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Diabetes, together with its serious complications, ranks [#permalink]
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Its been a while since I have posted a question in these forums. I came across an interesting question in the OG 11th edition, and thought I should share with you. An important concept is tested in this question. Diabetes, together with its serious complications, ranks as the nation's third leading cause of death, surpassed only by heart disease and cancer (a) ranks as the nation's third leading cause of death, surpassed only (b) rank as the nation's third leading cause of death, only surpassed (c) has the rank of the nation's third leading cause of death, only surpassed (d) are the nation's third leading causes of death, surpassed only (e) have been ranked as the nation's third leading causes of death, only surpassed Post your answers and your reasons for choosing your answer choice. Also post the "important concept" tested in this SC Will post OA in 12 hours. Thanks, Darth
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"Rank of" unidiomatic...C is OUT
E, D and B are OUT - Diabetes is not plural (check the sentence, "its serious complications" means the main subject "diabetes" is singular)
I pick A. Straightforward - use simple present tense.
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E for me
We need causes because people can die from Diabetes or its its serious complications; eliminate A, B, C
Only surpassed sounds better.
So E
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Re: SC - Diabetes complications (IMP CONCEPT) [#permalink]
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Darth_McDaddy wrote: Its been a while since I have posted a question in these forums. I came across an interesting question in the OG 11th edition, and thought I should share with you. An important concept is tested in this question.
Diabetes, together with its serious complications, ranks as the nation’s third leading cause of death, surpassed only by heart disease and cancer
(a) ranks as the nation’s third leading cause of death, surpassed only
(b) rank as the nation’s third leading cause of death, only surpassed
(c) has the rank of the nation’s third leading cause of death, only surpassed
(d) are the nation’s third leading causes of death, surpassed only
(e) have been ranked as the nation’s third leading causes of death, only surpassed
Post your answers and your reasons for choosing your answer choice. Also post the "important concept" tested in this SC
Will post OA in 12 hours.
Thanks,
Darth
"Diabetes" is a singular here, thus verb must be singular. B, D, E are out!
"Only" must adjoin the word/ words that it limits. I think " only" limits "by" in this sentence rather than " surpassed". A is my choice.
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A for me too
B, D, E - verbs do not agree with the subject, diabetes
C- "has the rank of" does not sound right
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A it is and the concept tested here is the additive phrase. together with is an additive phrase that is not used to form plurals subjects.
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Re: SC - Diabetes complications (IMP CONCEPT) [#permalink]
12 Oct 2005, 06:43
A as it is ok.
since Diabetes is singular. so B/D/E all are out. "only" should be after surpassed to put emphasis on it.
Darth_McDaddy wrote: Diabetes, together with its serious complications, ranks as the nation’s third leading cause of death, surpassed only by heart disease and cancer
(a) ranks as the nation’s third leading cause of death, surpassed only
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Re: SC - Diabetes complications (IMP CONCEPT) [#permalink]
12 Oct 2005, 06:59
Tricky one.. but I choose A. Diabetes is singular, so it should be ranks.
The important concept is parallelism (I think)
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Re: SC - Diabetes complications (IMP CONCEPT) [#permalink]
12 Oct 2005, 07:18
Going with A.
Diabetes is singular, so my answer choice should contain something singular. Don't get fooled by additive words that may appear to make the item plural. The only word that can make it plural is the word "and"
Darth_McDaddy wrote: Its been a while since I have posted a question in these forums. I came across an interesting question in the OG 11th edition, and thought I should share with you. An important concept is tested in this question.
Diabetes, together with its serious complications, ranks as the nation’s third leading cause of death, surpassed only by heart disease and cancer
(a) ranks as the nation’s third leading cause of death, surpassed only
(b) rank as the nation’s third leading cause of death, only surpassed
(c) has the rank of the nation’s third leading cause of death, only surpassed
(d) are the nation’s third leading causes of death, surpassed only
(e) have been ranked as the nation’s third leading causes of death, only surpassed
Post your answers and your reasons for choosing your answer choice. Also post the "important concept" tested in this SC
Will post OA in 12 hours.
Thanks,
Darth
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Wow!! I am pleasantly surprised to see so many responses already, and thank you all for giving me your explanations for choosing your answer. I will wait for a few more hours, before revealing the answer and the all important concept tested in this SC
Thanks,
Darth
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Diabetes is singular, so the correct SV agreement requires ranks.
Undeniably A.
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first of I think we are talking about diabetese and its complications...so we have two subjects...therefore we need plural "are"...
I think D seems best...
in E it is in present perfect mood, why do we need present perfect when simple present tense would do...
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Thank you all for your responses.
The OA is A. Most of you got the answer right. However, only Folaa3 and desiguy came close to getting the main concept right.
The CONCEPT
When the phrase following the subject is set of by commas, it indicates that the descriptive information conveyed by that phrase may be dropped from the sentence; it is not part of the subject
NOTE: The following words - with, including, accompanied by, along with, as well as, besides, in addition to, together with, do not create compound subjects
Together with, does not create a compound subject. Since Diabetes is singular, the singular verb ranks is most appropriate in the answer choice. A also correctly uses the present tense. "Only" is also correctly placed with precision next to the group of words it actually limits.
I have also listed a few examples below, so that you can understand the concept better.
Wrong: George Bush, as well as Dick Cheney, are politicians
Right: George Bush, as well as Dick Cheney, is a politician
Wrong: George Bernard Shaw, as well as Mahatma Gandhi and River Phoenix, were vegetarians
Right: George Bernard Shaw, as well as Mahatma Gandhi and River Phoenix, was a vegetarian
Hope that helps.
Best regards,
DARTH 
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Re: SC - Diabetes complications (IMP CONCEPT) [#permalink]
26 Jul 2012, 11:29
What if answer choice E was "has been ranked as the nation's third leading cause of death, only surpassed" instead of "have been ranked..." Which one would you guys choose? A or E?
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Re: SC - Diabetes complications (IMP CONCEPT) [#permalink]
04 Nov 2012, 20:57
Shoumik wrote: What if answer choice E was "has been ranked as the nation's third leading cause of death, only surpassed" instead of "have been ranked..." Which one would you guys choose? A or E? In this case too the answer would be A because in A we have active voice where as in E we have passive voice. In GMAT when we have to choose between AV and PV, AV wins.
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Re: SC - Diabetes complications (IMP CONCEPT) [#permalink]
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Shoumik wrote: What if answer choice E was "has been ranked as the nation's third leading cause of death, only surpassed" instead of "have been ranked..." Which one would you guys choose? A or E? I will still go with A. Diabetics is the subject of the sentence and actually doing the action here. Active voice is preferable. secondly whenever, passive voice is used on GMAT it should make the subject clear by using 'by phrase'.
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Re: Its been a while since I have posted a question in these for [#permalink]
15 Jan 2013, 05:01
Diabetes, together with its serious complications, ranks as the nation's third leading cause of death, surpassed only by heart disease and cancer
I also come to A.
however, one question, pls help
in the pattern
X of Y, do-ed
if Y works, comma+do-ed modifies Y
if Y dose not work and Y modifies X, comma+do-ed can jump Y to modifies X
if Y dose not work and Y dose not modifies X, comma+do-ed can not jump
for example
diabettes ranks as the second most dangerous disease by IFO oganisation, supassed by X disease
is wrong.
(I never see this question on og). just for discussion.
pls, comment.
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