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A or B??

by mehaksal » Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:32 am
The fear of rabies is well founded; few people are known to recover from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms.

(A) few people are known to recover from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms
(B) few people are known to have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared
(C) there are few known people who have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared
(D) after the clinical symptoms appear, there are few known people who have recovered from the disease
(E) recovery from the disease is known for only a few people after the clinical symptoms appear
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by patanjali.purpose » Sat Aug 11, 2012 7:01 am
mehaksal wrote:The fear of rabies is well founded; few people are known to recover from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms.

(A) few people are known to recover from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms
(B) few people are known to have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared
The FEAR of rabies is WELL FOUNDED. The 2nd indepdent clause after semicolon should show how THE FEAR IS WELL FOUNDED. This is possible if we say that many people have died (ALREADY DIED) over the years because of Rabies.

A says ARE KNOWN (present tense implies today) to recover (today) - we know many people recover from this disease today, but this is not conformig why THE FEAR IS WELL FOUNDED.

B - use of TO HAVE RECOVERED (past phenomenon) suggests "we know that many people have died in past of rabies". This connects 2nd clause with the first.

IMO B
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by confuse mind » Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:58 pm
mehaksal wrote:The fear of rabies is well founded; few people are known to recover from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms.

(A) few people are known to recover from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms
(B) few people are known to have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared
(C) there are few known people who have recovered from the disease once the clinical symptoms have appeared
(D) after the clinical symptoms appear, there are few known people who have recovered from the disease
(E) recovery from the disease is known for only a few people after the clinical symptoms appear

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by mehaksal » Sun Aug 12, 2012 4:17 am
so going with the OA or the other convincing option??
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by GMAT_2010_2707 » Sun Aug 12, 2012 8:13 am
I would request an expert to comment on this
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by agautam7879 » Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:51 am
what is the official answer
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by avik.ch » Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:32 am
A cannot be the OA.

In the original one : The fear of rabies is well founded; few people are known to recover from the disease after the appearance of the clinical symptoms.

use of "after" is incorrect - it signifies time. Where as in B - "once..." signifies an adverb of condition. And it is more a proper representation of meaning here.

the time sequence problem is well explained by Patanjali.purpose.

the answer must me B.

Hope this helps !!
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