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by iwill » Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:32 am
77.Although aspirin irritates the stomach, it can be avoided if the aspirin tablet is given a coating that will not dissolve until the tablet reaches the intestine.
(A) Although aspirin irritates the stomach, it
(B) The irritation of the stomach caused by aspirin
(C) The fact that aspirin causes irritation of the stomach
(D) Aspirin causes stomach irritation, although it
(E) Aspirin irritates the stomach, which

Please provide ur reasoning along with choice.

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by amitansu » Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:05 am
'B' sounds the best choice here.

"It" is wrongly referred in choice 'A'.
'C' is wordy and awkward.
In 'D' the usage of "Although" is wrong.
In 'E' modifier is wrongly used.

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by codesnooker » Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:21 am
IMO (B)
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by reachac » Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:12 am
IMO B
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by kiranlegend » Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:49 am
amitansu wrote:'B' sounds the best choice here.

"It" is wrongly referred in choice 'A'.
'C' is wordy and awkward.
In 'D' the usage of "Although" is wrong.
In 'E' modifier is wrongly used.

Amit
i would like to add a point here as to why C is wrong..

The fact that aspirin causes irritation of the stomach can be avoided..

fact can be avoided sounds ridiculous :P
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by gmattester » Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:01 am
'The fact that ' is redundant.
Also you are not trying to avoid fact but irritation...
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by gmattester » Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:02 am
kiranlegend wrote:
amitansu wrote:'B' sounds the best choice here.

"It" is wrongly referred in choice 'A'.
'C' is wordy and awkward.
In 'D' the usage of "Although" is wrong.
In 'E' modifier is wrongly used.

Amit
i would like to add a point here as to why C is wrong..

The fact that aspirin causes irritation of the stomach can be avoided..

fact can be avoided sounds ridiculous :P
'The fact that ' is redundant.
Also you are not trying to avoid fact but irritation...
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by stubbornp » Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:16 am
confusion b/w B&E....plz advice.
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by arvindm07 » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:22 am
stubbornp wrote:confusion b/w B&E....plz advice.
'Which' modifies (or refers to) only the word previous to it and not the whole clause that comes before it. Hence, in this case, in the choice 'E' the which refers to only stomach. The stomach does not cause the irritation.

There is a topic under either "modifiers" or "Parallelism" in Manhattan SC that talks about modifier 'which'. You might want to refer to it.
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by sprony » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:23 am
stubbornp wrote:confusion b/w B&E....plz advice.
E is wrong because 'which' is not implying 'stomach irritation'. It is implying stomach.

This e.g. might help:

My father's snoring irritates my mother, who loves him anyway.

who - does not imply 'my mother's irritation', but 'my mother'.
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by uptowngirl92 » Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:27 am
Guys whats wrong with D?
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by zealous » Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:10 am
(D) Aspirin causes stomach irritation, although it

in D where is it referring to Aspirin or stomach ?

So D is wrong

B is the best ans
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by ashish369 » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:14 am
But B is in passive voice compared C which is in active voice..

dont you think C should be the answer
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by tanviet » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:56 pm
IMO C

check grammar before meaning before gmat want us to write carefully before logically.

"it" in A and D has no clear referent.

"which" in E refers to "stomach" and is not logic.

"caused " in B refers to "stomach" and is not logic

C is left.

the matter I want to tell you is that C is not concise and if you check meaning/style before check grammar, we destroy C. But,Because grammar error is more serious than style error, C is left.
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