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by graghukalyan » Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:22 pm
33. A substance derived from the Madagascar periwinkle, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, is cultivated in China as part of a program to integrate traditional herbal medicine into a contemporary system of health care.

(A) A substance derived from the Madagascar periwinkle, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,
(B) A derivative, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, of the Madagascar periwinkle,
(C) A Madagascar periwinkle derivative, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,
(D) The Madagascar periwinkle has a derivative which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, that
(E) The Madagascar periwinkle, a derivative of which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,

Am caught up btwn C and E. Both seem to be proper just that the reference antecedent changes.
Pls advice on which is right.[/u]
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by goelmohit2002 » Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:23 pm
Between C and E I think C is better since E changes the meaning...

C says derivative is cultivated.

E says Ma dagascar periwinkle is cultivated.
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by mittalashwani13 » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:19 pm
Mohit pointed out the right thing ...but answer got to be E because ... medicine not its derivative can be cultivated as part of the program...

IMO E
goelmohit2002 wrote:Between C and E I think C is better since E changes the meaning...

C says derivative is cultivated.

E says Ma dagascar periwinkle is cultivated.
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by thetrystero » Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:26 pm
33. A substance derived from the Madagascar periwinkle, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, is cultivated in China as part of a program to integrate traditional herbal medicine into a contemporary system of health care.

(A) A substance derived from the Madagascar periwinkle, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,
(B) A derivative, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, of the Madagascar periwinkle,
derivative is too far from its subject
(C) A Madagascar periwinkle derivative, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,
I don't see anything wrong with this, but I prefer "substance derived" to "derivative"
(D) The Madagascar periwinkle has a derivative which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, that
comma before "that" doesn't look right. if comma were not present, I would say that this option is correct as well (but I would still go with A)
(E) The Madagascar periwinkle, a derivative of which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,
this says that the periwinkle itself is being cultivated

My answer:A.
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by BlindVision » Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:36 pm
graghukalyan wrote:33. A substance derived from the Madagascar periwinkle, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, is cultivated in China as part of a program to integrate traditional herbal medicine into a contemporary system of health care.

(A) A substance derived from the Madagascar periwinkle, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,
(B) A derivative, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, of the Madagascar periwinkle,
(C) A Madagascar periwinkle derivative, which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,
(D) The Madagascar periwinkle has a derivative which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients, that
(E) The Madagascar periwinkle, a derivative of which has proved useful in decreasing mortality among young leukemia patients,

Am caught up btwn C and E. Both seem to be proper just that the reference antecedent changes.
Pls advice on which is right.[/u]
I got "A" although that may not be the OA.

If the OA is "E", it still sounds awkward [to me]...

"The Madagascar periwinkle, a derivative of which..."

What exactly is the derivative, is it the periwinkle, or is it the Madagascar periwinkle? If the Madagascar periwinkle is the derivative, then it's a derivative of what?
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by thetrystero » Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:51 pm
@graghukalyan: OA please.
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by BlindVision » Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:57 pm
OA=E, although it still seems akward to me. :?:
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by Mayur Sand » Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:42 pm
Still not clear why (C) is not correct . Please explain
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by hemanth28 » Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:55 pm
mittalashwani13 wrote:Mohit pointed out the right thing ...but answer got to be E because ... medicine not its derivative can be cultivated as part of the program...

IMO E
goelmohit2002 wrote:Between C and E I think C is better since E changes the meaning...

C says derivative is cultivated.

E says Ma dagascar periwinkle is cultivated.
Well put!! I initially marked C . After reading this I am now convinced that it is E.
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by meet.anup » Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:50 pm
Madagascar prewinkle is cultivated and
the derived substance is useful in decreasing the mortality among young leukemia patients.
Only 'E' dose this correctly.
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by commit.gmat » Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:24 pm
A plant (Madagascar periwinkle) is cultivated, a derivative of which is...

only E correctly captures the meaning of the sentence.

All other answer choices say that the substance derived from the plant is cultivated in China. Meaning is wrong in all of them.
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by thetrystero » Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:35 pm
Wow, this was a tricky one!! :shock:

Wine is a derivative of grapes. So you cultivate the grapes in order to make wine. You can't "cultivate" the wine itself.
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by karthikpandian19 » Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:22 am
I too fell for A, but it is very important to understand what the non-underlined sentences imply for....Gud one
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