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by phelps » Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:51 pm
252. Dr. Hegsted argues that just as polio vaccine is given to every person to protect the few who might actually contract polio, mass dietary change is needed to protect the significant number who are susceptible to the life-threatening effects of press eating habits.
(A) just as polio vaccine is given to every person to protect the few who might actually contract polio
(B) like polio vaccine, which is given to every person to protect the few who might contract polio
(C) similar to polio vaccine which is given to every person in order to protect the few who might actually contract polio
(D) while, to protect the few who might actually contract polio, polio vaccine is given to every person
(E) similar to the giving of polio vaccine to every person in order to protect the few who might contract polio actually

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by Domnu » Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:59 pm
I think the answer should be D, as strange as it seems, because there is a contradiction in the sentence... the polio vaccine is being given to everyone but only some benefit, whereas mass dietary change will impact a significant number of people.
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by vaishalijain7 » Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:29 pm
'A' looks better to me. However, I am not sure whether "just as X, Y" is an idiom.
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by mittalashwani13 » Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:17 pm
Answer has to be between A and B

A - incorrect idiom --- the correct idiom is just as X , so Y ...
B - using 'like' but two clauses are being compared ... so we need 'as'...

So I'm not sure which one is it.
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by mehravikas » Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:56 pm
IMO - B...though C also sounds correct.
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by rahulg83 » Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:03 pm
I pick D here because we have a contradiction here..
A is out because of incorrect idiom..
B -> can't use like, faulty comparison
c -> Unnecessarily changing non-essential modifier to essential one
E ->wrong placement of adverb 'actually'

OA please?
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by ghacker » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:57 pm
What are we comparing ??????????

We are comparing actions -- just as is correct

Just because just as is given it doesn't mean that so must be there

Answer is A
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by phelps » Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:06 pm
OA is C

Can anyone explain
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by ghacker » Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:17 pm
It should be A not C

C changes the meaning so the given sentence
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by thetrystero » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:54 am
252. Dr. Hegsted argues that just as polio vaccine is given to every person to protect the few who might actually contract polio, mass dietary change is needed to protect the significant number who are susceptible to the life-threatening effects of press eating habits.
(A) just as polio vaccine is given to every person to protect the few who might actually contract polio
(B) like polio vaccine, which is given to every person to protect the few who might contract polio
(C) similar to polio vaccine which is given to every person in order to protect the few who might actually contract polio
(D) while, to protect the few who might actually contract polio, polio vaccine is given to every person
(E) similar to the giving of polio vaccine to every person in order to protect the few who might contract polio actually

my answer: A

given ... change
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by crackgmat007 » Sun Sep 06, 2009 12:32 pm
can anyone explian why B is wrong?
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by mehravikas » Sun Sep 06, 2009 12:59 pm
C should not be correct because there is no comma before "which"
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by crackgmat007 » Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:23 pm
mehravikas wrote:C should not be correct because there is no comma before "which"
Actually I asked for a reason to eliminate B
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by mehravikas » Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:01 am
Yup.

Don't see a reason for 'C' to be correct.
crackgmat007 wrote:
mehravikas wrote:C should not be correct because there is no comma before "which"
Actually I asked for a reason to eliminate B
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