OG 10 SC - 141:

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OG 10 SC - 141:

by laxmanrr » Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:57 am
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Qn:

Unlike transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same, all patients receiving hearts or other organs must take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives.

(A) Unlike transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same
(B) Besides transplants involving identical twins with the same genetic endowment
(C) Unless the transplant involves identical twins who have the same genetic endowment
(D) Aside from a transplant between identical twins with the same genetic endowment
(E) Other than transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same

Official answer is C. If you are testing your SC skills on this question, read no further until you have chosen your answer.

It took me a lot of time to solve this.

I try to attack a gmat SC question, by looking for the differences in the answer

Using the differneces

"the same genetic endowment" is better than "genetic endowment is the same" - So A & E are not first preferred choices

"with the same" in B & D is not right - So B & D are totally gone.

So C looks good. (In a exam, with no time at hand, i will go for C) But have to find out strong reasons to take A, E out. The similarities are "Whose" , "transplants"

"whose" vs "who"
"transplants" vs "transplant"
If i knew this, i would have cracked this under 1 min.

Please help.
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by this_time_i_will » Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:26 am
A: this option uses unlike. Unlike is used for comparision. This statement would have been correct, had the transplants been compared.

E: Same problem as A above. I thin the in genetic endowment is the same is some what awakward.

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by laxmanrr » Sun Jun 13, 2010 3:04 am
Thank you member!

Request more explanations on the query.

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by martin.jonson007 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 7:10 am
C is correct.. fine

but B and D shudn't be taken so lightly...

Gramitically, i didn't find anything wrong wid them...

They are wrong on technical front...

means BESIDES and ASIDE convery that later part will add something... but in actual later part puts CONTRAST.... to the earlier one...

eg. B and D will be CORRECT if sentence read like....


BESIDES / ASIDE FREE transplants involving identical twins with the same genetic endowment, ALL PATIENTS WILL GET 1000$ p.m. ROYALTY THOUGHOUT THEIR LIFE

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by er_priyankajolly » Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:31 pm
martin.jonson007 wrote:C is correct.. fine

but B and D shudn't be taken so lightly...

Gramitically, i didn't find anything wrong wid them...

They are wrong on technical front...

means BESIDES and ASIDE convery that later part will add something... but in actual later part puts CONTRAST.... to the earlier one...

eg. B and D will be CORRECT if sentence read like....


BESIDES / ASIDE FREE transplants involving identical twins with the same genetic endowment, ALL PATIENTS WILL GET 1000$ p.m. ROYALTY THOUGHOUT THEIR LIFE
Is this a general rule that besides and asides will always convery that later part will add something.

Can any one shed more light on B and D options?

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by sumanr84 » Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:15 pm
A,B,D and E are out because of non-parallel comparison. They all compare "transplants" with "patients"

C is the best choice here. However, it does not qualify as a GMAT type question since it introduces redundancy,"who have the same genetic endowment "..Ideally, twins will have same genetics, so kind of redundant I feel.
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