Although it persists as a kind of rampant

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Although it persists as a kind of rampant, uncontrollably spreading plague in the popular imagination, which infects all who come near victims of it, in fact leprosy is usually transmitted only through close, prolonged contact and is thus not highly contagious at all.

o A) as a kind of rampant, uncontrollably spreading plague in the popular imagination, which infects
o B) in the popular imagination as a kind of rampant plague, spreading uncontrollably and infecting
o C) in the popular imagination like a kind of rampant plague that uncontrollably spreads and infecting
o D) like a kind of rampant plague to the popular imagination, uncontrollably spreading and infecting to
o E) to the popular imagination as a kind of plague does, which spreads uncontrollably and infects

OA-B;

Does the use of VERBING "spereading...and infecting" correct in B? What does verbing modify in B?

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by GMAT Kolaveri » Sat Nov 10, 2012 7:05 pm
it (leprosy) persists in..... as/like a kind of rampant.
In the above sentence, like is incorrect while as is the correct way to describe role/function. Eliminate C and D. In A and E, the usage of which is incorrect. Hence OA is B

A) as a kind of rampant, uncontrollably spreading plague in the popular imagination, which infects
Which incorrectly refers to imagination.
B) in the popular imagination as a kind of rampant plague, spreading uncontrollably and infecting
Correct. the placement of "in the popular imagination" is close to persists. Spreading and infecting correctly describe leprosy.
C) in the popular imagination like a kind of rampant plague that uncontrollably spreads and infecting
Like is incorrect.
D) like a kind of rampant plague to the popular imagination, uncontrollably spreading and infecting to
Like is incorrect.
E) to the popular imagination as a kind of plague does, which spreads uncontrollably and infects
which usage is incorrect.
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by Captaingmat » Sat Nov 10, 2012 10:27 pm
Although it persists as a kind of rampant, uncontrollably spreading plague in the popular imagination, which infects all who come near victims of it, in fact leprosy is usually transmitted only through close, prolonged contact and is thus not highly contagious at all.

o A) as a kind of rampant, uncontrollably spreading plague in the popular imagination, which infects which after comma refers to imagination and imagination cannot cause infection.
o B) in the popular imagination as a kind of rampant plague, spreading uncontrollably and infecting correct choice
o C) in the popular imagination like a kind of rampant plague that uncontrollably spreads and infecting spreads and infecting should be parallel
o D) like a kind of rampant plague to the popular imagination, uncontrollably spreading and infecting to like cannot be used here because like is used for nouns
o E) to the popular imagination as a kind of plague does, which spreads uncontrollably and infects it should have been in the popular imagination

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by patanjali.purpose » Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:33 am
GMAT Kolaveri wrote:B) in the popular imagination as a kind of rampant plague, spreading uncontrollably and infecting
Correct. the placement of "in the popular imagination" is close to persists. Spreading and infecting correctly describe leprosy. [/i][/color]
SPEADING AND INFECTING if modifies LEPROSY then sentence will become illogical.

IMO it modifies " it persists in the popular imagination as a kind of rampant plague". But, want to validate my understanding

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by avik.ch » Mon Nov 12, 2012 12:31 am
patanjali.purpose wrote: Does the use of VERBING "spreading...and infecting" correct in B? What does verbing modify in B?
"spreading uncontrollably and infecting.." gives us the reason why it persist in this way - adverb of reason. "it" is the logical subject referring to "leprocy"



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