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Originally posted by XavierAlexander on 06 Jan 2019, 01:27.
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Atul Gawande, the former surgeon general, in his book, The Checklist Manifesto, argues that doctors could use the same sort of checklists as pilots and greatly reduce the number of medical errors, saving both money and lives.
A) Atul Gawande, the former surgeon general, in his book, The Checklist Manifesto, argues that doctors could use the same sort of checklists as pilots and greatly reduce the number of medical errors, saving both
B) Atul Gawande, the former surgeon general, argues in his book, The Checklist Manifesto, that doctors could use the same sort of checklists that pilots do to greatly reduce the number of medical errors, saving both
C) Former surgeon general Atul Gawande argues in his book, The Checklist Manifesto, that doctors could use the same sort of checklists as pilots, greatly reducing the number of medical errors, saving
D) Former surgeon general Atul Gawande argues in his book, The Checklist Manifesto, that doctors could use the same sort of checklists that pilots do to greatly reduce the number of medical errors, both saving
E) In his book, The Checklist Manifesto, former surgeon general Atul Gawande argues that doctors could use the same sort of checklists that pilots use to greatly reduce the number of medical errors, saving
A) Atul Gawande, the former surgeon general, in his book, The Checklist Manifesto, argues that doctors could use the same sort of checklists as pilots and greatly reduce the number of medical errors, saving both
B) Atul Gawande, the former surgeon general, argues in his book, The Checklist Manifesto, that doctors could use the same sort of checklists that pilots do to greatly reduce the number of medical errors, saving both
C) Former surgeon general Atul Gawande argues in his book, The Checklist Manifesto, that doctors could use the same sort of checklists as pilots, greatly reducing the number of medical errors, saving
D) Former surgeon general Atul Gawande argues in his book, The Checklist Manifesto, that doctors could use the same sort of checklists that pilots do to greatly reduce the number of medical errors, both saving
E) In his book, The Checklist Manifesto, former surgeon general Atul Gawande argues that doctors could use the same sort of checklists that pilots use to greatly reduce the number of medical errors, saving
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A) Atul Gawande, the former surgeon general, in his book, The Checklist Manifesto, argues that doctors could use the same sort of checklists as pilots and greatly reduce the number of medical errors, saving both
C) Former surgeon general Atul Gawande argues in his book, The Checklist Manifesto, that doctors could use the same sort of checklists as pilots, greatly reducing the number of medical errors, saving
C) Former surgeon general Atul Gawande argues in his book, The Checklist Manifesto, that doctors could use the same sort of checklists as pilots, greatly reducing the number of medical errors, saving
In A and C, it looks as if the pilots are some kind of checklists. When we are comparing the doctor's action, isn't it required that we must equip the second arm also with a verb such as do? The standard answer for this question is that the verbal action for the second arm is elided. Still, it is not satisfactory.
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B) that pilots do to greatly reduce the number of medical errors, saving both
D) checklists that pilots do to greatly reduce the number of medical errors, both saving
E) checklists that pilots use to greatly reduce the number of medical errors, saving
D) checklists that pilots do to greatly reduce the number of medical errors, both saving
E) checklists that pilots use to greatly reduce the number of medical errors, saving
Before going into more complicated things, can someone kindly tell me in B, D, and E, which pilot is using which checklists to greatly reduce medical errors?
It is difficult to reconcile either to the OA or to the OE.
Updated on: 06 Jan 2019, 02:54
Originally posted by XavierAlexander on 06 Jan 2019, 01:31.
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(A) This choice says that Gawande argues that doctors could use … checklists … and greatly reduce … errors, implying that the two actions are unrelated. In fact, using the checklists would lead to the reduction in errors; the sentence ought to say that doctors could use … checklists … to greatly reduce … errors. In addition, the placement of the modifier in his book is ambiguous. Logically, it ought to describe what Gawande argues throughout the book, but the placement seems to modify Gawande himself.
(B) CORRECT. By moving the verb argues closer to the subject (Atul Gawande), this sentence clarifies any ambiguity. The modifier in his book now properly describes the argument Gawande put forth in The Checklist Manifesto. Doctors could use … checklists … to greatly reduce medical errors correctly conveys that doctors’ use of checklists will lead to the reduction in medical errors.
(C) In this sentence, the modifiers greatly reducing the number of medical errors and saving both money and lives both modify doctors could use, and thus should be connected by and rather than with a comma.
(D) The parallel structure both X and Y requires the X and Y elements to be parallel. Saving money is not parallel to lives; saving should be before the word both (saving both money and lives) or it should be repeated after the word and (both saving money and saving lives).
(E) The same sort of checklists that pilots use to greatly reduce the number of medical errors sounds as though the pilots use their checklists to reduce medical errors.
I think this is an issue related to how helping verbs, such as DO, can sub in for lengthier verb phrases. In B, the use of DO repeats the entire verb phrase about the usage of some kind of checklist. The DO emphasises the concept of using a checklist 
