|
Author |
Message |
|
TAGS:
|
|
|
Director
Joined: 01 Oct 2006
Posts: 502
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
5
[0], given: 0
|
It has traditionally been thought that all biological [#permalink]
 30 Nov 2006, 14:11
Question Stats:
0% (00:00) correct
 0% (00:00) wrong based on 0 sessions
It has traditionally been thought that all biological functions decline with age, but according to the National Institute on Aging, certain important capabilities, such as the output of the heart under stress and intellectual vigor, remain essentially unchanged.
(A) the output of the heart under stress and intellectual vigor
(B) the heart's output under stress and intellectual vigor
(C) intellectual vigor and the output of the heart under stress
(D) intellectual vigor and the effect of stress on the heart's output
(E) the effect of stress on the heart's output and intellectual vigor
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior Manager
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
Posts: 440
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
6
[0], given: 0
|
Between A and B, I like A, though I can't find anything wrong with B as well.
It has traditionally been thought that all biological functions decline with age, but according to the National Institute on Aging, certain important capabilities, such as the output of the heart under stress and intellectual vigor, remain essentially unchanged.
(A) the output of the heart under stress and intellectual vigor
(B) the heart's output under stress and intellectual vigor
(C) intellectual vigor and the output of the heart under stress
||lsim lacking
(D) intellectual vigor and the effect of stress on the heart's output
||lism lacking
(E) the effect of stress on the heart's output and intellectual vigor
this is not a capability
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior Manager
Joined: 24 Nov 2006
Posts: 353
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
8
[0], given: 0
|
Actually B and C are very similar gramatically, the only difference is word order (X and Y, Y and X) and the use of 's to indicate posession:
the heart's output under stress
the output of the heart under stress
So, for me, its either one.
OA please.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
Joined: 12 Jun 2006
Posts: 544
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
6
[0], given: 1
|
(A) the output of the heart under stress and intellectual vigor - Passive
So B for me.
OA?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior Manager
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
Posts: 440
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
6
[0], given: 0
|
yogeshsheth wrote: Ne more tries will post OA later.
Request you to please post OE as well if you have that?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
Joined: 01 Oct 2006
Posts: 502
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
5
[0], given: 0
|
arjsingh1976 wrote: yogeshsheth wrote: Ne more tries will post OA later. Request you to please post OE as well if you have that? will post OA and OE for this latest by today evening..
waiting for some more tries
|
|
|
|
|
|
VP
Joined: 25 Jun 2006
Posts: 1185
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
16
[0], given: 0
|
Surely C. 
A: could mean the output of both the heart and the vigor.
B: it seems that under stress modifies 'output'. it should be heart.
C: right. by placing vigor in front, the output is not ambiguous any more.
DE: effects are not capabilities. wrong.
Last edited by tennis_ball on 01 Dec 2006, 09:12, edited 1 time in total.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
Joined: 01 Oct 2006
Posts: 502
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
5
[0], given: 0
|
Yep OA IS C
OE is same as posted by tennisball
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior Manager
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
Posts: 440
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
6
[0], given: 0
|
yogeshsheth wrote: Yep OA IS C
OE is same as posted by tennisball
intellectual vigor and the output of the heart under stress
agree that meaning is clear in C. just wondering if we are violating ||lsim in C. Could some one plz comment? thanks in advance!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
Joined: 01 Oct 2006
Posts: 502
Followers: 1
Kudos [?]:
5
[0], given: 0
|
arjsingh1976 wrote: yogeshsheth wrote: Yep OA IS C
OE is same as posted by tennisball intellectual vigor and the output of the heart under stress agree that meaning is clear in C. just wondering if we are violating ||lsim in C. Could some one plz comment? thanks in advance! A for me incorrect ellipsis
i.e the output of heart under stress and (the output of)intellectual vigor this distorts the meaning
C clearly specifies two capabilites
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 758
Location: Dallas, Texas
Followers: 3
Kudos [?]:
9
[0], given: 0
|
Nice one for a change .... when we say X of Y and Z, it becomes ambiguous whether Z is compounded with X or with the "of" construction. "Z and X of Y" is better.
_________________
"Education is what remains when one has forgotten everything he learned in school."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Moderators:
metallicafan, rajeevrks27, souvik101990, PTK, MacFauz, noboru, kissthegmat, carcass, willigetmylifeback, mikemcgarry, doe007, Vercules, Legendaddy, tuanquang269, Marcab, Narenn, GetThisDone
|
close
