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Biologists believe that they have found one of the substances that tell individual genes both when to become active and when to remain quiescent in the earliest phases of an embryo's development.

(A) tell individual genes both when to become active and when to remain
(B) tell individual genes both at which time they should become active and should remain
(C) tells individual genes both when to become active and when to remain
(D) tells individual genes both when to activate and when to
(E) tell an individual gene both about when it should become active and when it should remain
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by rohu27 » Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:12 am

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by atulmangal » Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:16 am
AIM GMAT wrote:Biologists believe that they have found one of the substances that tell individual genes both when to become active and when to remain quiescent in the earliest phases of an embryo's development.

(A) tell individual genes both when to become active and when to remain
(B) tell individual genes both at which time they should become active and should remain
(C) tells individual genes both when to become active and when to remain
(D) tells individual genes both when to activate and when to
(E) tell an individual gene both about when it should become active and when it should remain
IMO A

Plural tell is required as THAT Refer to substances also this is a set structure i mentioned earlier

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so C,D out

B,E and unnecessarily uses pronouns which is not required

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by AIM GMAT » Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:56 am
OA A
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by tetura84 » Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:16 pm
I feel I should mention the general pattern here.

One of the Xs + <singular>
One of the Xs that/who + <plural>
Only one of the Xs + <singular>
Only one of the Xs that/who + <plural>
The only one of the Xs that/who + <singular>
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by singh181 » Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:02 pm
Thanks for putting it together.
I feel I should mention the general pattern here.

One of the Xs + <singular>
One of the Xs that/who + <plural>
Only of the Xs + <singular>
Only one of the Xs that/who + <plural>
The only of the Xs that/who + <plural>