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by Vemuri » Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:44 pm
According to a panel of health officials, there has been a great deal of confusion in the medical profession about whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition more related to appearance than to health.

(A) about whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition more related to appearance than to
(B) with respect to obesity being a biological disorder posing serious health risks or if it is related more to appearance than
(C) over whether or not obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or it is a condition more related to appearance than to
(D) about obesity and if it is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition related to appearance more than to
(E) concerning whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or it is a condition related to appearance more than
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by angel11 » Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:00 pm
I think the answer is D.... !!!
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by James_83 » Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:06 pm
IMO either A or E.

Cudn't eliminate choices to the final level.
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by scoobydooby » Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:14 pm
the correct idiom is "more X than Y' where X and Y are parallel.

A "more related to appearance than (related) to health" and "whether obesity is a....or (is) a condition " maintain parallelism

B, D and C gets this idiom "more X than Y" wrong.

C: use of "whether or not......or" is wrong.

hence, A
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by nervesofsteel » Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:23 pm
A

Concerned about is the right idiom..

SO btw A and D

D lacks parallelism and is awkward
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by Sumit69 » Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:42 am
Whats the OA? IMO A
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Re: Panel of Health Officials

by rs2010 » Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:37 pm
Vemuri wrote:According to a panel of health officials, there has been a great deal of confusion in the medical profession about whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition more related to appearance than to health.

(A) about whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition more related to appearance than to
(B) with respect to obesity being a biological disorder posing serious health risks or if it is related more to appearance than
(C) over whether or not obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or it is a condition more related to appearance than to
(D) about obesity and if it is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition related to appearance more than to
(E) concerning whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or it is a condition related to appearance more than
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by gmat740 » Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:15 pm
Vemuri, what is the OA??
I find C to be correct

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Re: Panel of Health Officials

by Vemuri » Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:01 am
Sorry for the delay guys !!! OA is A
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whether or not

by kartik1979 » Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:27 am
Karan

read somewhere that Whether or not is wrong usage

hence Avoided C
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Re: Panel of Health Officials

by ketkoag » Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:31 am
Vemuri wrote:According to a panel of health officials, there has been a great deal of confusion in the medical profession about whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition more related to appearance than to health.

(A) about whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition more related to appearance than to
(B) with respect to obesity being a biological disorder posing serious health risks or if it is related more to appearance than
(C) over whether or not obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or it is a condition more related to appearance than to
(D) about obesity and if it is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition related to appearance more than to
(E) concerning whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or it is a condition related to appearance more than
A woould be correct coz in E " condition related to appearance more than"
is awkward but in A "condition more related to appearance than to" is the correct usage for a comparison.
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by pnk » Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:59 am
I am still undecided btn A and E. Can someone help pls.
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by kvcpk » Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:06 am
pnk wrote:I am still undecided btn A and E. Can someone help pls.
in E, "it" is redundant. I doubt whether concern can replace about. Both have different meanings.
Moreover,
condition related to appearance more than to health is different from
a condition more related to appearance than to health.
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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:24 am
Vemuri wrote:According to a panel of health officials, there has been a great deal of confusion in the medical profession about whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition more related to appearance than to health.

(A) about whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition more related to appearance than to
(B) with respect to obesity being a biological disorder posing serious health risks or if it is related more to appearance than
(C) over whether or not obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or it is a condition more related to appearance than to
(D) about obesity and if it is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or a condition related to appearance more than to
(E) concerning whether obesity is a biological disorder posing serious health risks or it is a condition related to appearance more than
The correct idioms are confusion about or confusion over. Eliminate B and E.

In C, whether or not is an error of redundancy. The words or not are not needed. Eliminate C.

In D, the word if is incorrect. When a sentence is deciding between two options, the word whether must be used:

I can't decide if I want vanilla or chocolate. Incorrect.

I can't decide whether I want vanilla or chococate. Correct.

So D can be elimimated.

The correct answer is A.

I was asked specifically about answer choice E. It also contains the following errors:

The comparison is too wordy because the words it is are unnecessary. A correct and more concise comparison would be:

...whether obesity is a biological order posing serious health risks or a condition...

Also, the placement of the word more is incorrect. The correct placement would be:

...related more to appearance than to health
...more related to appearance than to health

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by Haaress » Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:35 am
Mitch,
Is there a preference between "confusion about" and "confusion over"...is it unidiomatic to use the latter.

If I may extrapolate on this, Is it similarly idiomatic to say "debate over" and "debate about".
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