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by vivek.kapoor83 » Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:02 am
By observing the techniques of medicine men,
such as physical manipulation and the
application of herbs, one has the capacity to
learn things about the human body not normally
taken into consideration by practitioners of
Western medicine.
(A) By observing the techniques of medicine
men, such as physical manipulation and
the application of herbs, one has the
capacity to learn things
(B) By observing the techniques of medicine
men, such as physical manipulation and
the application of herbs, one can learn
things
(C) If you observe the techniques of medicine
men, such as physical manipulation and
the application of herbs, one can learn
things
(D) Observing the techniques of medicine
men, such as physical manipulation and
the application of herbs, things can be
learned
(E) Observing the techniques of medicine
men, such as physical manipulation and
the application of herbs, the capacity is
given to one to learn things
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by raunekk » Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:32 am
imo:B

"one has the Capacity to learn "is ambagious..
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by gmat009 » Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:52 am
IMO B
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Re: techniques....

by logitech » Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:57 am
vivek.kapoor83 wrote:By observing the techniques of medicine men,
such as physical manipulation and the
application of herbs, one has the capacity to
learn things about the human body not normally
taken into consideration by practitioners of
Western medicine.
(A) By observing the techniques of medicine
men, such as physical manipulation and
the application of herbs, one has the
capacity to learn things - WORDY

(B) By observing the techniques of medicine
men, such as physical manipulation and
the application of herbs, one can learn
things

can is more concise than has the capacity

one is the subject, which was modified

(C) If you observe the techniques of medicine
men, such as physical manipulation and
the application of herbs, one can learn
things

pronoun issue

(D) Observing the techniques of medicine
men, such as physical manipulation and
the application of herbs, things can be
learned

passive + wrong subject

(E) Observing the techniques of medicine
men, such as physical manipulation and
the application of herbs, the capacity is
given to one to learn things
passive + wrong subject

Hence, B
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:09 am
Logitech,
but where is the antedecent of ' One' .One is ref. to whom here. could u pls explain
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:09 am
Logitech,
but where is the antedecent of ' One' .One is ref. to whom here. Pls explain :roll:
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by vittalgmat » Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:41 am
IMO B. B is concise.

However, this sentence looks very strange. I think, "learn things" is used in spoken English and not in written English.

Your thoughts please
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by Bidisha800 » Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:14 pm
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by amitabhprasad » Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:45 am
@vivek.kapoor83
I think "One" is used as indefinite pronouns, and as per definition they are words that replaces nouns without specifying which noun they replace.

Good thought though. I never realized this until you raised this question.
Look at this link for more reference.
https://englishplus.com/grammar/00000027.htm
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by agarwalva » Sat Apr 14, 2012 5:38 am
Thanks amitabhprasad for the link you posted. it helped
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by GmatKiss » Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:20 pm
IMO: B
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