Eating saltwater fish may.........Verbal review

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by Mo2men » Sat Jun 10, 2017 2:10 pm

Eating saltwater fish may significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and also aid for sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis and asthma, according to three research studies published in the Journal of Medicine.

(A) significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and also aid for
(B) be significant in reducing the risk of heart attacks and aid for
(C) significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and aid
(D) cause a significant reduction in the risk of heart attacks and aid to
(E) significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks as well as aiding

OA: C
Source: Verbal Review 2017-- Q224

Why is E wrong? what role does 'as well as' play in that choice?

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by GMATGuruNY » Sat Jun 10, 2017 2:37 pm

John sings as well as Mary.
Conveyed meaning:
John and Mary are equally good at singing.

Why is E wrong? what role does 'as well as' play in that choice?

E: Eating fish may reduce the risk as well as aiding suffers.
Conveyed meaning:
Eating fish and aiding sufferers may be equally good at reducing the risk.
Not the intended meaning.

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by ceilidh.erickson » Mon Jun 12, 2017 9:55 am

This is an issue of PARALLELISM. The intended meaning of the sentence is that eating saltwater fish does 2 things: 1) reduce risk, and 2) aid sufferers. As such, we need REDUCE and AID to be in parallel formats.

As written, E makes "aiding" parallel to "eating." This meaning, as Mitch described, is nonsensical.

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