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by Xbond » Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:52 pm
Hi there,

I would like to know how to proceed in order to resolve this SC :

Before scientists learned how to make a synthetic growth hormone, removing it painstakingly in small amounts from the pituitary glands of human cadavers.

(A) scientists learned how to make a synthetic growth hormone, removing it painstakingly
(B) learning how to synthesize the growth hormone, it had to be painstakingly removed by scientists
(C) scientists had learned about making a synthetic growth hormone, they had to remove it painstakingly
(D) learning how to make a synthetic growth hormone, scientists had to remove it painstakingly
(E) scientists learned how to synthesize the growth hormone, it had to be painstakingly removed
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by tohellandback » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:09 pm
IMO E

(A) scientists learned how to make a synthetic growth hormone, removing it painstakingly -sounds Incomplete
(B) learning how to synthesize the growth hormone, it had to be painstakingly removed by scientists - sounds like hormone had to learn something
(C) scientists had learned about making a synthetic growth hormone, they had to remove it painstakingly - [color=red]wordy
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(D) learning how to make a synthetic growth hormone, scientists had to remove it painstakingly -it refers to synthetic growth hormone. But the growth hormones we painstakingly removed and not the "synthetic growth hormones". Changes meaning
(E) scientists learned how to synthesize the growth hormone, it had to be painstakingly removed- [color=red]Correct[/color]
The powers of two are bloody impolite!!
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by vikram_k51 » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:13 pm
Before scientists learned how to make a synthetic growth hormone, removing it painstakingly in small amounts from the pituitary glands of human cadavers.

(A) scientists learned how to make a synthetic growth hormone, removing it painstakingly
(B) learning how to synthesize the growth hormone, it had to be painstakingly removed by scientists
(C) scientists had learned about making a synthetic growth hormone, they had to remove it painstakingly
(D) learning how to make a synthetic growth hormone, scientists had to remove it painstakingly
(E) scientists learned how to synthesize the growth hormone, it had to be painstakingly removed
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IMO E

by enniguy » Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:58 pm
You can't remove a synthetic growth hormone. (You can only remove a growth hormone). So A, C, D out.
B - Scientists need not remove it. They just learned about it.

Hence, E.
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by Xbond » Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:45 am
the right answer is E
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Xbond wrote:Hi there,

I would like to know how to proceed in order to resolve this SC :

Before scientists learned how to make a synthetic growth hormone, removing it painstakingly in small amounts from the pituitary glands of human cadavers.

(A) scientists learned how to make a synthetic growth hormone, removing it painstakingly
(B) learning how to synthesize the growth hormone, it had to be painstakingly removed by scientists
(C) scientists had learned about making a synthetic growth hormone, they had to remove it painstakingly
(D) learning how to make a synthetic growth hormone, scientists had to remove it painstakingly
(E) scientists learned how to synthesize the growth hormone, it had to be painstakingly removed
D

"learning how to make..." perfectly modifies scientists in subsequent clause.

stand corrected. e
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by Xbond » Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:05 am
I wrote that OA was E
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