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by gmataspirant » Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:03 pm
According to a study published by Dr. Myrna Weissman, only one percent of Americans born before 1905 had suffered major depression by the age of seventy-five; of those born since 1955, six percent had become depressed by age twenty-four.

(A) only one percent of Americans born before 1905 had suffered major depression by the age of seventy-five; of those born since 1955, six percent had become depressed by age twenty-four

(B) only one percent of Americans born before 1905 suffer major depression by the age of seventy-five; if they are born since 1955, six percent become depressed by age twenty-four

(C) of Americans born before 1905, only one percent of them have suffered major depression by age seventy-five, but six percent of those born since 1955 do by the age of twenty-four

(D) major depression is suffered by the age of seventy-five by only one percent of Americans born before 1905, and by age twenty-four by the six percent born since 1955

(E) Americans born before 1905 suffer major depression by the age of seventy-five only one percent of the time, but six percent of those born since 1955 did so by age twenty-four

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by niraj_a » Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:17 pm
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by mdindahouse » Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:05 pm
My Answer would be A.

This is "had suffered", past perfect. This tense should be maintained throughout the sentence.

Choice B can be crossed out as it is using incorrect tense "suffer".

Choice C "have suffered" again neither past, nor past perfect.

Choice D Too complex - I think

Choice E Incorrect Tense again "suffer"

Therefore, Choice A seems to be the most accurate answer.

Please correct me if I've misjudged any facts. Hope this helps!
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by reachac » Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:51 pm
IMO A
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by atlantic » Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:24 pm
A for me too.
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by gmataspirant » Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:50 pm
Official Answer is "A". Thanks Guys.

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by loki.gmat » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:12 pm
A - Is the second part of the sentence, after semicolon, capable of standing on its own.
I doubt. It seems to be a run on sentence.
hence A cannot be the correct answer.



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by theforrestgump » Fri Oct 07, 2011 3:03 am
Just bumping this thread up...In answer choice (A). I do realize that the second part can stand on it's own because it has a "Subject" and a "working verb" . But then is it alright to make it stand on its own? I mean isnt it a part of Dr. Myrna Weissman's study? And can a pronoun "of those" refer to a antecedent from an separate independent clause???

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by e-GMAT » Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:13 am
Hi the forrestgump,

You ask a valid question.

If we understand the meaning of the sentence correctly, then we can infer that both clauses state the facts from the same study - study done on Americans by Dr. Myrna Weissman. For convenience and concision, the author has chosen to omit "according to the same study" before the second independent clause after semicolon.

In general, if there are mire facts that are to be quoted, then writing "according to the same study" will become unnecessarily cumbersome. The reader already knows that everything stated in that particular writing is from the same study. Moreover when you separate two clauses using semicolon, you typically state some related facts through those clauses.

So in this case, "According to..." correctly refers to the second independent clause after the semicolon too.

Hope this helps. :)
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