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by gmat009 » Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:51 am
John Smith provides information on the conditions that lead women to a gynecologist, and he notes that these conditions can, and sometimes are, used in the promotion of surgery which is not needed.
(A) and he notes that these conditions can, and sometimes are, used in the promotion of surgery which is not needed
(B) noting that these conditions can be, and sometimes are, used to promote needless surgery
(C) and notes that they could and sometimes are used unnecessarily in promoting surgery
(D) sometimes promoting needless surgery
(E) which they use sometimes to promote unnecessary surgery
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by sethids » Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:57 am
B should be the answer.

A. Look at the sentence in parts. "...sometimes are used" - correct, "...these conditions can used" - incorrect.
B. Preserves the meaning of the sentence. John Smith provides information on the conditions that lead women to a gynecologist and in the process he notes that some of these conditions could be used by the gynae to promote needless surgery.
C. What does they refer to? conditions or the women ?
D. Alters the meaning
E. Same error as C. Even if 'they' referred to women, they are not promoting the surgery. This also alters the meaning.

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by gmat009 » Fri Sep 26, 2008 9:35 am
sethids wrote:B should be the answer.

A. Look at the sentence in parts. "...sometimes are used" - correct, "...these conditions can used" - incorrect.
B. Preserves the meaning of the sentence. John Smith provides information on the conditions that lead women to a gynecologist and in the process he notes that some of these conditions could be used by the gynae to promote needless surgery.
C. What does they refer to? conditions or the women ?
D. Alters the meaning
E. Same error as C. Even if 'they' referred to women, they are not promoting the surgery. This also alters the meaning.
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by Rashmi1804 » Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:05 pm
what's wrong with D ??

there is nothing grammatically wrong right ?

i agree B is the correct answer. but sometime i endup picking this"D" KIND OF ANSWERS

Because D also makes sense to me... the gyneac can provide information, sometimes promoting needless surgery himself.

How can we escape these kind of answers ??

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by narendran » Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:40 am
Rashmi1804 wrote:what's wrong with D ??

there is nothing grammatically wrong right ?

i agree B is the correct answer. but sometime i endup picking this"D" KIND OF ANSWERS

Because D also makes sense to me... the gyneac can provide information, sometimes promoting needless surgery himself.

How can we escape these kind of answers ??

John Smith provides information on the conditions that lead women to a gynecologist, and he notes that these conditions can, and sometimes are, used in the promotion of surgery which is not needed.
(A) And he notes that these conditions can, and sometimes are, used in the promotion of surgery which is not needed

B) Noting that these conditions can be, and sometimes are, used to promote needless surgery
(C) and notes that they could and sometimes are used unnecessarily in promoting surgery
(D) sometimes promoting needless surgery
(E) which they use sometimes to promote unnecessary surgery

D means to say that the gynecologist or the women sometimes promote needless surgery, which is not the intend meaning. In such cases ask the quest ion, who is promoting what or what is promoting what. So D is not reflecting the purpose of the author.

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