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Executives and federal officials say that the use of crack [#permalink] New post 17 Mar 2012, 01:09
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119. Executives and federal officials say that the use of crack and cocaine is growing rapidly among workers,
significantly compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, which already are a cost to business of
more than $100 billion a year.
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(A) significantly compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, which already are a cost to business
of
(B) significantly compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, which already cost business
(C) significantly compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, already with business costs of
(D) significant in compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, and already costing business
(E) significant in compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, and already costs business

OA is B.

According to me none of the options are correct.

Restructuring the sentence ::

use of crack and cocaine is growing rapidly , middle participial phrase ,which already cost business ....
Should be wrong because which should be used only to modify nouns just before them and not the whole clause.

What do you say guys ??
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Re: Executives and federal officials say [#permalink] New post 17 Mar 2012, 01:23
OG can never be wrong. :-)

It is not necessary that which will only modify the nouns before the comma. There are exceptions. In this case which refers to the 'Effects'.

This sentence "the effects of.......... " includes a prepositional phrase. Here 'which' could either refer to the prepositional phrase or to the subject. But reading the sentence clearly you will know that which refers to the effects and not to the prep phrase.
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Re: Executives and federal officials say [#permalink] New post 17 Mar 2012, 01:27
Agree with the above user. OG can never be wrong. What you have to ask yourself is 'what concept i have gone wrong while solving the problem'

'Which' here in B modifies effects of alcohol and drug use.

X of Y, Which - 'which' can modify both X and Y based on the context and verb following 'which'. In this case it is plural cost in agreement with effects.
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Re: Executives and federal officials say [#permalink] New post 17 Mar 2012, 05:02
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119. Executives and federal officials say that the use of crack and cocaine is growing rapidly among workers, significantly compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, which already are a cost to business of more than $100 billion a year.

(B) significantly compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, which already cost business


blue : extends the idea correctly, the -ing form is required here.
green: effects and cost are good with respect to SV agreement.

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Re: Executives and federal officials say [#permalink] New post 23 Mar 2012, 10:08
B as it maintains the meaning of the sentence.
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Re: Executives and federal officials say [#permalink] New post 03 Jul 2012, 02:13
Can someone list down the exceptions for which.. it will be helpful for all gmat test takers..
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Re: Executives and federal officials say [#permalink] New post 03 Jul 2012, 03:21
+1 B

(B) significantly compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, which already cost business.

Correct use of the adverb "significantly" and correct use of"which" to modify "the effects of alcohol...."
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