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16 Aug 2018, 07:16
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Blood banks can only make a donation useful to a hospital by testing them quickly for a variety of illnesses and, before they expire, distributing them.
(A) by testing them quickly for a variety of illnesses and, before they expire, distributing them
(B) by testing it quickly for a variety of illness and distributing it before expiration
(C) by quickly testing it for a variety of illnesses and distributing it before it expires
(D) by quickly testing it for a variety of illnesses and by, before they expire, distributing them
(E) by quickly testing it for a variety of illnesses and to distribute it before it expires
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16 Aug 2018, 07:24
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+1 for C.
(A) by testing them quickly for a variety of illnesses and, before they expire, distributing them
(B) by testing it quickly for a variety of illness and distributing it before expiration
(C) by quickly testing it for a variety of illnesses and distributing it before it expires --> Correct, rectifies pronoun ambiguity and parallelism error
(D) by quickly testing it for a variety of illnesses and by, before they expire, distributing them
(E) by quickly testing it for a variety of illnesses and to distribute it before it expires
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16 Aug 2018, 07:26
Bunuel wrote:
Blood banks can only make a donation useful to a hospital by testing them quickly for a variety of illnesses and, before they expire, distributing them.
(A) by testing them quickly for a variety of illnesses and, before they expire, distributing them
(B) by testing it quickly for a variety of illness and distributing it before expiration
(C) by quickly testing it for a variety of illnesses and distributing it before it expires
(D) by quickly testing it for a variety of illnesses and by, before they expire, distributing them
(E) by quickly testing it for a variety of illnesses and to distribute it before it expires
Answer B - maintains correct parallelism - testing and distributing
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16 Aug 2018, 07:38
sudarshan22 wrote:
souvonik2k wrote:
Answer B - maintains correct parallelism - testing and distributing
But expiration of what exactly : blood bank/ hospital/ donated blood ? I just found it redundant. Please correct me if I am wrong.
'expiration' sounds bad, but i think expiration refers to it i.e. donation and pronoun error is not a deal breaker in Gmat. But i may be wrong. Let's wait for some expert comments.
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17 Aug 2018, 01:59
Bunuel wrote:
Blood banks can only make a donation useful to a hospital by testing them quickly for a variety of illnesses and, before they expire, distributing them.
(A) by testing them quickly for a variety of illnesses and, before they expire, distributing them
(B) by testing it quickly for a variety of illness and distributing it before expiration
(C) by quickly testing it for a variety of illnesses and distributing it before it expires
(D) by quickly testing it for a variety of illnesses and by, before they expire, distributing them
(E) by quickly testing it for a variety of illnesses and to distribute it before it expires
First of all, the subject for the underlined portion is a donation. Since the subject is singular, the pronouns that refer to it need to be singular as well. Eliminate (A) and (D) for using they and/or them rather than it. Compare (В), (C), and (E). Eliminate (E) because testing and to distribute are not parallel. Since both are in parallel situations, each describing what the blood banks need to do, they need to have the same structure. Finally, (C) is better than (B) because quickly testing it is more direct than testing it quickly and because before expiration at the end of (B) is less clear than before it expires. Go with (C).
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20 Aug 2018, 05:18
I think B is correct because there is a 'and' so testing has to be parallel with distributing.In option C there is a word quickly which is a modifier of testing.So I dont think quickly testing and distributing are parallel.
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20 Aug 2018, 06:41
Srija221 wrote:
I think B is correct because there is a 'and' so testing has to be parallel with distributing.In option C there is a word quickly which is a modifier of testing.So I dont think quickly testing and distributing are parallel.
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Expiration = Noun Expire = Verb
Here we require a Verb thus "Expire" is needed, hope this helps !!! _________________
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