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by blaster » Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:07 am
Doctors still know little about how the Listeria bacterium is spread and why the disease it causes, listeriosis, afflicts some people in a contaminated area though it spares many others.

(A) though it spares
(B) where it spares
(C) despite sparing
(D) when sparing
(E) while sparing

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why not C? i can't justify incorrectness of the C.
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by papgust » Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:43 pm
Hi,

It cannot be C IMO. "Despite" doesn't make sense here, because the author is contrasting two groups of people. One group of people is afflicted while the other group is spared. So, "while" is more appropriate to the context.
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by linkinpark » Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:03 am
Following Manhattan SC@Bible rules you can see a clear 2-3 split here spares and sparing. now look at non-underlined part only "spares" will fit. B is correct definitely because the bacteria spares in particular area so where should fit
530->480->580
when posting a question don't post OA(even masked) before some discussion.
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by blaster » Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:39 am
linkinpark wrote:Following Manhattan SC@Bible rules you can see a clear 2-3 split here spares and sparing. now look at non-underlined part only "spares" will fit. B is correct definitely because the bacteria spares in particular area so where should fit
the answer is not B
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by singalong » Sat Jan 14, 2012 6:20 pm
papgust wrote:Hi,

It cannot be C IMO. "Despite" doesn't make sense here, because the author is contrasting two groups of people. One group of people is afflicted while the other group is spared. So, "while" is more appropriate to the context.
I chose C because there is a contrast here. whats' the OA?
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