Children who watch a great deal of television and their

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Children who watch a great deal of television  and their families have a history of near-sightedness  will probably require glasses sooner than their peers who are not predisposed to myopia in these ways.

A. and their families have a history of near-sightedness 
B. whose families have a history of near-sightedness
C. and a history of near-sightedness runs in the family
D. whose families have a history of near-sightedness running in them
E. with a history of near-sightedness running in the family

Matrix02 · Answer

Argh - this is a tough one. My vote is for B. Although E is close?

anindyat · Answer

It would be good learning if all of you justify your answers.. 

A. appears best 
B. 'whose' next to television ...seems illogical. 
C. Means ..children watches television and a history ..
D. whose just next to television ...seems illogical
E. 'television with a history of near-sighted' ...seems not correct

By the way What is OA?

thadipalam · Answer

Go with 'E'.

Children who watch a great deal of television "-----" will probably require glasses sooner than their peers who are not predisposed to myopia in these ways. 

A. and their families have a history of near-sightedness - broken structure with an independent second sentence.

B. whose families have a history of near-sightedness - sounds a disconnect without "and" in between the modifying clauses.

C. and a history of near-sightedness runs in the family - same as 'A'. broken structure with an independent second sentence.


D. whose families have a history of near-sightedness running in them - same as 'B'. sounds a disconnect without "and" in between the modifying clauses.


E. with a history of near-sightedness running in the family - sounds the best.

londonluddite · Answer

I think its B

Children who watch a great deal of television and their families have a history of near-sightedness will probably require glasses sooner than their peers who are not predisposed to myopia in these ways.

A. and their families have a history of near-sightedness  (watch the tv and families) 
B. whose families have a history of near-sightedness
C. and a history of near-sightedness runs in the family  (doesn't make sense) 
D. whose families have a history of near-sightedness running in them  (running in them is awkward and suggests something is actually running) 
E. with a history of near-sightedness running in the family  (Children  who watch a great deal of television with a history of near-sightedness   ) 

B) provides the clearest distinction between watching tv and the genetic disposition

ugo_castelo · Answer

I go with A , tempted by B
B whose has no clear antecedent ( television or children)
E "running" sounds so awkward

karlfurt · Answer

E because the rest is akward or modifies television insted of children.

GMATT73 · Answer

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anandsebastin · Answer

OA is B. 

Sorry about the delay in posting the OA!

trivikram · Answer

how do we decipher that "whose" is referring to children and not television?

kripalkavi · Answer

Are you sure the  and  is to be underlined? If it is, B seems to be a clear miosplaced modifier.  whose  modifies  television .

ak_idc · Answer

was thinking in the same way. Even E sounds as if, televison has a history :shock:

(Television with a history)...I guess "and" should not be underlined.

seofah · Answer

I came across this question Kaplan Cat. I just think it is a bad question - no answers make sense. However, OA is indeed B and question poster made no mistake in underlying the correct part of the sentence.

vivian16 · Answer

As all you explained, B is OA. But, I think there is something wrong here. Using "whose families ... " right after "Television" seems nonsense because the underlined phrase includes "and"...So if using that way, whose here stands for television, which makes sentence nonsene.

GMAT TIGER · Answer

B. Agree that "and" should not be underlined. 
All other than B are awakward, unparalled and ungramatical.

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