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Dental carries

by hummer » Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:28 pm
Dental caries and gingivitis can be exacerbated not only by the foods patients eat but also by when the patients eat them.
(A) not only by the foods patients eat but also by when the patients eat them
(B) by not only the foods patients eat but also by when the patients eat them
(C) not only by the foods patients eat but also by time when the foods are eaten
(D) by not only the foods that are eaten by patients but also by the times the foods are eaten
(E) not only by what patients eat but also by when they eat it

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by avik.ch » Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:55 pm
Both A and E seems correct to me - parallelism is maintained in both,

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by hummer » Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:59 pm
OA is E. I was also confused between A and E.
what does "it" in E refers to ?

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by avik.ch » Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:05 pm
hummer wrote:OA is E. I was also confused between A and E.
what does "it" in E refers to ?
Can you please share the official explanation for A being wrong.

In E - "it" refers to a noun clause - an object of a preposition "by" : "What patients eat". - This is not a common thing in GMAT SC, but not certainly wrong. Please refer Mitch's comment on this type of construction : https://www.beatthegmat.com/eagles-t102869.html#446103

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by hummer » Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:36 pm
I only have the OA and not the explantion.I picked this question from an online site.

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