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by real2008 » Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:04 am
p6. Doctors still know little about how the Listeria bacterium is spread and why the disease it causes, listeriosis, afflicts some people in a contaminated area though it spares many others.
(A) though it spares
(B) where it spares
(C) despite sparing
(D) when sparing
(E) while sparing


what is wrong in A?
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by raghavsarathy » Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:23 pm
IMO - E

Because it is the most concise and fits into the sentence perfectly..

"While" seems to bring out the comparison much better than "when". "When" I guess should be used to refer to a point in time,,

OA please
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by som_frodo » Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:58 am
IMO E.

I think the reason is

'....listeriosis, afflicts some people in a contaminated area though it spares many others. '
The subject reference of 'it' is not very clear, so A and B can be ruled out. Among C, D and E, the most appropriate option would be 'E'.
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Re: listeriosis

by ketkoag » Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:58 am
real2008 wrote:p6. Doctors still know little about how the Listeria bacterium is spread and why the disease it causes, listeriosis, afflicts some people in a contaminated area though it spares many others.
(A) though it spares
(B) where it spares
(C) despite sparing
(D) when sparing
(E) while sparing


what is wrong in A?
"it" is used incorrectly in A.. it can refer to the bacterium or the disease.. not very clear.. same for B. Hence E should be the correct choice.
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by real2008 » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:40 am
oa is E.
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by Mayur Sand » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:54 pm
If (E) is OA , then isnt there parallelism problem in the sentence , afflicts......... while sparing

Let me know if iam missing something
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