Aspirin

[iwill]

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.

Thanks,
Iwill

[amitansu]

'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

[codesnooker]

IMO (B)

[reachac]

IMO B

[kiranlegend]

'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

[gmattester]

'The fact that ' is redundant.
Also you are not trying to avoid fact but irritation...

[gmattester]

'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

'The fact that ' is redundant.
Also you are not trying to avoid fact but irritation...

[stubbornp]

confusion b/w B&E....plz advice.

[arvindm07]

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.

[sprony]

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'.

[uptowngirl92]

Guys whats wrong with D?

[zealous]

(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

[ashish369]

But B is in passive voice compared C which is in active voice..

dont you think C should be the answer

[tanviet]

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.