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by gmat_perfect » Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:44 am
Some patients who do not respond to therapies for depression may simply have received inadequate treatment, having, for example, been prescribed a drug at a dosage too low to be effective or having been taken off a drug too soon.

(A) having, for example, been prescribed a drug at a dosage too low to be effective or having been
(B) having, for example, a drug prescription that was ineffective because the dosage was too low, or being
(C) as, for example, having too low of a dosage of a prescribed drug for it to be effective, or being
(D) when they have, for example, been prescribed too low a drug dosage for it to be effective, or were
(E) for example, when they have a drug prescription with a dosage too low to be effective, or been

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by reply2spg » Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:07 am
A is correct for ||ism
gmat_perfect wrote:Some patients who do not respond to therapies for depression may simply have received inadequate treatment, having, for example, been prescribed a drug at a dosage too low to be effective or having been taken off a drug too soon.

(A) having, for example, been prescribed a drug at a dosage too low to be effective or having been
(B) having, for example, a drug prescription that was ineffective because the dosage was too low, or being - 'being' is wrong here
(C) as, for example, having too low of a dosage of a prescribed drug for it to be effective, or being - 'being' is wrong here
(D) when they have, for example, been prescribed too low a drug dosage for it to be effective, or were - 'When' goes with time only
(E) for example, when they have a drug prescription with a dosage too low to be effective, or been - Awkward wording

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