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According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, aspirin prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does.
a) prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does
b) prevents blood clots just as well as does a commonly used and a more expensive blood-thinning drug
c) prevents blood clots just as well as will a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug
d) works just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug at the prevention of blood clots
e) works just as well as does a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug, which is more expensive, at preventing blood clots
Please include your explanations. Thank you!
a) prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does
b) prevents blood clots just as well as does a commonly used and a more expensive blood-thinning drug
c) prevents blood clots just as well as will a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug
d) works just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug at the prevention of blood clots
e) works just as well as does a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug, which is more expensive, at preventing blood clots
Please include your explanations. Thank you!
14 Oct 2012, 21:29
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There is a very small mistake in the original posting of the question, but the small mistake made people confused! Correct version of the question is as follows:
According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, aspirin prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does.
(A) prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does
(B) prevents blood clots just as well as does a commonly used and a more expensive blood-thinning drug
(C) prevents blood clots just as well as will a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug
(D) works just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug at the prevention of blood clots
(E) works just as well as does a commonly used blood-thinning drug, which is also more expensive, at preventing blood clots
With reference to earlier discussions, placement of "does" is not really problematic in option B.
Here option B mentions "a commonly used and a more expensive" -- this means aspirin is compared with two different categories of drugs. But, the logical and original meaning of the sentence is to have one category of drug. Addition of "a" before "more expensive blood-thinning drug" makes option B incorrect.
If the article "a" was not there before "more expensive blood-thinning drug", option B would have been correct option as well.
According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, aspirin prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does.
(A) prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does
(B) prevents blood clots just as well as does a commonly used and a more expensive blood-thinning drug
(C) prevents blood clots just as well as will a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug
(D) works just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug at the prevention of blood clots
(E) works just as well as does a commonly used blood-thinning drug, which is also more expensive, at preventing blood clots
With reference to earlier discussions, placement of "does" is not really problematic in option B.
Here option B mentions "a commonly used and a more expensive" -- this means aspirin is compared with two different categories of drugs. But, the logical and original meaning of the sentence is to have one category of drug. Addition of "a" before "more expensive blood-thinning drug" makes option B incorrect.
If the article "a" was not there before "more expensive blood-thinning drug", option B would have been correct option as well.
28 Aug 2017, 13:21
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The skull of the sentence:
Aspirin prevents X just as well as Blood Thinning drug does.
C, D, and E can be easily eliminated.
Now what is the problem in B?
two issues with the option B.
1. Article:
An X and A Y---> means two things are talked.
a commonly used and a more expensive blood-thinning drug---> It means there are two drugs--one of them is commonly used and other one is more expensive. This is not case here. We are talking about one drug.
2. A noun without modifier should have the verb "does" after it. it makes the sentence more flowing.
Here, the blood-tinning drug does not have modifier after it. So, the does should be used after the blood-tinning drug.
--> It is also correct to use such does before noun without modifier, but to use the does after the noun without modifier is more smooth.
We are left with A, the best answer.
Aspirin prevents X just as well as Blood Thinning drug does.
C, D, and E can be easily eliminated.
Now what is the problem in B?
two issues with the option B.
1. Article:
An X and A Y---> means two things are talked.
a commonly used and a more expensive blood-thinning drug---> It means there are two drugs--one of them is commonly used and other one is more expensive. This is not case here. We are talking about one drug.
2. A noun without modifier should have the verb "does" after it. it makes the sentence more flowing.
Here, the blood-tinning drug does not have modifier after it. So, the does should be used after the blood-tinning drug.
--> It is also correct to use such does before noun without modifier, but to use the does after the noun without modifier is more smooth.
We are left with A, the best answer.
...hope it helped!! 
