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by gmat_perfect » Sat Sep 25, 2010 2:16 am
Unlike using spices for cooking, in medicinal usage they are taken in large quantities in order to treat particular maladies.

(A) Unlike using spices for cooking, in medicinal usage they are taken
(B) Unlike spices that are used in cooking, in using spices for medicine, they are taken
(C) Unlike cooking with spices, taking spices for medicinal use is done
(D) In cooking, small quantities of spices are used, whereas in medicinal usage spices are taken
(E) In cooking, the usage of spices is in small quantities, whereas in medicinal usage they are taken

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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Sat Sep 25, 2010 2:46 am
i will go with D
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by niksworth » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:38 am
D ?

A and B have incorrect comparison.
C - taking X is done - incorrect.
E - no referent of they; missing comma.
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by reply2spg » Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:46 am
Like and unlike clause are not suppose to have verbs in them. A, B and C have verbs.

E is wrong because we are comparing 'the usage' with 'they', whereas 'they' is not clear.

D is correct
gmat_perfect wrote:Unlike using spices for cooking, in medicinal usage they are taken in large quantities in order to treat particular maladies.

(A) Unlike using spices for cooking, in medicinal usage they are taken
(B) Unlike spices that are used in cooking, in using spices for medicine, they are taken
(C) Unlike cooking with spices, taking spices for medicinal use is done
(D) In cooking, small quantities of spices are used, whereas in medicinal usage spices are taken
(E) In cooking, the usage of spices is in small quantities, whereas in medicinal usage they are taken

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by gmat_perfect » Sun Oct 03, 2010 5:59 am
gmat_perfect wrote:Unlike using spices for cooking, in medicinal usage they are taken in large quantities in order to treat particular maladies.

(A) Unlike using spices for cooking, in medicinal usage they are taken
(B) Unlike spices that are used in cooking, in using spices for medicine, they are taken
(C) Unlike cooking with spices, taking spices for medicinal use is done
(D) In cooking, small quantities of spices are used, whereas in medicinal usage spices are taken
(E) In cooking, the usage of spices is in small quantities, whereas in medicinal usage they are taken

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In the option E, "they" is ambiguous.

Can they refer to the object of preposition?

Experts, please help.
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by pesfunk » Thu Oct 14, 2010 3:48 am
OA Please ??
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by lilisanei » Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:27 pm
Another problem with E :

Whereas is a conj. that should connect two independent sentence. In this case we have a phrase in first part (before whereas) that makes this option totally wrong.
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