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Antipathogenic drugs

by selango » Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:46 am
In the field of biotechnology, scientists have manipulated genetic and biological understanding to develop an increasing large number of antipathogenic drugs, each specifically aimed at a new class or generation of pathogen.

A. increasing large number of antipathogenic drugs, each specifically aimed at

B. increasing large number of antipathogenic drugs, each aimed specifically to

C. increasing large number of antipathogenic drugs, all specifically aimed at

D. increasingly large number of antipathogenic drugs, all of them specifically aimed to

E. increasingly large number of antipathogenic drugs, each aimed specifically at

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by kvcpk » Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:56 am
IMO E.

large is an adjective modifying noun number.

only an Adverb can modify an adjective. Hence increasingly is correct.
ABC out.

all of the drugs are not aimed at a single new class.

Each of them are aimed at different new classes.

Also, I am not sure, but I feel Aimed at is the right idiom.

Hence pick E.
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by shovan85 » Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:08 am
IMO E

aimed at correct idiom
adverb required
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by sanabk » Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:07 am
A
- adverb specifically should be placed before verb aimed.
- aimed at (correct idiom).
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by limestone » Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:17 am
1 Vote for E too.

"Aim at" is correct idiom. So eliminate B,D.

"Large", not "number", is modified by "increase". "Large" is an adjective, so an adverb is required. Thus "increasingly" is the best usage here.

Only E remains.
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by Arcane66 » Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:27 am
I picked E as well. increasingly has to modify large. Each of the drugs are aimed at a new class, not all of the drugs.
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