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Sales of wines declines in the late 1980s, but they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease. A)they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease B)after the 1991 report that linked a reduced risk of heart disease with a moderate alcohol consumption, particularly red wine, they began growing again C)in a 1991 report, moderate alcohol consumption, and particularly of red wine, which was linked with a reduced risk of heart disease, caused them to begin to grow again D)with a reduced risk of heart disease linked in a 1991 report with moderate alcohol consumption, in particular red wine, they began growing again E)a reduced risk of heart disease linked to moderate alcohol consumption in a 1991 report, and in particular red wine, started them growing again OA:A, please explain differences.. B looks ok |
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Re: Wine and heart disease [#permalink]
07 Jun 2009, 19:29
I3igDmsu wrote: Sales of wines declines in the late 1980s, but they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease. A)they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease B)after the 1991 report that linked a reduced risk of heart disease with a moderate alcohol consumption, particularly red wine, they began growing again C)in a 1991 report, moderate alcohol consumption, and particularly of red wine, which was linked with a reduced risk of heart disease, caused them to begin to grow again D)with a reduced risk of heart disease linked in a 1991 report with moderate alcohol consumption, in particular red wine, they began growing again E)a reduced risk of heart disease linked to moderate alcohol consumption in a 1991 report, and in particular red wine, started them growing again OA:A, please explain differences.. B looks ok A it is. B is flawed because you need an infinitive to declare that after the 1991 report, growth started all over again (and still continues)
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Re: Wine and heart disease [#permalink]
07 Jun 2009, 20:27
paneer - not sure what you mean here, could you clarify?
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Re: Wine and heart disease [#permalink]
08 Jun 2009, 00:49
I vote for 'A' too.. If we look at the tenses " Sales of wines declines in the late 1980s,..." the verb is in present tense, therefore, sentences with ' growing' can be eliminated, because that is present continuous. We discard 'B', 'D' and 'E'. Now, in 'C', " ... caused them to begin to grow again" does not sound good, so the only option left is 'A'. Correct me if I am wrong.
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Re: Wine and heart disease [#permalink]
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"Sales of wines declines in the late 1980s"
Is the sentence above correct? Is "declines" a typo of "declined"?
If "declines" is correct, subject should be "Sale" and pronoun should be "it", not "they".
Please excuse me if the above comment is grammatically illogical.
Anyway, I take B.
A seems clear, but "consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine" looks odd. Since red wine a part of alcohol, "and" should be omitted.
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I3igDmsu wrote: paneer - not sure what you mean here, could you clarify? well, there's no rule as such to guide one when to use a gerund and when to use an infinitive. It comes naturally for the native speaker and for the rest, through practice and learning I 'knew' that after begin (or began), there had to be an infinitive. Refer this to get a hook of what verbs need infinitive following When ever you express a wish or a desire or a perception, infinitives are used
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I3igDmsu wrote: Sales of wines declines in the late 1980s, but they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease. A)they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease B)after the 1991 report that linked a reduced risk of heart disease with a moderate alcohol consumption, particularly red wine, they began growing again C)in a 1991 report, moderate alcohol consumption, and particularly of red wine, which was linked with a reduced risk of heart disease, caused them to begin to grow again D)with a reduced risk of heart disease linked in a 1991 report with moderate alcohol consumption, in particular red wine, they began growing again E)a reduced risk of heart disease linked to moderate alcohol consumption in a 1991 report, and in particular red wine, started them growing againOA:A, please explain differences.. B looks ok The modifier in particular red wine refer to consumption, which is not correct. Red wine cant not be consumption
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Re: Wine and heart disease [#permalink]
10 Jun 2009, 01:48
Sorry I marked "and particularly of red wine" red in C which is correct. The preposition "of" here refer to the consumption of red wine. So B, D, E are out. C has another error: which after red wine wrongly refer to red wine, not report instead
Hence A
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10 Jun 2009, 19:17
So is it correct to say "link A with B"? I've always thought that is was "Link A to B."
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Re: Wine and heart disease [#permalink]
11 Jun 2009, 03:05
B is wrong because, it is tryint to compare 'alcohol comsumption' to 'red wine', which is wrong.
A corrrectly eliminates this mistake.
so, I choose A too.
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Re: Wine and heart disease [#permalink]
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A is the answer....All other have pronoun reference error...
