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by vivek.kapoor83 » Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:16 am
Studies of the human “sleep-wake cycle” have practical relevance for matters ranging from duty assignments in nuclear submarines and air-traffic control towers to the staff of shifts in 24-hour factories.

(A) to the staff of
(B) to those who staff
(C) to the staffing of
(D) and staffing
(E) and the staff of
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by karmayogi » Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:15 am
vivek.kapoor83 wrote:Studies of the human “sleep-wake cycle” have practical relevance for matters ranging from duty assignments in nuclear submarines and air-traffic control towers to the staff of shifts in 24-hour factories.

From duty assignments...to Y. Now, Y has to do with work and not living beings.

(A) to the staff of - duty assignments is not equal to staff
(B) to those who staff - duty assignment is not parallel with those who staff
(C) to the staffing of - duty assignments and staffing both talks about work
(D) and staffing - non-idiomatic
(E) and the staff of - non-idiomatic
Though I am not completely satisfied with C, but, to me, that's the best option among the lot.
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by iamcste » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:23 am
vivek.kapoor83 wrote:Studies of the human “sleep-wake cycle” have practical relevance for matters ranging from duty assignments in nuclear submarines and air-traffic control towers to the staff of shifts in 24-hour factories.

(A) to the staff of
(B) to those who staff
(C) to the staffing of
(D) and staffing
(E) and the staff of
Range from X to Y; Eliminate D and E

A-Lacks parallelism
B-those who -no referrrent ...also staff means actual crew and staffing means arranging the crew

we need staffing as based on sleep work cycles, staffing can be planned

C-offers to the correct meaning and sets the required parallelim

staffing is parallel to ranging
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by mals24 » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:09 am
I agree with iamcste on all points except the following
staffing is parallel to ranging
Staffing is not parallel to ranging. 'The staffing' is parallel to duty assignments'.

Choice C uses 'The staffing'. Adding an article before the '-ing' form makes the '-ing' form to a noun phrase. So a noun is parallel to another noun.

Also in the idiom ranging from X to Y, Y should be parallel to X and not ranging.
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by iamcste » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:36 am
mals24 wrote:I agree with iamcste on all points except the following
staffing is parallel to ranging
Staffing is not parallel to ranging. 'The staffing' is parallel to duty assignments'.

Choice C uses 'The staffing'. Adding an article before the '-ing' form makes the '-ing' form to a noun phrase. So a noun is parallel to another noun.

Also in the idiom ranging from X to Y, Y should be parallel to X and not ranging.
Agree with mals
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by karmayogi » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:42 am
mals24 wrote:I agree with iamcste on all points except the following
staffing is parallel to ranging
Staffing is not parallel to ranging. 'The staffing' is parallel to duty assignments'.

Choice C uses 'The staffing'. Adding an article before the '-ing' form makes the '-ing' form to a noun phrase. So a noun is parallel to another noun.

Also in the idiom ranging from X to Y, Y should be parallel to X and not ranging.
makes sense B-)
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:48 am
GR8...JOB MALS...OA is C.
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by mals24 » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:17 am
Thank you :D
As a return gift please underline the sentence in future.
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by GMATters1001 » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:09 am
I agree that C sounds best. But why is staff in answer choice A also not parallel? Is it because assignments and staffing are action nouns whereas staff is not?

I am just searching for the logic behind eliminating A.
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by iamcste » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:17 am
GMATters1001 wrote:I agree that C sounds best. But why is staff in answer choice A also not parallel? Is it because assignments and staffing are action nouns whereas staff is not?

I am just searching for the logic behind eliminating A.

Staff and Duty assignments are logically not parallel

Staff means actual crew and staffing means planning work for the crew, resourcing

hence "staffing" would be logically and grammtically parallel to "Duty assignments"
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