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Parallelism:

Carpenters, dentists etc. are all plural
-> only C D and E are in plural form
-> E is the best among the three

Hope this helps :)

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Carpenters, dentists, sewing machine operators, needlepointers, piano players, and indeed anyone who works with their hands for long hours can get carpal tunnel syndrome.

(A) anyone who works
(B) anyone working
(C) workers
(D) those for whom work is
(E) any people who work
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203. Carpenters, dentists, sewing machine operators, needlepointers, piano players, and indeed anyone who works with their hands for long hours can get carpal tunnel syndrome.
(A) anyone who works
(B) anyone working
(C) workers
(D) those for whom work is
(E) any people who work


p.s: plz provide an explanation too

All the subjects are in plural,so verb doen't end in 's'.Also anyone is one person,not plural.So any people must be used.
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203. Carpenters, dentists, sewing machine operators, needlepointers, piano players, and indeed anyone who works with their hands for long hours can get carpal tunnel syndrome.
(A) anyone who works
(B) anyone working
(C) workers
(D) those for whom work is
(E) any people who work


p.s: plz provide an explanation too


Actually "works" applies only to "anyone" which is correct. The problem here is that "anyone" which is singular is not parallel to carpenterS, dentistS, etc. "any people" on the other hand is plural.
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can someone explain how "any people" makes sense....
thankx
btw (OA is E ..., source is 1000 sc, q # 203 )
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thanx pqhai
for the nice explanation..,
however , had the sentence been

Carpenters, dentists, sewing machine operators, needlepointers, piano players, and indeed anyone who works with HIS hands for long hours can get carpal tunnel syndrome.

would it be wrong or correct?, as WORKS just modifies ANYONE..., whereas the verb for the subject of main clause ... i.e. X,Y,..AND ,Z ...is CAN GET...which is already plural ...,

hope i make sense....
thanks...
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thanx pqhai
for the nice explanation..,
however , had the sentence been

Carpenters, dentists, sewing machine operators, needlepointers, piano players, and indeed anyone who works with HIS hands for long hours can get carpal tunnel syndrome.

would it be wrong or correct?, as WORKS just modifies ANYONE..., whereas the verb for the subject of main clause ... i.e. X,Y,..AND ,Z ...is CAN GET...which is already plural ...,

hope i make sense....
thanks...

Hi vivek

I double checked whether "any people" is singular or plural. The answer is plural. So E is correct because "any people who work" has correct S-V agreement.

However, you have a very good question. Yes, anyone is singular --> "works" just modifies "anyone" should be fine? Answer is NO. Because we must use plural noun after "and indeed". "any people" is a generalization of carpenters, dentists, etc.....
Let think the sentence in this way:
Any people such as carpenters, dentists, etc... who work......................
==> Clearly, [carpenters, dentists,...] is sub-group of "any people". Thus, only plural noun makes sense.

Hope it's clear now.

Best.
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Can you please share your reasoning to eliminate option D?
What's wrong with that option?

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Can you please share your reasoning to eliminate option D?
What's wrong with that option?

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Well, would you say:

(i) I work with my hands.

Or

(ii) My work is with my hands.

To me, (i) is clearly more elegant and concise.

I can't pin-point any specific grammatical error in D.
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