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Despite no proof that the consumption of any particular food

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by simplyjat » Tue May 06, 2008 3:00 am
Despite no proof that the consumption of any particular foods reverse hardening of the arteries, studies indicate that refraining from eating certain foods could help reverse blockage of coronary arteries, the blood vessels that feed the heart.

(A) Despite no proof that the consumption of any particular foods reverse hardening of the arteries, studies indicate that refraining from eating certain foods could
(B) Despite no foods having been proved to reverse hardening of the arteries when consumed, studies indicate that refraining from eating certain foods can
(C) Although the consumption of no particular foods have been proved to reverse hardening of the arteries, studies indicate that to refrain from eating certain foods could
(D) Although not proved that the consumption of any foods reverse hardening of the arteries, studies indicate that refraining from eating certain foods can
(E) Although it has not been proved that the consumption of any particular food will reverse hardening of the arteries, studies indicate that refraining from eating certain foods can

OA E
What is wrong with the original statement
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Source: — Sentence Correction |

by sanjaylakhani » Tue May 06, 2008 8:27 am
Hi Simplyjat

let me first thank you for your posts. It does help a lot

The problem according to me is in the word - "Despite"- "Although" is much better word here.

DESPITE- is used- to show- intention is there but the thing does nt work out finally. Although is much better word considering the situation
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by sashwarya » Tue May 06, 2008 2:33 pm
Both "Despite & No" which comes after it in the original sentence are negatives-so we can't use 2 negatives in the same sentence.
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by barron » Wed May 07, 2008 2:01 am
I chose C after delibrating a long time on E

this is because C ends with 'could' which I feel is much better than 'can'
'can' indicates it is true and the although statement is proved false
'could' indicates it may be true and the although statement is still true

why is C wrong then?
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C is not correct in that~

by kbm1975 » Wed May 07, 2008 7:51 pm
(C) Although the consumption of no particular foods have been proved to reverse hardening of the arteries, studies indicate that to refrain from eating certain foods could

subject of this sentence is consumption, so have must to be 'has'.
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by rs007 » Thu May 08, 2008 6:11 pm
Another problem with choice A is subject-verb agreement
consumption.......reverse
consumption is singular. reverse is plural
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by aseemjuneja » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:30 am
agreed with RS007. Infact, this problem continues with rest of all the options but E, which is the correct answer.
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by GmatKiss » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:50 am
IMO:E
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by Proleefeek » Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:15 pm
(A) Despite no proof that the consumption of any particular foods reverse hardening of the arteries, studies indicate that refraining from eating certain foods could

Both any and particular are singular qualifiers qualifying 'foods'. E corrects this anomaly, hence E.
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