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by diebeatsthegmat » Sun Sep 19, 2010 1:13 am
can you guys explain me the structure of option A? i dont understand

According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, aspirin prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does.

(A) prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does
(B) prevents blood clots just as well as does a commonly used and a more expensive blood-thinning drug
(C) prevents blood clots just as well as will a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug
(D) works just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug at the prevention of blood clots
(E) works just as well as does a commonly used blood-thinning drug, which is also more expensive, at preventing blood clots
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by gmatmachoman » Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:15 am
B & C are close..

My pick B

Why[spoiler] B?[/spoiler] The sentence intends to compare the finding of a research( Aspirin) with a "already" existing pattern (Expensive drug).
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by gmat_perfect » Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:41 am
diebeatsthegmat wrote:can you guys explain me the structure of option A? i dont understand

According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, aspirin prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does.

(A) prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does
(B) prevents blood clots just as well as does a commonly used and a more expensive blood-thinning drug
(C) prevents blood clots just as well as will a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug
(D) works just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug at the prevention of blood clots
(E) works just as well as does a commonly used blood-thinning drug, which is also more expensive, at preventing blood clots
The skull of the sentence:

Aspirin prevents X just as well as BT drug does.

C, D, and E can be easily eliminated.

Now what is the problem in B?

two issues with the option B.

1. Article:

An X and A Y---> means two things are talked.

a commonly used and a more expensive blood-thinning drug---> It means there are two drugs--one of them is commonly used and other one is more expensive. This is not case here. We are talking about one drug.

2. A noun without modifier should have the verb "does" after it. it makes the sentence more flowing.
Here, the blood-tinning drug does not have modifier after it. So, the does should be used after the blood-tinning drug.
--> It is also correct to use such does before noun without modifier, but to use the does after the noun without modifier is more smooth.

We are left with A, the best answer.
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by ankurmit » Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:25 am
A tough one

I could not understand sentence stucture

But A seems a better choice.
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by apex231 » Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:18 pm
According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, aspirin prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does.

(B) prevents blood clots just as well as does a commonly used and a more expensive blood-thinning drug

Option B sounds like as if the verb "does" is the verb for the subject "aspirin". Instead, "does" is the verb for the "commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug".

Makes sense?
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by diebeatsthegmat » Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:33 am
diebeatsthegmat wrote:can you guys explain me the structure of option A? i dont understand

According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, aspirin prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does.

(A) prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does
(B) prevents blood clots just as well as does a commonly used and a more expensive blood-thinning drug
(C) prevents blood clots just as well as will a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug
(D) works just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug at the prevention of blood clots
(E) works just as well as does a commonly used blood-thinning drug, which is also more expensive, at preventing blood clots
the answer is A, guys... however i dont understand its structure
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by uwhusky » Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:46 am
I'll give it a shot.
According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, aspirin prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does.
"According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine"

It's an adverbial phrase, and can be ignored.

"aspirin prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does."

aspirin - noun.

prevented - main verb.

blood clots - noun.

just as well as - comparative conjunction.

a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug - a noun phrase with bunch of adjectives, and can be shorten to say "a drug".

The sentence above can be shorten to:

X prevented Y as well as Z does.
Yep.
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by niksworth » Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:54 am
diebeatsthegmat wrote: the answer is A, guys... however i dont understand its structure
Okay, the sentence is -

According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, aspirin prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does.

Remove the opening modifier and see the rest of the sentence -

Aspirin prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does.

The subject - Aspirin
Verb - prevents
Object - blood clots

So the core of the sentence is that Aspirin prevents blood clots.

The sentences provides further information on the relative effectiveness of Aspirin in preventing blood clots compared to other products by using an adverbial clause as a modifier.

Q) How well does Aspirin prevent blood clots?

A) Just as well as a blood thinning drug does.

Adverbial clause - just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does.
Subject of the clause - a blood thinning drug
Adjectival phrase modifying the subject - commonly used and more expensive
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by ankurmit » Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:22 pm
uwhusky wrote:I'll give it a shot.
According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, aspirin prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does.
"According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine"

It's an adverbial phrase, and can be ignored.

"aspirin prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does."

aspirin - noun.

prevented - main verb.

blood clots - noun.

just as well as - comparative conjunction.

a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug - a noun phrase with bunch of adjectives, and can be shorten to say "a drug".

The sentence above can be shorten to:

X prevented Y as well as Z does.


I understood the sentence structure but this comparative conjunction seems a bit awkward.

just as well as - comparative conjunction.

Why cant we use only " AS" for comparison here.
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