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by simplyjat » Mon May 05, 2008 2:17 am
Carpenters, dentists, sewing machine operators, needle-pointers, 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 E

Is "any people" correct usage ?
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by amitansu » Mon May 05, 2008 4:38 am
Kind of confusing as rightly said but this one (e) is the best choice here.
Anyway we know it has to be plural so A, B is ruled out.

Using only workers doesn't sound rhetoric.And D seems wordy.

I have no other understanding other than aforesaid.


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by barron » Wed May 07, 2008 2:22 am
you can discount 'work is with their hands' because I don't think in standard english you can use 'is' like this with 'work'

it is always proper to use 'with'
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by netigen » Wed May 07, 2008 12:08 pm
This is definitely a confusing question but the tricky part here is the "with their hands"

we can use the pronoun their only if we go with choice E.

If instead of their it was 'his' then the answer choice A would be more appropriate.
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by rey.fernandez » Wed May 07, 2008 1:09 pm
Yes, "any people" is fine. And for the reasons others noted, A-D are all flawed.

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by tmmyc » Wed May 07, 2008 10:42 pm
The sentence makes it sound odd, but "any people" is correct usage.

"Are there any people in here who want a high GMAT score?"

As you probably already know, "anyone" is incorrect because it is singular while the others are plural.
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