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by jordan23 » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:21 am
New, strong varieties of antibiotics show the potential to kill a harmful bacterium without the unintended effects of killing benign bacteria and development of resistant strains of bacteria by earlier high-strength varieties.

1) unintended effects of killing benign bacteria and the development of resistant strains of bacteria by earlier high-strength varieties
2) unintended effects by earlier high-strength varieties of development of resistant strains and killing benign bacteria
3)unintended effects for the development of resistant strains of bacteria and killing benign bacteria of earlier high-strength varieties
4) development of resistant strains of bacteria and killing of benign bacteria that were required by earlier high-strength varieties
5)killing of benign bacteria and development of resistant strains of bacteria, which were unintended effects of earlier high-strength varieties


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by bubbliiiiiiii » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:31 am
jordan23 wrote:New, strong varieties of antibiotics show the potential to kill a harmful bacterium without the unintended effects of killing benign bacteria and development of resistant strains of bacteria by earlier high-strength varieties.

1) unintended effects of killing benign bacteria and the development of resistant strains of bacteria by earlier high-strength varieties - changes meaning; wordiness
2) unintended effects by earlier high-strength varieties of development of resistant strains and killing benign bacteria - parallelism issue.
3)unintended effects for the development of resistant strains of bacteria and killing benign bacteria of earlier high-strength varieties - - parallelism issue.
4) development of resistant strains of bacteria and killing of benign bacteria that were required by earlier high-strength varieties - gramatically fine but changes intended meaning.
5)killing of benign bacteria and development of resistant strains of bacteria, which were unintended effects of earlier high-strength varieties


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by jordan23 » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:37 am
In (B), you have cited parallelism issue because Development and Killing are used, but this same parallel structure is used in E as well. Killing and Development, then why is E correct and not B?

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jordan23 wrote:New, strong varieties of antibiotics show the potential to kill a harmful bacterium without the unintended effects of killing benign bacteria and development of resistant strains of bacteria by earlier high-strength varieties.

1) unintended effects of killing benign bacteria and the development of resistant strains of bacteria by earlier high-strength varieties - changes meaning; wordiness
2) unintended effects by earlier high-strength varieties of development of resistant strains and killing benign bacteria - parallelism issue.
3)unintended effects for the development of resistant strains of bacteria and killing benign bacteria of earlier high-strength varieties - - parallelism issue.
4) development of resistant strains of bacteria and killing of benign bacteria that were required by earlier high-strength varieties - gramatically fine but changes intended meaning.
5)killing of benign bacteria and development of resistant strains of bacteria, which were unintended effects of earlier high-strength varieties


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by bubbliiiiiiii » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:40 am
In (B), you have cited parallelism issue because Development and Killing are used, but this same parallel structure is used in E as well. Killing and Development, then why is E correct and not B?
In Option E, considering parallelism, article 'the' before development is also applicable to killing (verb) making it 'the killing' (gerund). Thus, E is parallel.

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by scholardream » Sun Oct 21, 2012 7:28 pm
Hi Jordan,
Could you please explain to me "Which" in E refer to what?
"Which" refers to "the killing of benign bacteria" or "development of resistant strains of bacteria" or Both?
I though "which" after the comma should ONLY refer to the NEAREST noun, in this case, "which" refers to only "development of resistant strains of bacteria"
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Sun Oct 21, 2012 11:12 pm
scholardream wrote:Hi Jordan,
Could you please explain to me "Which" in E refer to what?
"Which" refers to "the killing of benign bacteria" or "development of resistant strains of bacteria" or Both?
I though "which" after the comma should ONLY refer to the NEAREST noun, in this case, "which" refers to only "development of resistant strains of bacteria"
Though not Jordan, thought I could answer your query.

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New, strong varieties of antibiotics show the potential to kill a harmful bacterium without the killing of benign bacteria and development of resistant strains of bacteria, which were unintended effects of earlier high-strength varieties.

'which' in the post above refers to 'the killing of benign bacteria and development of resistant strains of bacteria'.
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by gmat2805 » Sat Aug 03, 2013 4:43 am
Hi Pranay how can which refer to the actions . Is this some sort of gerund so that's why we are referring with "which" ?
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