that would set minimum staffing levels for nurses, rules intended to ensure that at least one nurse is assigned for every four patients.

Here, the portion in red lacks a verb and thus is NOT a clause.
Note that intended serves not as a verb but as an ADJECTIVE describing rules.
What KIND of rules?
Rules INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT AT LEAST ONE NURSE IS ASSIGNED FOR EVERY FOUR PATIENTS.

The portion in red is an example of a RESUMPTIVE MODIFIER.
A resumptive modifier:

-- repeats a key word in the sentence
-- adds additional information about that key word
-- often includes that
-- usually appears at the end of a sentence.

In the OA, the resumptive modifier serves to provide more information about the NEW RULES.
Check here for another example of a resumptive modifier:
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