Gmat verbal review Question

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tejaswini0712: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 15; Joined: Tue Jul 30, 2013 9:16 pmFollowed by: 4 members

by tejaswini0712 » Sun Nov 17, 2013 12:37 pm

Consumers may not think of household cleaning
products to be hazardous substances, but many of
them can be harmful to health, especially if they are
used improperly.
(Al Consumers may not think of household cleaning
products to be
(Bl Consumers may not think of household cleaning
products being
(Cl A consumer may not think of their household
cleaning products being
(Dl A consumer may not think of household cleaning
products as
(El Household cleaning products may not be
thoughtof, by consumers, as

[spoiler]OA: D[/spoiler]

I guessed the answer correctly but my question is that - Is there no necessity for ".....to be hazardous and ...can be harmful to health"- be parallel since they are have the "but" parallel marker?

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by pareekbharat86 » Sun Nov 17, 2013 9:12 pm

Is D correct because 'them' in 'many of them' correctly refers to hazardous substances instead of consumers? D uses singular form of consumer.

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by [email protected] » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:29 pm

Hi tajaswini0712,

This SC can be dealt with in a number of ways, depending on which rules you want to focus on. Here's how I did it:

1) Style - The phrase "think of _____ as _______" is correct. Eliminate A, B and C.

2) Active Voice - "Subject" does "action" is preferable style. E is passive. Eliminate E.

Final Answer: D

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by AbhiS » Mon Nov 18, 2013 4:21 am

The correct idiom is --- Think of "X" as "Y"

Also in A,B, C & E- Consumers are plural and this creates Pronoun ambiguity

The "them" in the non-underlined part of the sentence refers to hazardous substances.

Only option D corrects it by using singular form - Consumer

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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:41 am

tejaswini0712 wrote: I guessed the answer correctly but my question is that - Is there no necessity for ".....to be hazardous and ...can be harmful to health"- be parallel since they are have the "but" parallel marker?

A consumer may not think of household cleaning products as hazardous substances, but many of them can be harmful to health.
Here, but connects two independent clauses, each with its own subject and verb.
The modifiers in these two clauses do not need to be perfectly parallel.
In the first clause, as hazardous substances serves as an ADVERB, describing HOW a consumer MAY NOT THINK of household cleaning products.
In the second clause, harmful to health serves as an ADJECTIVE, describing the actual NATURE of many household cleaning products.
It makes perfect sense to contrast how a consumer THINKS OF household cleaning products with how these products ACTUALLY ARE.
Thus, do not eliminate the answer choice.

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tejaswini0712: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 15; Joined: Tue Jul 30, 2013 9:16 pmFollowed by: 4 members

by tejaswini0712 » Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:10 am

Thanks Mitch. This makes much more sense now.

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