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by neha.patni » Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:45 pm
853. There has been a 30- to 40-fold increase in the incidence of malaria caused by increasing mosquito resistance against pesticides.

(A) increase in the incidence of malaria caused by increasing mosquito resistance against
(B) increase in the incidence of malaria because of increasing resistance of mosquitoes to
(C) increasing malaria incidence because of increasing resistance of mosquitoes to
(D) incidence of malaria increase caused by increasing mosquito resistance against
(E) incidence of malaria increase because of increased mosquito resistance to

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by kvcpk » Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:50 pm
IMO B.

"Resistance to" is correct.

So BCE

C is awkward.

30-to-40 fold "increase" - not Incidence

So B
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by 786 » Thu Jul 01, 2010 2:45 am
Narrows down to A / B .

I will go for B for the same reasons as KVCPK.
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by neha.patni » Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:17 am
kvcpk wrote:IMO B.

"Resistance to" is correct.

So BCE

C is awkward.

30-to-40 fold "increase" - not Incidence

So B
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by kvcpk » Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:47 am
neha.patni wrote: Are you sure that "resistance to" is the correct idiom and not "resistance against"?
Hi Neha,

I am not sure about it. But as far as i have seen, The usage goes like this:

Resistance to drugs/antibiotics/change

Resistance against empire/communism/slavery

I would like some experts to comment on this.
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by GMATGuruNY » Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:10 am
kvcpk wrote:
neha.patni wrote: Are you sure that "resistance to" is the correct idiom and not "resistance against"?
Hi Neha,

I am not sure about it. But as far as i have seen, The usage goes like this:

Resistance to drugs/antibiotics/change

Resistance against empire/communism/slavery

I would like some experts to comment on this.
Idioms often are misused in the real world. The GMAT writers prefer resistance to.

Some would argue that resistance against is redundant. The word resistance implies that you're against, so both words are not needed.

Similarly, on the GMAT it would be incorrect to say:

The US is competing against China.

Again, unidiomatic and a bit redundant. The GMAT writers would prefer:

The US is competing with China.
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by kvcpk » Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:12 am
GMATGuruNY wrote:
kvcpk wrote:
neha.patni wrote: Are you sure that "resistance to" is the correct idiom and not "resistance against"?
Hi Neha,

I am not sure about it. But as far as i have seen, The usage goes like this:

Resistance to drugs/antibiotics/change

Resistance against empire/communism/slavery

I would like some experts to comment on this.
Idioms often are misused in the real world. The GMAT writers prefer resistance to.

Some would argue that resistance against is redundant. The word resistance implies that you're against, so both words are not needed.

Similarly, on the GMAT it would be incorrect to say:

The US is competing against China.

Again, unidiomatic and a bit redundant. The GMAT writers would prefer:

The US is competing with China.
Thanks for the clarification Mitch!!
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