Sentence Correction

Almost a decade after New York State passed laws to protect patients by reducing the grueling hours worked by medical residents, twelve hospitals have been investigated by state medical officials, finding that all twelve consistently break the laws, many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work more than 95 hours a week.

A. twelve hospitals have been investigated by state medical officials, finding that all
twelve consistently break the laws, many residents work longer than 24 hours
straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work
B. an investigation by state medical officials of twelve hospitals have found all
twelve consistently breaking the laws, that many residents work longer than 24
hours straight, with more than half the surgical residents working
C. an investigation of twelve hospitals by state medical officials has found that all
twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours
straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work
D. twelve hospitals were investigated by state medical officials who found all twelve
breaking the laws, with many residents working longer than 24 hours straight, and
more than half the surgical residents work
E. an investigation by state medical officials has found that, of twelve hospitals, all
twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours
straight, with more than half the surgical residents working

prachich1987 wrote:Almost a decade after New York State passed laws to protect patients by reducing the grueling hours worked by medical residents, twelve hospitals have been investigated by state medical officials, finding that all twelve consistently break the laws, many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work more than 95 hours a week.

A. twelve hospitals have been investigated by state medical officials, finding that all
twelve consistently break the laws, many residents work longer than 24 hours
straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work
B. an investigation by state medical officials of twelve hospitals have found all
twelve consistently breaking the laws, that many residents work longer than 24
hours straight, with more than half the surgical residents working
C. an investigation of twelve hospitals by state medical officials has found that all
twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours
straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work
D. twelve hospitals were investigated by state medical officials who found all twelve
breaking the laws, with many residents working longer than 24 hours straight, and
more than half the surgical residents work
E. an investigation by state medical officials has found that, of twelve hospitals, all
twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours
straight, with more than half the surgical residents working

"C"

What happened after a decade......An investigation has reveiled something...

Hence the independent clause shud start with "An investigation"..Eliminating A and D.

An investigation (of 12 hospitals.....) has/have....it shud be "has"....eliminating B.

"AND" is absent in option "E". eliminate it.

Left with "C".

Perfectly parallel.

aninvestigation found 1) that all twelve hospitals......
2) that many residents .....
AND 3) that more than.....

is the OA "C".

Regards,
Murali.

The correct answers seems to be C.

A lacks parallel construction - missing a "that" before "many residents"
B also lacks parallel construction by using "consistently breaking the laws, that many residents...."
D also lacks parallel construction by saying "with many residents working longer than 24 hours straight, and
more than half the surgical residents work "
E - same problem by saying "found that all twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, with more than half the surgical residents working

muralimba wrote:

prachich1987 wrote:Almost a decade after New York State passed laws to protect patients by reducing the grueling hours worked by medical residents, twelve hospitals have been investigated by state medical officials, finding that all twelve consistently break the laws, many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work more than 95 hours a week.

A. twelve hospitals have been investigated by state medical officials, finding that all
twelve consistently break the laws, many residents work longer than 24 hours
straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work
B. an investigation by state medical officials of twelve hospitals have found all
twelve consistently breaking the laws, that many residents work longer than 24
hours straight, with more than half the surgical residents working
C. an investigation of twelve hospitals by state medical officials has found that all
twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours
straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work
D. twelve hospitals were investigated by state medical officials who found all twelve
breaking the laws, with many residents working longer than 24 hours straight, and
more than half the surgical residents work
E. an investigation by state medical officials has found that, of twelve hospitals, all
twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours
straight, with more than half the surgical residents working

"C"

What happened after a decade......An investigation has reveiled something...

Hence the independent clause shud start with "An investigation"..Eliminating A and D.

An investigation (of 12 hospitals.....) has/have....it shud be "has"....eliminating B.

"AND" is absent in option "E". eliminate it.

Left with "C".

Perfectly parallel.

aninvestigation found 1) that all twelve hospitals......
2) that many residents .....
AND 3) that more than.....

is the OA "C".

Regards,https://www.beatthegmat.com/posting.php?mode=smilies
Murali.

yes the OA is "C"
But I don't understand the construction of the sentence
"An investigation........has found"
How can investigation being a non-living thing can find something
State medical officials have found it.

Investigations can find.... nothing wrong with that

prachich1987 wrote:

muralimba wrote:

prachich1987 wrote:Almost a decade after New York State passed laws to protect patients by reducing the grueling hours worked by medical residents, twelve hospitals have been investigated by state medical officials, finding that all twelve consistently break the laws, many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work more than 95 hours a week.

A. twelve hospitals have been investigated by state medical officials, finding that all
twelve consistently break the laws, many residents work longer than 24 hours
straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work
B. an investigation by state medical officials of twelve hospitals have found all
twelve consistently breaking the laws, that many residents work longer than 24
hours straight, with more than half the surgical residents working
C. an investigation of twelve hospitals by state medical officials has found that all
twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours
straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work
D. twelve hospitals were investigated by state medical officials who found all twelve
breaking the laws, with many residents working longer than 24 hours straight, and
more than half the surgical residents work
E. an investigation by state medical officials has found that, of twelve hospitals, all
twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours
straight, with more than half the surgical residents working

"C"

What happened after a decade......An investigation has reveiled something...

Hence the independent clause shud start with "An investigation"..Eliminating A and D.

An investigation (of 12 hospitals.....) has/have....it shud be "has"....eliminating B.

"AND" is absent in option "E". eliminate it.

Left with "C".

Perfectly parallel.

aninvestigation found 1) that all twelve hospitals......
2) that many residents .....
AND 3) that more than.....

is the OA "C".

Regards,https://www.beatthegmat.com/posting.php?mode=smilies
Murali.

yes the OA is "C"
But I don't understand the construction of the sentence
"An investigation........has found"
How can investigation being a non-living thing can find something
State medical officials have found it.

"My serious preparation for GMAT takes me to score 780"

is there any thing wrong with this sentence, though preparation (non-living thing) takes me .....

Regards,
Murali.

Would be better to say:

My serious preparation will take me to a score of 780.

But the main idea is correct - your preparation can take you to a score of 780

Salman Ghaffar wrote:Would be better to say:

My serious preparation will take me to a score of 780.

But the main idea is correct - your preparation can take you to a score of 780

I Agree.

muralimba wrote:

Salman Ghaffar wrote:Would be better to say:

My serious preparation will take me to a score of 780.

But the main idea is correct - your preparation can take you to a score of 780

I Agree.

completely agree
thanks for clearing my doubt!