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Polio, although it is eradicated in the United States, it continues elsewhere and is able to be brought into the country by visitors. (A) Polio, although it is eradicated in the United States, it continues elsewhere and is able to be (B) Polio, although eradicated in the United States, it still continues elsewhere and can be (C) Although still continuing elsewhere, polio has been eradicated in the United States and could be (D) Although having been eradicated in the United States, polio still continues elsewhere and is capable of being (E) Although eradicated in the United States, polio continues elsewhere and could be
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(A) Polio, although it is eradicated in the United States, it continues elsewhere and is able to be ----- It continues – it is redundant (B) Polio, although eradicated in the United States, it still continues elsewhere and can be ….. it still ---- it is redundant (C) Although still continuing elsewhere, polio has been eradicated in the United States and could be … Apparently very tempting, but still faulty. When we say that polio has been eradicated in the United States and could be brought back, we are indeed connecting two contrasts with a same direction conjunction, but could be brought back would be more appropriate. (D) Although having been eradicated in the United States, polio still continues elsewhere and is capable of being ---- apart from the awkwardness of using ‘ capable of being’ . this choice also suffers from the same of inappropriate use of the connector ‘and’ (E) Although eradicated in the United States, polio continues elsewhere and could be … You can see that 'the continuation elsewhere' and 'could be brought back' have no innate contrast and hence using 'and' is fine
A nice question hinging on nuances and subtleties
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+1 E It is the less wordy and keeps the meaning.
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Re: Polio, although it is eradicated in the United States, it [#permalink]
23 Mar 2012, 20:54
I have chosen E for this question:
A. This sentence has Polio and "it" next to each other. This makes no sense because the pronoun "it" refers to Polio. Also, I felt the modifier "although it is..." is incorrect because it is a clause modifying the noun Polio.
B. Same as A - Polio and it are next to each other.
C. This answer choice is really confusing. It seems to suggest that Polio has been eradicated from the US, but it could also be brought into the US by visitors. The sequencing is really messed up here. It would be much better to say that Polio still continues elsewhere and could be brought into the US by visitors.
D. I couldn't find anything grammatically wrong with this, but it seems wordy. The words "having been" and "being" seem to make this answer more complicated than it should be.
E. This is the correct answer. The sentence starts with a subordinate clause, uses Polio as the subject of the sentence and then parallels the 2 claims about Polio.
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Good question !!! +1 Kudos to you
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Re: Polio, although it is eradicated in the United States, it [#permalink]
24 Mar 2012, 04:39
Option E seems right . Others are too wordy.
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Re: Polio, although it is eradicated in the United States, it [#permalink]
24 Mar 2012, 07:11
Fell for C.
It was pretty easy to narrow down to C and E because in A, B and D either the modifiers are wrong or the sentences are incomplete (fragments).
(C) Although still continuing elsewhere, polio has been eradicated in the United States and could be
Present perfect tense is not needed here. So, wrong. Better would have been Polio was eradicated, because there is no other event before the eradication.
(E) Although eradicated in the United States, polio continues elsewhere and could be
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Re: Polio, although it is eradicated in the United States, it [#permalink]
24 Mar 2012, 23:44
E for me............... Modifier is clue..........
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Re: Polio, although it is eradicated in the United States, it [#permalink]
02 Nov 2012, 04:39
I agree with E. But the word "could" confuses me. why past tense?
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daagh wrote: (A) Polio, although it is eradicated in the United States, it continues elsewhere and is able to be ----- It continues – it is redundant
(B) Polio, although eradicated in the United States, it still continues elsewhere and can be ….. it still ---- it is redundant
(C) Although still continuing elsewhere, polio has been eradicated in the United States and could be … Apparently very tempting, but still faulty. When we say that polio has been eradicated in the United States and could be brought back, we are indeed connecting two contrasts with a same direction conjunction, but could be brought back would be more appropriate.
(D) Although having been eradicated in the United States, polio still continues elsewhere and is capable of being ---- apart from the awkwardness of using ‘ capable of being’ . this choice also suffers from the same of inappropriate use of the connector ‘and’
(E) Although eradicated in the United States, polio continues elsewhere and could be … You can see that 'the continuation elsewhere' and 'could be brought back' have no innate contrast and hence using 'and' is fine
A nice question hinging on nuances and subtleties in E, the word "could" is confusing, why it's not "can" or "is able to"?
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