benefits of tea

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benefits of tea

by queenisabella » Sun Apr 01, 2012 1:16 pm
Most of the purported health benefits of tea comes from antioxidants--compounds also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C that inhibit the formation of plaque along the body's blood vessels.

A) comes from antioxidants--compounds also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C that
B) comes from antioxidants--compounds that are also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C, and they
C) come from antioxidants--compounds also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C, and
D) come from antioxidants--compounds that are also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C and that
E) come from antioxidants--compounds also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C, and they

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please explain. i got the answer correct.. but was stuck between c and d initially. OA is D

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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:11 pm
The 2/3 split here is right at the start of the underlined portion: do we need "comes" or "come"? The subject is "most of the purported health benefits," so we need the plural form "come".

We can eliminate E for using the pronoun "they," which could refer to antioxidants, compounds, or health benefits.

D uses parallel construction correctly:

"compounds that (are also found...) and that (inhibit the formation...)"

C does not use parallel form.
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by GmatKiss » Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:25 pm
Most of the purported health benefits of tea comes from antioxidants--compounds also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C that inhibit the formation of plaque along the body's blood vessels.

A) comes from antioxidants--compounds also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C that
B) comes from antioxidants--compounds that are also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C, and they
C) come from antioxidants--compounds also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C, and
D) come from antioxidants--compounds that are also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C and that
E) come from antioxidants--compounds also found in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C, and they

IMO: D

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by queenisabella » Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:04 am
so what would option C have to be rewritten as to follow parallel form?

Would it be "compounds also fund in beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C, and ALSO" inhibit..?