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Dental caries and gingivitis can be exacerbated not only by the foods patients eat but also by when the patients eat them.
(A) not only by the foods patients eat but also by when the patients eat them
(B) by not only the foods patients eat but also by when the patients eat them
(C) not only by the foods patients eat but also by time when the foods are eaten
(D) by not only the foods that are eaten by patients but also by the times the foods are eaten
(E) not only by what patients eat but also by when they eat it
(A) not only by the foods patients eat but also by when the patients eat them
(B) by not only the foods patients eat but also by when the patients eat them
(C) not only by the foods patients eat but also by time when the foods are eaten
(D) by not only the foods that are eaten by patients but also by the times the foods are eaten
(E) not only by what patients eat but also by when they eat it
03 Nov 2009, 21:56
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Dental caries and gingivitis can be exacerbated not only by the foods patients eat but also by when the patients eat them.
(A) not only by the foods patients eat but also by when the patients eat them
(B) by not only the foods patients eat but also by when the patients eat them
(C) not only by the foods patients eat but also by time when the foods are eaten
(D) by not only the foods that are eaten by patients but also by the times the foods are eaten
(E) not only by what patients eat but also by when they eat it
Answer E.
There is a problem with parallelism in the original sentence. "...not only by the foods but also by when" is not parallel. If the phrase begins by comparing food, which is a noun, the second half of the comparison must also be a noun. As it is currently constructed, "by the foods" is compared to "by when the patients eat". In order to correct the error, select answer E. "By what patients eat but also by when they eat it" maintains parallelism in two ways. First, what and when are both parallel. Second, both words are preceeded by the word by.
(A) not only by the foods patients eat but also by when the patients eat them
(B) by not only the foods patients eat but also by when the patients eat them
(C) not only by the foods patients eat but also by time when the foods are eaten
(D) by not only the foods that are eaten by patients but also by the times the foods are eaten
(E) not only by what patients eat but also by when they eat it
Answer E.
There is a problem with parallelism in the original sentence. "...not only by the foods but also by when" is not parallel. If the phrase begins by comparing food, which is a noun, the second half of the comparison must also be a noun. As it is currently constructed, "by the foods" is compared to "by when the patients eat". In order to correct the error, select answer E. "By what patients eat but also by when they eat it" maintains parallelism in two ways. First, what and when are both parallel. Second, both words are preceeded by the word by.
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28 Mar 2010, 02:36
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phillypointgod21
Thanks for the explanation. But I still don't understand why:
- C is incorrect. It also maintains parallelism (by the foods ll by time - both foods and time are nouns)
- in E. the "it" seems to have no antecedent as I don't expect the phrase "what patients eat" can be an antecedent. (am i wrong?)