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''Sales of wines decline s'' This sentence is the most ungrammatic sentence that I've ever seen . How plural sales and wines can lead to decline - s
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Re: Wine and heart disease [#permalink]
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Sales of wines declines
it should be Sales of wines declined
anyways....IMO A...not a quality question....whats the source
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Re: Wine and heart disease [#permalink]
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I3igDmsu wrote: Sales of wines declines in the late 1980s, but they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease. A)they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease B)after the 1991 report that linked a reduced risk of heart disease with a moderate alcohol consumption, particularly red wine, they began growing again C)in a 1991 report, moderate alcohol consumption, and particularly of red wine, which was linked with a reduced risk of heart disease, caused them to begin to grow again D)with a reduced risk of heart disease linked in a 1991 report with moderate alcohol consumption, in particular red wine, they began growing again E)a reduced risk of heart disease linked to moderate alcohol consumption in a 1991 report, and in particular red wine, started them growing again OA:A, please explain differences.. B looks ok I think the question has some issues such as plurality and tense. Anyway, A is still best among bad.
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Re: Wine and heart disease [#permalink]
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I3igDmsu wrote: Sales of wines declines in the late 1980s, but they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease. A)they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease B)after the 1991 report that linked a reduced risk of heart disease with a moderate alcohol consumption, particularly red wine, they began growing again C)in a 1991 report, moderate alcohol consumption, and particularly of red wine, which was linked with a reduced risk of heart disease, caused them to begin to grow again D)with a reduced risk of heart disease linked in a 1991 report with moderate alcohol consumption, in particular red wine, they began growing again E)a reduced risk of heart disease linked to moderate alcohol consumption in a 1991 report, and in particular red wine, started them growing again OA:A, please explain differences.. B looks ok hi moderator i think the correct version of this sentence actually is: Sales of wines declined in the late 1980s It makes sense. So the version in the whole should be: Sales of wines declined in the late 1980s, but they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease.
A)they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease
B)after the 1991 report that linked a reduced risk of heart disease with a moderate alcohol consumption, particularly red wine, they began growing again
C)in a 1991 report, moderate alcohol consumption, and particularly of red wine, which was linked with a reduced risk of heart disease, caused them to begin to grow again
D)with a reduced risk of heart disease linked in a 1991 report with moderate alcohol consumption, in particular red wine, they began growing again
E)a reduced risk of heart disease linked to moderate alcohol consumption in a 1991 report, and in particular red wine, started them growing againAnswer should be A.[/color]
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Re: Wine and heart disease [#permalink]
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MICKEYXITIN wrote: I3igDmsu wrote: Sales of wines declines in the late 1980s, but they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease. A)they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease B)after the 1991 report that linked a reduced risk of heart disease with a moderate alcohol consumption, particularly red wine, they began growing again C)in a 1991 report, moderate alcohol consumption, and particularly of red wine, which was linked with a reduced risk of heart disease, caused them to begin to grow again D)with a reduced risk of heart disease linked in a 1991 report with moderate alcohol consumption, in particular red wine, they began growing again E)a reduced risk of heart disease linked to moderate alcohol consumption in a 1991 report, and in particular red wine, started them growing again OA:A, please explain differences.. B looks ok hi moderator i think the correct version of this sentence actually is: Sales of wines declined in the late 1980s It makes sense. So the version in the whole should be: Sales of wines declined in the late 1980s, but they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease.
A)they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease
B)after the 1991 report that linked a reduced risk of heart disease with a moderate alcohol consumption, particularly red wine, they began growing again
C)in a 1991 report, moderate alcohol consumption, and particularly of red wine, which was linked with a reduced risk of heart disease, caused them to begin to grow again
D)with a reduced risk of heart disease linked in a 1991 report with moderate alcohol consumption, in particular red wine, they began growing again
E)a reduced risk of heart disease linked to moderate alcohol consumption in a 1991 report, and in particular red wine, started them growing againAnswer should be A.[/color] i was going to tell the same thing.It is bit confusing to see 'declines' after 'sales'
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Re: Wine and heart disease [#permalink]
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With the grammatical error in the stem, i still choose A
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Re: Wine and heart disease [#permalink]
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I3igDmsu wrote: Sales of wines declines in the late 1980s, but they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease. A)they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease B)after the 1991 report that linked a reduced risk of heart disease with a moderate alcohol consumption, particularly red wine, they began growing again C)in a 1991 report, moderate alcohol consumption, and particularly of red wine, which was linked with a reduced risk of heart disease, caused them to begin to grow again D)with a reduced risk of heart disease linked in a 1991 report with moderate alcohol consumption, in particular red wine, they began growing again E)a reduced risk of heart disease linked to moderate alcohol consumption in a 1991 report, and in particular red wine, started them growing again OA:A, please explain differences.. B looks ok Why is "AND particularly"? I am not able to justify the AND. Can somebody please explain?
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Re: Wine and heart disease [#permalink]
21 Jul 2011, 04:33
chose B.. but get the modifier error pointed out in B..
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Re: Wine and heart disease [#permalink]
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Hmm indeed error in the question. I think even A has pronoun ref error "they" Posted from my mobile device 
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