Blood Clots!

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Blood Clots!

by gmat_perfect » Fri Jul 09, 2010 2:23 am
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?

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by sreak1089 » Fri Jul 09, 2010 2:25 am

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by The Jock » Fri Jul 09, 2010 2:26 am
OA is "A", right?
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by sumanr84 » Fri Jul 09, 2010 2:57 am
Answer is A. Please refer to the below thread to get more insight into these kind of issues...good question..

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/stu ... t8688.html
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by tomada » Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:41 am
Is this question taken from an OG?