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by gmat_perfect » Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:09 pm
A study published in the British Medical Journal showed that women who ate nuts more than five times a week were about one third less likely to suffer from coronary heart disease as those who ate no nuts at all.

(A) as those who ate
(B) as women who ate
(C) as those eating
(D) than women eating
(E) than were those who ate

[spoiler]OA: E[/spoiler]

Why is D wrong?

Women who ate nuts were less likely to suffer than women eating no nuts at all.

Would it be correct if the sentence were like this?

Women who ate nuts were less likely to suffer than women who eat no nuts at all.

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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:18 pm
the tense. The gerund is inappropriate here. The verb in the earlier part of the comparison is "ate", that is in the past tense, therefore, you should look for an answer choice that has the verb also in the past tense.
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by reply2spg » Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:20 pm
Actually study is comparing about women and their action in past. D has eating in it. Eating shows present continuous tense. Therefore, D is wrong and E is correct.

I guess you are more and more into rules. Just read sentence without any rule and try to understand sentence not rule.
gmat_perfect wrote:A study published in the British Medical Journal showed that women who ate nuts more than five times a week were about one third less likely to suffer from coronary heart disease as those who ate no nuts at all.

(A) as those who ate
(B) as women who ate
(C) as those eating
(D) than women eating
(E) than were those who ate

[spoiler]OA: E[/spoiler]

Why is D wrong?

Women who ate nuts were less likely to suffer than women eating no nuts at all.

Would it be correct if the sentence were like this?

Women who ate nuts were less likely to suffer than women who eat no nuts at all.

Experts, please help.
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by gmat_perfect » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:07 pm
reply2spg wrote:Actually study is comparing about women and their action in past. D has eating in it. Eating shows present continuous tense. Therefore, D is wrong and E is correct.

I guess you are more and more into rules. Just read sentence without any rule and try to understand sentence not rule.
gmat_perfect wrote:A study published in the British Medical Journal showed that women who ate nuts more than five times a week were about one third less likely to suffer from coronary heart disease as those who ate no nuts at all.

(A) as those who ate
(B) as women who ate
(C) as those eating
(D) than women eating
(E) than were those who ate

[spoiler]OA: E[/spoiler]

Why is D wrong?

Women who ate nuts were less likely to suffer than women eating no nuts at all.

Would it be correct if the sentence were like this?

Women who ate nuts were less likely to suffer than women who eat no nuts at all.

Experts, please help.
I guess you are more and more into rules. Just read sentence without any rule and try to understand sentence not rule.

Yes, you are right. Without knowing rules, we can not eliminate the wrong options. If we know the rules, we can easily eliminate. Again, if we know the rules, we can solve SC as like as math. We should try to discuss the rules, and it will help us to apply in the exam.

I am taller than he (is).

Women were less likely than were those who ate no nuts.

Here, my learning is:

=> If the noun or pronoun has modifier, then were should be before it.
=> If it does not have, were should be used after it.

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by paes » Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:36 pm
I guess you are more and more into rules. Just read sentence without any rule and try to understand sentence not rule. -->
Agree

Here, my learning is:

=> If the noun or pronoun has modifier, then were should be before it.
=> If it does not have, were should be used after it.

---> I doubt that whether the learning is correct. It depends more on sentence meaning and context.

Following can help you further:

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/com ... t8288.html
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by gmat_perfect » Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:12 am
paes wrote:I guess you are more and more into rules. Just read sentence without any rule and try to understand sentence not rule. -->
Agree

Here, my learning is:

=> If the noun or pronoun has modifier, then were should be before it.
=> If it does not have, were should be used after it.

---> I doubt that whether the learning is correct. It depends more on sentence meaning and context.

Following can help you further:

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/com ... t8288.html
Thanks for mentioning the link. Why do you doubt about the learning? The link mentioned is not so good in detailed. I have just wanted to generalize some rules.

Just have a couple of examples:

I was better than my bother was. => Usually 'was' is not mentioned. It is understood.

He knows more about Tajmahal than does his sister.----> CORRECT.
He knows more about Tajmahal than his sister does. .....> CORRECT.

BUT.

He knows more about Tajmahal than does his sister who is living in Kolkata.---> CORRECT.

He knows more about Tajmahal than his sister who is living in Kolkata does. .........> CORRECT BUT NOT GOOD.

Are these rules incorrect? There may have some absolute exception.

For example:

We know "cite X as Y" is correct. In some cases, this rule can not be used due to the demand of the sentence. In that case, "cite as Y X" has been found.

So, I am on the side to learn rules. May be there will be huge amount of rules. I think, knowing (a+b)^2= a^2+2ab+b^2
is not bad.

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