New, strong varieties of antibiotics show the potential to kill a harmful bacterium without the unintended effects of killing benign bacteria and development of resistant strains of bacteria by earlier high-strength varieties.
1) unintended effects of killing benign bacteria and the development of resistant strains of bacteria by earlier high-strength varieties
2) unintended effects by earlier high-strength varieties of development of resistant strains and killing benign bacteria
3)unintended effects for the development of resistant strains of bacteria and killing benign bacteria of earlier high-strength varieties
4) development of resistant strains of bacteria and killing of benign bacteria that were required by earlier high-strength varieties
5)killing of benign bacteria and development of resistant strains of bacteria, which were unintended effects of earlier high-strength varieties
I am having such a humongous trouble understanding the Kaplan CAT SC questions, one such Q is given above.
OA E
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jordan23 wrote:New, strong varieties of antibiotics show the potential to kill a harmful bacterium without the unintended effects of killing benign bacteria and development of resistant strains of bacteria by earlier high-strength varieties.
1) unintended effects of killing benign bacteria and the development of resistant strains of bacteria by earlier high-strength varieties - changes meaning; wordiness
2) unintended effects by earlier high-strength varieties of development of resistant strains and killing benign bacteria - parallelism issue.
3)unintended effects for the development of resistant strains of bacteria and killing benign bacteria of earlier high-strength varieties - - parallelism issue.
4) development of resistant strains of bacteria and killing of benign bacteria that were required by earlier high-strength varieties - gramatically fine but changes intended meaning.
5)killing of benign bacteria and development of resistant strains of bacteria, which were unintended effects of earlier high-strength varieties
I am having such a humongous trouble understanding the Kaplan CAT SC questions, one such Q is given above.
OA E
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In (B), you have cited parallelism issue because Development and Killing are used, but this same parallel structure is used in E as well. Killing and Development, then why is E correct and not B?
bubbliiiiiiii wrote:jordan23 wrote:New, strong varieties of antibiotics show the potential to kill a harmful bacterium without the unintended effects of killing benign bacteria and development of resistant strains of bacteria by earlier high-strength varieties.
1) unintended effects of killing benign bacteria and the development of resistant strains of bacteria by earlier high-strength varieties - changes meaning; wordiness
2) unintended effects by earlier high-strength varieties of development of resistant strains and killing benign bacteria - parallelism issue.
3)unintended effects for the development of resistant strains of bacteria and killing benign bacteria of earlier high-strength varieties - - parallelism issue.
4) development of resistant strains of bacteria and killing of benign bacteria that were required by earlier high-strength varieties - gramatically fine but changes intended meaning.
5)killing of benign bacteria and development of resistant strains of bacteria, which were unintended effects of earlier high-strength varieties
I am having such a humongous trouble understanding the Kaplan CAT SC questions, one such Q is given above.
OA E
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In Option E, considering parallelism, article 'the' before development is also applicable to killing (verb) making it 'the killing' (gerund). Thus, E is parallel.In (B), you have cited parallelism issue because Development and Killing are used, but this same parallel structure is used in E as well. Killing and Development, then why is E correct and not B?
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Hi Jordan,
Could you please explain to me "Which" in E refer to what?
"Which" refers to "the killing of benign bacteria" or "development of resistant strains of bacteria" or Both?
I though "which" after the comma should ONLY refer to the NEAREST noun, in this case, "which" refers to only "development of resistant strains of bacteria"
Could you please explain to me "Which" in E refer to what?
"Which" refers to "the killing of benign bacteria" or "development of resistant strains of bacteria" or Both?
I though "which" after the comma should ONLY refer to the NEAREST noun, in this case, "which" refers to only "development of resistant strains of bacteria"
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Though not Jordan, thought I could answer your query.scholardream wrote:Hi Jordan,
Could you please explain to me "Which" in E refer to what?
"Which" refers to "the killing of benign bacteria" or "development of resistant strains of bacteria" or Both?
I though "which" after the comma should ONLY refer to the NEAREST noun, in this case, "which" refers to only "development of resistant strains of bacteria"
Here we go,
New, strong varieties of antibiotics show the potential to kill a harmful bacterium without the killing of benign bacteria and development of resistant strains of bacteria, which were unintended effects of earlier high-strength varieties.
'which' in the post above refers to 'the killing of benign bacteria and development of resistant strains of bacteria'.
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