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1) While some academicians believe that business ethics should be integrated into every business course, others say that students will take ethics seriously only if it would be taught as a separately required course.

A) only if it would be taught as a separately required course
B) only if it is taught as a separate, required course
C) if it is taught only as a course required separately
D) if it was taught only as a separate and required course
E) if it would only be taught as a required course, separately

please explain the difference between B and C. This question is posted before but i dont understand the difference between B and C

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22 Aug 2012, 14:17

B is the right one.

Understand the meaning. Removing modifiers and clauses, the sentence simply means "Students will take this subject seriously ONLY if it is taught as separate course."

C is flawed in multiple ways.
- Placement of 'only'
- "course required separately" doesn't mean the same thing as "separate, required course."
- In correct choice separate and required are two modifiers - adjectives - modifying the noun 'course'. Which is the right way.
- In C separately modifies verb require and acts as adverb. - wrong

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22 Aug 2012, 17:55

The difference between (B) and (C) is the placement of 'only', which changes the meaning. Let's start with (B).

B) only if it is taught as a separate, required course

The meaning of 'ethics will only be taught if...' is that the other alternative would be to not teach ethics. Notice the placement of 'only' is right before 'taught.'

C) if it is taught only as a course required separately

Here the debate is no longer whether ethics will be taught, but how it will be taught. Essentially (C) is saying that ethics will not be taught as a combined course or an integrated course, or any course for that matter. It will taught only as a separate course. This changes the original meaning of the sentence.

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27 Aug 2012, 05:54

kudos for Chris. How about ' as separate, required course' in B. Is it acceptable in either standard English or GMAT to omit the conjunction 'and' in this case while neither appears to be a modifier of the other?

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Re: 1) While some academicians believe that business ethics [#permalink]

07 Feb 2013, 07:28

when ever we see "if" we have to check whether the correct form of "will" is used.

it is easy to learn the explanation but is harder to get the question right. that is why we need skill. though learning skill is very fast, it is important. how to create skills is what we look for.

applying "whether" check, we can eliminate 3 choices soon.

Re: 1) While some academicians believe that business ethics [#permalink] 07 Feb 2013, 07:28

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