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by GmatKiss » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:38 am
Carpenters, dentists, sewing machine operators, needlepointers, piano players, and indeed anyone who works with their hands for long hours can get carpal tunnel syndrome.

(A) anyone who works
(B) anyone working
(C) workers
(D) those for whom work is
(E) any people who work

OA after sometime!
Please explain your pick
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by gunjan1208 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:44 am
D

I chose it since any people represent plural which is required for the helping verb "have"
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by mankey » Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:50 am
It has to be either A or B.

A fits in well, according to me.

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by GmatKiss » Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:04 am
why not B?
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by mankey » Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:11 am
It is a close call, to me A looks better when I speak it. B somehow creates some parallelism issues. Difficult to explain, more to do with instincts.

What is the OA?
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by GmatKiss » Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:20 am
OA is E
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by gunjan1208 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:57 am
In fact I chose E and my explanation was for that, but by mistake typed D....phew...
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by mankey » Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:13 am
Can we some explanation for this one? Looks confusing.

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by GmatKiss » Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:16 am
Looking for some experts to explain this one!

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by gunjan1208 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:15 am
till the time expert pick this up, here is my try:

Carpenters, dentists, sewing machine operators, needlepointers, piano players, and indeed anyone who works with their hands for long hours can get carpal tunnel syndrome.

(A) anyone who works: underline red portion tells that we need plural here. Option A out
(B) anyone working : Same reason as A. Out!
(C) workers: Why workers now? Sewing machine operators, needlepointers are not workers?
(D) those for whom work is: Ambiguous meaning
(E) any people who work: Left out....Well this was certainly confusing that's why it took extra time.
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by sl750 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:31 am
E

anyone is a singular pronoun. their in the non-underlined portion is plural
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