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[ferium]

Doctors still know little about how the Listeria bacterium is spread and why the disease it causes, listeriosis, afflicts some people in a contaminated area though it spares many others.

(A) though it spares
(B) where it spares
(C) despite sparing
(D) when sparing
(E) while sparing

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[Neo2000]

The disease does 2 things at the same time-- afflicting some and sparing others

Afflicts some while sparing others. Option E??

p.s. am guessing the underlined part is "though it spares"

[careers.asd]

Doctors still know little about how the Listeria bacterium is spread and why the disease it causes, listeriosis, afflicts some people in a contaminated area though it spares many others.

(A) though it spares
(B) where it spares
(C) despite sparing
(D) when sparing
(E) while sparing

i could not solve it.
need help
Thanks

E looks to be correct.

[atulmangal]

+1 for E

[aspirant2011]

Doctors still know little about how the Listeria bacterium is spread and why the disease it causes, listeriosis, afflicts some people in a contaminated area though it spares many others.

(A) though it spares
(B) where it spares --------> awkward
(C) despite sparing --------> despite is wrong because it should be used when a contradiction is required for example: despite doing this he did this
(D) when sparing -----------> awkward
(E) while sparing

[mundasingh123]

(A) though it spares
(B) where it spares
(C) despite sparing
(D) when sparing
(E) while sparing
The potential answers that might seem tempting are A , C ,E
Grammatically all seem ok . Now the correct answers hinges on Meaning . though and despite should have been used if the author intended to convey that sparing some people would have led to sparing the rest too . This doesnt make sense. I know this sounds abstract and will take some figuring out to understand what i am trying to say .
What we need is an option ie E that gives us an idea of both the events taking place side by side

[bubbliiiiiiii]

Doctors still know little about how the Listeria bacterium is spread and why the disease it causes, listeriosis, afflicts some people in a contaminated area though it spares many others.

(A) though it spares Doesn't it point to listeriosis?
(B) where it spares : where is properly placed, it points to listeriosis but makes the meaning awkward.
(C) despite sparing : Despite is used against nouns. (Recently read in some post)
(D) when sparing : when is awkward describing time. we don't have any event specific to some time.
(E) while sparing : while (simulatneously) sparing .. gives the best meaning to sentence.

Between A and E.

I thought, though it spares matches with it points and chose A

The reason I dropped E was because of sparing. I believe since we are talking about simple present here, it is inappropriate to use sparing (present continous).

Can anyone please help me understand this?

[mundasingh123]

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[atulmangal]

Doctors still know little about how the Listeria bacterium is spread and why the disease it causes, listeriosis, afflicts some people in a contaminated area though it spares many others.

(A) though it spares Doesn't it point to listeriosis?
(B) where it spares : where is properly placed, it points to listeriosis but makes the meaning awkward.
(C) despite sparing : Despite is used against nouns. (Recently read in some post)
(D) when sparing : when is awkward describing time. we don't have any event specific to some time.
(E) while sparing : while (simulatneously) sparing .. gives the best meaning to sentence.

Between A and E.

I thought, though it spares matches with it points and chose A

The reason I dropped E was because of sparing. I believe since we are talking about simple present here, it is inappropriate to use sparing (present continous).

Can anyone please help me understand this?

Sparing is a noun here (gerund) not a verb representing present continuous tense...for -ing form to be a verb we must use is, are, was etc before it...

[bubbliiiiiiii]

Thanks ..

How can we know whether sparing is acting as a noun or verb?

[atulmangal]

Thanks ..

How can we know whether sparing is acting as a noun or verb?

for any -ing form to be a verb we must use is, are, was etc before it...otherwise they act as either a noun or an adjective..

[mundasingh123]

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