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Eighteenth - Century Physicians noted that the garlic-eating French Priests who attended victims of the plague during an outbreak in london remained healthy, while the English Priests shunning the odiferous herb soon become ill.(A) ... (B) whereas the English priests shunning the odiferous herb soon become ill. (C) while the English priests, who shunned the odiferous herb, soon became ill (D) and the English priests, who shun the odiferous herb, became ill soon (E) while the English priests soon became ill and shunned the odiferous herb
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Re: Eighteenth - Century Physicians [#permalink]
19 Aug 2010, 00:35
I go with C.
There is a visible problem with option B. "Remained" and "become" are in different tense while they should be in the same tense. "became" is better.
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Re: Eighteenth - Century Physicians [#permalink]
19 Aug 2010, 02:28
C.
In 'B', 'become ill' is definitely changing the tense also it sounds awkward.
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Re: Eighteenth - Century Physicians [#permalink]
19 Aug 2010, 06:52
B cannot be correct. C it is.
Eighteenth - Century Physicians noted that the garlic-eating French Priests who attended victims of the plague during an outbreak in london remained healthy, while the English Priests shunning the odiferous herb soon become ill.
(A) while the English Priests shunning the odiferous herb soon become ill
(B) whereas the English priests shunning the odiferous herb soon become ill
(C) while the English priests, who shunned the odiferous herb, soon became ill - CORRECT
(D) and the English priests, who shun the odiferous herb, became ill soon
(E) while the English priests soon became ill and shunned the odiferous herb
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Re: Eighteenth - Century Physicians [#permalink]
19 Aug 2010, 09:09
I GOT b ,,BECAUSE HERE WHEREAS IS BETTER WORD TO SHOW THE RIGHT COMPARISON....
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Re: Eighteenth - Century Physicians [#permalink]
19 Aug 2010, 12:45
Can you please tell the source of this question Because in no sense the answer can be B and 'C' is the only that come close because in B no doubt whereas is better than while but in B the use of present continuous tense is wrong as far as I think Please any Verbal guru help us to solve this question....!!!!!
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Re: Eighteenth - Century Physicians [#permalink]
19 Aug 2010, 15:26
I will go with C, coz 'B' has a problem with "Remained" and "Become". I accept whereas is better than while, but the tenses are itself wrong in 'B'. OA please...
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Re: Eighteenth - Century Physicians [#permalink]
20 Aug 2010, 10:14
Adding to the thread:
In C the meaning of the sentence in changed. The presence of WHO in this sentence points out to the whole group of English priests. But in the ques we are talking of only those priests who attended victims of the plague during an outbreak in london
(C) while the English priests, who shunned the odiferous herb, soon became ill
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Re: Eighteenth - Century Physicians [#permalink]
20 Aug 2010, 10:55
Quote: rohitgoel15
Adding to the thread:
In C the meaning of the sentence in changed. The presence of WHO in this sentence points out to the whole group of English priests. But in the ques we are talking of only those priests who attended victims of the plague during an outbreak in london
(C) while the English priests, who shunned the odiferous herb, soon became ill
Please comment. I am afraid that I don't agree with you on this part..... as priests who shunned this odoriferous herb are the ones that fell ill which is correct and does not change the meaning at all.
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