BREAKING: Target Test Prep releases Brand New 2026 On Demand GMAT prep course

Redeem

Carpal tunnel syndrome

This topic has expert replies
Post new topic Locked
Previous Topic Next Topic
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 126
Joined: Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:53 am
Location: Bangalore, India
Thanked: 1 times

Carpal tunnel syndrome

by soumyopriyosaha » Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:11 am
Carpenters, dentists, sewing machine operators, needlepointers, piano players, and indeed anyone who works with their hands for long hours can get carpal tunnel syndrome.

(A) anyone who works
(B) anyone working
(C) workers
(D) those for whom work is
(E) any people who work

Will post OA later.
Top
Source: — Sentence Correction |
GMAT Instructor
Posts: 1578
Joined: Thu May 28, 2009 8:02 am
Thanked: 128 times
Followed by:34 members
GMAT Score:760

by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:17 am
I think its E.

A- Every other profession is plural
B- this violates the parallelism needed
C- this changes the meaning and adds ambiguity
D- Whom is incorrect
Top
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 1560
Joined: Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:38 am
Thanked: 137 times
Followed by:5 members

by thephoenix » Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:26 am
the non underlined part is having pronoun their , which asks for a plural sub
only option E is providing a plural sub
C however is lacking verb
Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 126
Joined: Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:53 am
Location: Bangalore, India
Thanked: 1 times

by soumyopriyosaha » Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:29 am
OA is E.
I missed that "anyone" is singular and chose A. :(
Top
User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 2109
Joined: Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:25 pm
Location: New Jersey
Thanked: 109 times
Followed by:79 members
GMAT Score:640

by money9111 » Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:51 pm
osirus0830 can you tell us why E is correct?
My goal is to make MBA applicants take onus over their process.

My story from Pre-MBA to Cornell MBA - New Post in Pre-MBA blog

Me featured on Poets & Quants

Free Book for MBA Applicants

Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 194
Joined: Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:18 am
Thanked: 2 times

by girish3131 » Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:53 am
E can not be correct answer b'coz when we say 'anyone ' then we are obviously including Carpenters, dentists, sewing machine operators, needlepointers, piano players etc etc.. so 'ANYONE' will cause to include them once again.

After mentioning C , D , S , M and N we need to look for those workers which are not included till yet.

Only option D fits the bill.

New suggestions are welcome...
Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 182
Joined: Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:55 am
Thanked: 11 times

by Giorgio » Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:58 am
girish3131 wrote:E can not be correct answer b'coz when we say 'anyone ' then we are obviously including Carpenters, dentists, sewing machine operators, needlepointers, piano players etc etc.. so 'ANYONE' will cause to include them once again.

After mentioning C , D , S , M and N we need to look for those workers which are not included till yet.

Only option D fits the bill.

New suggestions are welcome...
Any can be either singular or plural ( Remember SANAM pronouns? )

So S-V agreement issue is solved here by putting people as an antecedent.
Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 182
Joined: Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:55 am
Thanked: 11 times

by Giorgio » Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:59 am
girish3131 wrote:E can not be correct answer b'coz when we say 'anyone ' then we are obviously including Carpenters, dentists, sewing machine operators, needlepointers, piano players etc etc.. so 'ANYONE' will cause to include them once again.

After mentioning C , D , S , M and N we need to look for those workers which are not included till yet.

Only option D fits the bill.

New suggestions are welcome...
Any can be either singular or plural ( Remember SANAM pronouns? )

So number agreement issue is solved here by putting people as an antecedent.
Top
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 126
Joined: Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:53 am
Location: Bangalore, India
Thanked: 1 times

by soumyopriyosaha » Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:41 am
girish3131 wrote:E can not be correct answer b'coz when we say 'anyone ' then we are obviously including Carpenters, dentists, sewing machine operators, needlepointers, piano players etc etc.. so 'ANYONE' will cause to include them once again.

After mentioning C , D , S , M and N we need to look for those workers which are not included till yet.

Only option D fits the bill.

New suggestions are welcome...
whom in D is wrong...
Top
Post new topic Locked
• Page 1 of 1