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this is from the kaplan book: several consumer protection

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this is from the kaplan book: several consumer protection [#permalink] New post   27 Jan 2006, 01:28
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this is from the kaplan book:

several consumer protection agencies have filed suit, seeking to bar distributors from advertising treatments for baldness that brings no discernible improvement and may even result in potential harm.

(b) that bring no discernible improvement and may even prove harmful
(e) that bring no discernible improvement, maybe even resulting in harm.

I didn't include the other choices because I knew they were instantly wrong. (They had "brings" and "bringing".) The OA is (b), but why is (e) wrong? Kaplan book didn't explain that part.



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Re: this is from the kaplan book: several consumer protection [#permalink] New post   27 Jan 2006, 07:44
bring...prove...

Active and parallel; two commonly tested SC patterns.
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Re: this is from the kaplan book: several consumer protection [#permalink] New post   27 Jan 2006, 08:50
B is correct.

treatments ..... bring
treatment ....... brings
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Re: this is from the kaplan book: several consumer protection [#permalink] New post   27 Jan 2006, 09:04
why is (e) wrong?

I understand the parallelism. could "may even" be substituted with "that"? I'm wondering if that is a good way to check to see if the sentence is written correctly. I was initially thrown off by the "may even".
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Re: this is from the kaplan book: several consumer protection [#permalink] New post   27 Jan 2006, 09:19
I think we cannot really say from E that whether it is the treatment that is resulting in harm or the improvement.
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Re: this is from the kaplan book: several consumer protection [#permalink] New post   27 Jan 2006, 11:20
substance12 wrote:
why is (e) wrong?

I understand the parallelism. could "may even" be substituted with "that"? I'm wondering if that is a good way to check to see if the sentence is written correctly. I was initially thrown off by the "may even".


"B" is correct for parallelism --> "bar distributors from advertising treatments for baldness that bring no discernible improvement and may even prove harmful ".
You will realize when you read only bold part.

"E" is wrong. First reason is "no parallelism". Second part of the sentence appears to modify "improvement" as Bhai said.
"may even" can't act as "that"
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Re: this is from the kaplan book: several consumer protection [#permalink] New post   27 Jan 2006, 11:29
vivek123 wrote:
"may even" can't act as "that"


why?

that bring.... that prove. Is this not how parallelism works? I understand that they have different meanings but the sentence is still correct, no?
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Re: this is from the kaplan book: several consumer protection [#permalink] New post   27 Jan 2006, 11:49
substance12 wrote:
vivek123 wrote:
"may even" can't act as "that"


why?

that bring.... that prove. Is this not how parallelism works? I understand that they have different meanings but the sentence is still correct, no?


I think you are confusing usage of "that" as "restrictive clause" vs usage to present a "clause".



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