BREAKING: Target Test Prep releases Brand New 2026 On Demand GMAT prep course

Redeem

BP

This topic has expert replies
Post new topic Locked
Previous Topic Next Topic
Legendary Member
Posts: 1578
Joined: Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:49 am
Thanked: 82 times
Followed by:9 members
GMAT Score:720

BP

by maihuna » Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:29 am
Studies show that young people with higher-than-average blood pressure and their families have a history of high blood pressure are more likely than others to develop a severe form of the condition.

(B) whose families have a history of high blood pressure
(C) and a history of high blood pressure runs in the family
D) whose families have a history of high blood pressure running in them
(E) with a history of high blood pressure running in their family
Charged up again to beat the beast :)
Top
Source: — Sentence Correction |
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 117
Joined: Wed May 13, 2009 7:41 am
Thanked: 5 times

IMO

by kc_raj » Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:34 am
IMO B by POE

A, C lacks parallelism after and

D reads awkward history of..... running in them
E reads awkward with history of....running in their family
Top
Legendary Member
Posts: 1578
Joined: Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:49 am
Thanked: 82 times
Followed by:9 members
GMAT Score:720

Re: IMO

by maihuna » Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:50 am
kc_raj wrote:IMO B by POE

A, C lacks parallelism after and

D reads awkward history of..... running in them
E reads awkward with history of....running in their family
nope far away
Charged up again to beat the beast :)
Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 166
Joined: Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:41 pm
Thanked: 9 times
GMAT Score:770

by raghavsarathy » Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:08 am
IMO - E

Cannot use the plural "families".Hence eliminate B and D.
A and C definetly dont fit into the sentence.
Top
Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 50
Joined: Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:36 am
Thanked: 1 times

by graghukalyan » Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:58 am
Has to be something between C & E .
C) and a history of high blood pressure runs in the family.
(E) with a history of high blood pressure running in their family

C goes well with the sentence continuity but have a doubt at "High Blood Pressure runs."

E - can we assume that there is comma before something like " ,with a histoory of high blood ...." else the separation / transition from the first part doesnt sound grammatical.

IMHO - E
Top
User avatar
Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 39
Joined: Mon May 19, 2008 4:43 am

Re: BP

by rd85 » Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:55 am
Studies show that young people with higher-than-average blood pressure and their families have a history of high blood pressure are more likely than others to develop a severe form of the condition.


(C) and a history of high blood pressure runs in the family
uses AND

(D) whose families have a history of high blood pressure running in them
Whom does THEM refer to?

(E) with a history of high blood pressure running in their family
uses the word with twice in the same sentence

So, in my opinion, B is the answer. Whats the OA?
Top
Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts
Posts: 3
Joined: Tue May 12, 2009 11:43 am

by gums » Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:42 pm
Will go for E

I think there is nothing wrong with using 2 with's and also history of blood pressure is going on in the family for a while. So running seems appropriate.
Top
Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts
Posts: 28
Joined: Wed May 06, 2009 5:00 pm
Thanked: 1 times

by honeysn » Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:50 pm
B looks like the correct option. But can we use "families" (plural form) ?
Top
Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
Posts: 32
Joined: Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:11 pm
Location: AZ
Thanked: 1 times
GMAT Score:680

by mooreliberty » Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:02 pm
honeysn wrote:B looks like the correct option. But can we use "families" (plural form) ?
I believe "families" is correct in answer choice b: "young people" - plural form, matches with "whose families" - plural, form.

Could someone explain the reasoning behind the argument for using "family" or another alternative instead?

Thanks!
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. - Barry Goldwater

(Inspired by Thomas Paine in The Rights of Man).
Top
Legendary Member
Posts: 1578
Joined: Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:49 am
Thanked: 82 times
Followed by:9 members
GMAT Score:720

by maihuna » Fri Nov 27, 2009 1:18 pm
maihuna wrote:
kc_raj wrote:IMO B by POE

A, C lacks parallelism after and

D reads awkward history of..... running in them
E reads awkward with history of....running in their family
nope far away
Sorry man B is correct one. Thanks.
Charged up again to beat the beast :)
Top
Legendary Member
Posts: 1404
Joined: Tue May 20, 2008 6:55 pm
Thanked: 18 times
Followed by:2 members

by tanviet » Fri Nov 27, 2009 6:53 pm
mooreliberty wrote:
honeysn wrote:B looks like the correct option. But can we use "families" (plural form) ?
I believe "families" is correct in answer choice b: "young people" - plural form, matches with "whose families" - plural, form.

Could someone explain the reasoning behind the argument for using "family" or another alternative instead?

Thanks!
in this case we can use "family" or "families" both is correct.

we can say" the persons have a family" or "the persons have families"

this problem is called "distributive plural" in general grammar. pls, read it . but do not read too much and stray away from gmat. we are learning gmat rule, not general rule of English

in a and c, "people and their families have are" is wrong
in e, "with" must refer to "pressure" and is wrong
in d, " running in them" is redundant

b is best though not perfect. "whose" refers to people but is far away from "people" . this is not good but best in this case.
Top
Post new topic Locked
• Page 1 of 1