According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, aspirin prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does.
(A) prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does
(B) prevents blood clots just as well as does a commonly used and a more expensive blood-thinning drug
(C) prevents blood clots just as well as will a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug
(D) works just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug at the prevention of blood clots
(E) works just as well as does a commonly used blood-thinning drug, which is also more expensive, at preventing blood clots
How I have reached to the answer:
D and E have used different verbs, and doing this changes the intended meaning of the sentence. works and prevents are not same in sense of meaning. So, D and E are out.
B is faulty for subject verb agreement.
prevents blood clots just as well as does a commonly used and a more expensive blood-thinning drug
=> I have a cheap and an user friendly book. Here, I am talking about two books. One of them is cheap and another one is user friendly.
The same has been done in the option B.
Two drugs-commonly used and another one is more expensive-have been meant. So, the verb should have been "DO".
C=> Will is not parallel to prevents.
Any more thought on it?
Thanks.
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