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by jain2016 » Tue Jan 12, 2016 9:33 am
According to a popular announcement at subway stations, one is not supposed to smoke, drink, eat, and play loud music either abroad the train or station platforms.

A) to smoke, drink, eat, and play loud music either abroad the train or station platforms

B) to smoke, drink, eat and to play loud music either abroad the train or station platforms

C) to smoke, drink, eat, or play loud music either abroad the train or on station platforms

D) to smoke, to drink, to eat, and play loud music either abroad the train or on station platforms

E) to smoke, drink, eat, or play loud music either aboard the train or station platforms

OAC


Hi Experts ,

Please explain Whats wrong with A

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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Jan 13, 2016 3:59 am
jain2016 wrote:According to a popular announcement at subway stations, one is not supposed to smoke, drink, eat, and play loud music either abroad the train or station platforms.

A) to smoke, drink, eat, and play loud music either abroad the train or station platforms

B) to smoke, drink, eat and to play loud music either abroad the train or station platforms

C) to smoke, drink, eat, or play loud music either abroad the train or on station platforms

D) to smoke, to drink, to eat, and play loud music either abroad the train or on station platforms

E) to smoke, drink, eat, or play loud music either aboard the train or station platforms

OAC


Hi Experts ,

Please explain Whats wrong with A
One should not drink AND drive.
Here, the usage of AND implies that the two actions should not be performed AT THE SAME TIME.
Conveyed meaning:
It's ok to drink.
It's ok to drive.
It's NOT ok to drink AND drive at the same time.


One should not drink OR drive.
Here, the usage of OR implies that NEITHER action should be performed.
Conveyed meaning:
It's not ok to drink.
It's not ok to drive.


A: not supposed to smoke, drink, eat AND play loud music...aboard the train
B: not supposed to smoke, drink, eat AND to play loud music...aboard the train
D: not supposed to smoke, to drink, to eat AND play loud music...aboard the train
In these options, the usage of and implies the following:
It's ok to smoke on the train.
It's ok to drink on the train.
It's ok to smoke on the train.
It's ok to play loud music on the train.
It's not ok to perform on the train all four actions at the same time.

Not the intended meaning.
The intended meaning is that one should not perform ANY of the four actions on the train.
Eliminate A, B and D.

E: either ABOARD...or STATION
Here, aboard (preposition) and station (noun) are not parallel forms.
Eliminate E.

The correct answer is C.
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by binit » Wed Jan 13, 2016 11:32 pm
A,B,C,D all are having spelling mistakes.. it should be 'aboard' and not 'abroad' :)