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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 2:51 am
Elderly patients, many who take expensive brand-name medications daily, could reduce their medical costs by switching to generic drugs and making lifestyle changes.

many who
many of them who
and many of them who
many of whom
many of which
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by kvcpk » Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:02 am
many of whom

IMO D
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by adi_800 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:31 am
Now it seems that Manhattan has too started copy pasting questions from OG...
Was nt expecting this from Manhattan...
Same question..subject changed..same concept.. Question present in OG11.
These kinda questions in the tests raise the score of the exam taker and do not represent the actual level....
:(
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by paes » Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:28 am
IMO C

OA please ??
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:51 am
adi 800 whatever it may be mangattan is for Gmat and og is bible for Gmat so its good that it is clearing the concept of question in the bible( og). i think u should reply the question rather criticizing Manhattan's strategy. do u know kaplan takeover manhattan now u will face kaplan questions in manhattan tests
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:02 am
paes what happened to u? plz conc on your verbal part else u will come down to my level of score. i want to know what is yr current level. i m still beetween 500 to 600 level.

praveen plz tell why u have not choosen B?
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by kvcpk » Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:09 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote: praveen plz tell why u have not choosen B?
in "many of them who" - them and who are redundant. Both are referring back to elderly patients which is unnecessary.
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by paes » Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:27 pm
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:paes what happened to u? plz conc on your verbal part else u will come down to my level of score. i want to know what is yr current level. i m still beetween 500 to 600 level.

praveen plz tell why u have not choosen B?
well said Pradeep.

Actually I was going to select D but it was looking wordy to me.
See :
Elderly patients, many of whom take <>
can be written more effectively by
Elderly patients, who take <>

So I thought D is wordy/redundant.

Then I scanned the other choices. C was making some sense
Elderly patients, and many of them who take expensive brand-name medications daily, could reduce their medical costs by switching to generic drugs and making lifestyle changes.

Here I am seeing two groups
1. Elderly patients AND
2. many of them who take expensive brand-name

So I selected C.
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by paes » Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:37 pm
OA is D.
https://www.beatthegmat.com/manhatan-sc-5-t8709.html

But I don't agree with OA.
D is equivalent to:

Elderly patients, many of them(whom) take expensive brand-name medications daily, could reduce their medical costs by switching to generic drugs and making lifestyle changes.

from the meaning, the sentence should be -> elders (who take expansive drugs c) .could reduce .....

' who take expansive drugs' is necessary for the right meaning but D is putting it like an extra info.
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by kvcpk » Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:08 pm
paes wrote: Actually I was going to select D but it was looking wordy to me.
See :
Elderly patients, many of whom take <>
can be written more effectively by
Elderly patients, who take <>

So I thought D is wordy/redundant.
Hi Paes,

The meaning of both the sentences above is different.
The first sentence says many of the elderly patients. (NOT ALL)
Second says Elderly Patients (means ALL)

Hope this helps!!
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by paes » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:37 am
kvcp,

You are wrong here.

When we say :

Elderly patients, who take expensive brand-name medications daily, could reduce their medical costs by switching to generic drugs and making lifestyle changes.

We are talking only about those patients who take expensive medicines.

See the similar example :

People who speak two languages are called bilingual. [ https://www.englishlanguageguide.com/eng ... ronoun.asp ]

that's why I selected C over D.
I found no grammatical mistake with C,
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by kvcpk » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:21 am
paes wrote:When we say :

Elderly patients, who take expensive brand-name medications daily, could reduce their medical costs by switching to generic drugs and making lifestyle changes.

We are talking only about those patients who take expensive medicines.
You are right about your example. But the intended meaning of the sentence is different.

"We are talking only about those patients who take expensive medicines." is WRONG
The original sentence is not speaking about those patients who take expensive medicines.

It is infact speaking about all elderly patients. It is just giving us additional information that many of them take expensive medicines.

Hope this helps. Let me know in case you need more info.
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by Shawshank » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:28 am
paes wrote:kvcp,

You are wrong here.

When we say :

Elderly patients, who take expensive brand-name medications daily, could reduce their medical costs by switching to generic drugs and making lifestyle changes.

We are talking only about those patients who take expensive medicines.

See the similar example :

People who speak two languages are called bilingual. [ https://www.englishlanguageguide.com/eng ... ronoun.asp ]

that's why I selected C over D.
I found no grammatical mistake with C,
In this case,,, Does'nt WHO represent Elderly Parents (Subject),,,,
Is'nt WHOM wrong in this context..
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by paes » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:31 am
Read my post above. I am not convinced with the OA-D.
C looks better to me, at leas no grammar mistake.
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:48 am
paes i dont no why whom doest not look correct to me so i have choosen " many of them who" and u are saying " and many of them who".

why u have choosen C not B ( or why and is required here)
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