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by neha.patni » Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:30 am
Health Department statistics demonstrate
that children reading high on glucose with
family histories of diabetes are twice as likely
as the general population to develop
diabetes.

A. reading high on glucose with family
histories of diabetes
B. with high glucose readings whose families
have a history of diabetes
C. with high glucose readings and who have
a diabetic history in the family
D. having high glucose readings and also
having histories of diabetes in their
family
E. with a history of diabetes running in the
family and with high glucose readings
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by gmat_perfect » Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:39 am
neha.patni wrote:Health Department statistics demonstrate
that children reading high on glucose with
family histories of diabetes are twice as likely
as the general population to develop
diabetes.

A. reading high on glucose with family
histories of diabetes
B. with high glucose readings whose families
have a history of diabetes
C. with high glucose readings and who have
a diabetic history in the family
D. having high glucose readings and also
having histories of diabetes in their
family
E. with a history of diabetes running in the
family and with high glucose readings

=> Children with X and Y are ...

Answer is E.
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by ashish2104 » Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:33 am
My vote for E.

The statistics for children should be in parallel clauses. E demonstrates correct parallelism usage.
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by reply2spg » Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:02 am
E is better here
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by aloneontheedge » Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:14 am
neha.patni wrote:Health Department statistics demonstrate
that children reading high on glucose with
family histories of diabetes are twice as likely
as the general population to develop
diabetes.

A. reading high on glucose with family
histories of diabetes
B. with high glucose readings whose families
have a history of diabetes
C. with high glucose readings and who have
a diabetic history in the family
D. having high glucose readings and also
having histories of diabetes in their
family
E. with a history of diabetes running in the
family and with high glucose readings
Its E:with a history of diabetes parallel to with high glucose
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by ansh.kumar » Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:10 am
E seems parallel
but need to know wat's the problem in B
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by kvcpk » Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:23 am
gmat_perfect wrote: => Children with X and Y are ...
Answer is E.
Hi Gmat_perfect,

Can you confirm if it is
Children With X and Y or
Children With X and With Y

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by neha.patni » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:30 am
kvcpk wrote:
gmat_perfect wrote: => Children with X and Y are ...
Answer is E.
Hi Gmat_perfect,

Can you confirm if it is
Children With X and Y or
Children With X and With Y

Thank you!!


OA B. Can any body explain how it can be E, because the statement says with a history of diabetes running in the family and it seems to be wordy n less concise.
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by ansh.kumar » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:47 am
hei, LOOK AT THE MEANING
E SAYS "CHILDREN WITH A HISTORY OF DIABETES= HOW CAN CHILDREN HAVE A HISTORY OF DIABETES, OFCOURSE THEIR PARENTS HAVE. SO E IS WRONG
B IS THE ANSWER
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by debmalya_dutta » Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:52 am
Option E , to me , was never a contender because it is the family which has a history of diabetes and not the children themselves

Lets look at B on the other hand
"with high glucose readings whose families have a history of diabetes "

So "with high glucose readings" correctly modifies the children. And "have a history of diabetes" correctly modifies the family
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by debmalya_dutta » Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:54 am
kvcpk wrote:
gmat_perfect wrote: => Children with X and Y are ...
Answer is E.
Hi Gmat_perfect,

Can you confirm if it is
Children With X and Y or
Children With X and With Y

Thank you!!
Both are correct .
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by gmat_perfect » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:14 am
neha.patni wrote:Health Department statistics demonstrate
that children reading high on glucose with
family histories of diabetes are twice as likely
as the general population to develop
diabetes.

A. reading high on glucose with family histories of diabetes

=> Children reading--> changes the meaning of the sentence.
B. with high glucose readings whose families have a history of diabetes
Children with...whose-> Whose clearly refers to the children.

C. with high glucose readings and who have a diabetic history in the family
Children with XX and who have-> changes the meaning of the sentence because children do not have diabetic history.

D. having high glucose readings and also having histories of diabetes in their family
=> The same mistake has been made as it is in C.

E. with a history of diabetes running in the family and with high glucose readings
=>Children running in the family-> Awkward and nonsense sentence.

Sorry. I did not read it seriously at the first reading.

Now, I am at par.

Theory:

1. NOUN + Preposition + Something +Verb/Propoun:

=> In this case, the verb or the pronoun refers to the NOUN.

Example:
The boys in the canteen ARE eating salads.

The students in the second semester whose names have been listed in the black list are required to pay their fees within 10 days.

Application:

Please see in between the options.

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by kvcpk » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:29 am
@gmat_perfect - For option C you have written
C. with high glucose readings and who have a diabetic history in the family
Children with XX and who have-> changes the meaning of the sentence because children do not have diabetic history.
I do not agree with you here. May be I am missing something.
The sentence doesnt say that children who have diabetic history. It says Children who have diabetic history in the familiy.

Are these two the same???
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by muralithe1 » Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:11 pm
I feel like "And" conjunction is missing...Some body please correct me..
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