IMO B by POE

A, C lacks parallelism after and

D reads awkward history of..... running in them
E reads awkward with history of....running in their family

kc_raj wrote:IMO B by POE

A, C lacks parallelism after and

D reads awkward history of..... running in them
E reads awkward with history of....running in their family

nope far away

IMO - E

Cannot use the plural "families".Hence eliminate B and D.
A and C definetly dont fit into the sentence.

Has to be something between C & E .
C) and a history of high blood pressure runs in the family.
(E) with a history of high blood pressure running in their family

C goes well with the sentence continuity but have a doubt at "High Blood Pressure runs."

E - can we assume that there is comma before something like " ,with a histoory of high blood ...." else the separation / transition from the first part doesnt sound grammatical.

IMHO - E

Studies show that young people with higher-than-average blood pressure and their families have a history of high blood pressure are more likely than others to develop a severe form of the condition.


(C) and a history of high blood pressure runs in the family
uses AND

(D) whose families have a history of high blood pressure running in them
Whom does THEM refer to?

(E) with a history of high blood pressure running in their family
uses the word with twice in the same sentence

So, in my opinion, B is the answer. Whats the OA?

Will go for E

I think there is nothing wrong with using 2 with's and also history of blood pressure is going on in the family for a while. So running seems appropriate.

B looks like the correct option. But can we use "families" (plural form) ?

honeysn wrote:B looks like the correct option. But can we use "families" (plural form) ?

I believe "families" is correct in answer choice b: "young people" - plural form, matches with "whose families" - plural, form.

Could someone explain the reasoning behind the argument for using "family" or another alternative instead?

Thanks!

maihuna wrote:

kc_raj wrote:IMO B by POE

A, C lacks parallelism after and

D reads awkward history of..... running in them
E reads awkward with history of....running in their family

nope far away

Sorry man B is correct one. Thanks.

mooreliberty wrote:

honeysn wrote:B looks like the correct option. But can we use "families" (plural form) ?

I believe "families" is correct in answer choice b: "young people" - plural form, matches with "whose families" - plural, form.

Could someone explain the reasoning behind the argument for using "family" or another alternative instead?

Thanks!

in this case we can use "family" or "families" both is correct.

we can say" the persons have a family" or "the persons have families"

this problem is called "distributive plural" in general grammar. pls, read it . but do not read too much and stray away from gmat. we are learning gmat rule, not general rule of English

in a and c, "people and their families have are" is wrong
in e, "with" must refer to "pressure" and is wrong
in d, " running in them" is redundant

b is best though not perfect. "whose" refers to people but is far away from "people" . this is not good but best in this case.