Hospitals are increasing the hours of doctors, significantly affecting

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Hospitals are increasing the hours of doctors,  significantly affecting the frequency of surgical errors, which already are a cost to hospitals of  millions of dollars in malpractice lawsuits.

(A) significantly affecting the frequency of surgical errors, which already are a cost to hospitals of

(B) significantly affecting the frequency of surgical errors, which already cost hospitals

(C) significantly affecting the frequency of surgical errors, already with hospital costs of

(D) significant in affecting the frequency of surgical errors, and already costs hospitals

(E) significant in affecting the frequency of surgical errors and already costs hospitals

Kurtosis · Answer

The clause 'Hospitals are increasing the hours of doctors' must be followed by the modifier 'significantly affecting......'. Eliminate D and E.

(A) significantly affecting the frequency of surgical errors, which already  are a cost to hospitals of

(B) significantly affecting the frequency of surgical errors, which already cost hospitals - Correct

(C) significantly affecting the frequency of surgical errors,  already with  hospital costs  of

Answer: B

sonik · Answer

could someone pls provide the explanation for the above SC question?

elegantm · Answer

Hospitals are increasing the hours of doctors, significantly affecting the frequency of surgical errors, which already are a cost to hospitals of millions of dollars in
malpractice lawsuits.

(A) significantly affecting the frequency of surgical errors,  which already are a cost to hospitals of  
 WORDY. It's better to write "Cost Hospitals" rather than " Cost to hospitals of". Hence Incorrect 
(B) significantly affecting the frequency of surgical errors, which already cost hospitals
 CORRECT 
(C) significantly affecting the frequency of surgical errors,  already with hospital costs of 
 A Run-On Sentence. Hence Incorrect. 
(D)  significant  in affecting the frequency of surgical errors,  and  already costs hospitals
 Use of AND is incorrect since "Which already cost hospitals" should modify ERRORS, but in this option it is not modifying and it is being treated as a different action. Use of adjective "SIGNIFICANT" leads to a RUN-ON sentence. Hence Incorrect. 
(E)  significant  in affecting the frequency of surgical errors  and  already costs hospitals
 Use of AND is incorrect since "Which already cost hospitals" should modify ERRORS, but in this option it is not modifying and it is being treated as a different action. Use of adjective "SIGNIFICANT" leads to a RUN-ON sentence. Hence Incorrect.

tapasgupta · Answer

Option B
Done in 30 seconds...
Significant is acting as adjective. So it will be significantly..(D E out)
which is referred directly to errors..( C out)
A is wordy...out

protimakudnu@yahoo.com · Answer

The answer choice is B. Its easy to find the answer choice.

arvind910619 · Answer

Imo B

A the use of preposition of is incorrect 
B correct 
C there is no subject before already .
D changes meaning use of and is incorrect 
E same as D

Nunuboy1994 · Answer

The phrase "which already are a cost to hospitals of" is pretty lengthy. B is correct because the phrase "which already cost hospitals" modifies the nouns "errors" which is plural. Errors...plural verb

B

adkikani · Answer

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In original sentence, is usage of which to refer to plural nouns - surgical errors - correct?

DmitryFarber · Answer

Yes, the "which" modifier refers to the preceding noun phrase: surgical errors.

By the way, this problem is not one of ours. It's from Manhattan Review.

RishiQV · Answer

1. Adverbs modify action/verb and are always followed by a comma. So, 'Significantly' works right here. (Action: 'Hospitals increasing'.)
Significant is an adjective. Doesn't modify action 'Hospitals increasing'.

So, D and E are ruled out.

A is wordy and C is a run-on sentence.

Hence B.

Bunuel · Answer

MANHATTAN REVIEW OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:

D and E change the meaning. ‘Significantly affecting’ is different from ‘significant in affecting’. B is shorter and clearer than A and C. B is correct.

rkoshlyak · Answer

Hospitals are increasing the hours of doctors,  significantly affecting the frequency of surgical errors, which already are a cost to hospitals of  millions of dollars in malpractice lawsuits.

(A)  significantly  affecting the frequency of surgical errors, which already  are  a  cost  to hospitals  of

(B)  significantly  affecting the frequency of surgical errors, which already  cost  hospitals

(C)  significantly  affecting the frequency of surgical errors, already with hospital  costs  of

(D)  significant  in affecting the frequency of surgical errors, and already  costs  hospitals

(E)  significant  in affecting the frequency of surgical errors and already  costs  hospitals

Rules:
1)
a non-essential modifier can start with x-ing, cannot start with an adjective
2)
errors plural => cost

Splits:
 significantly affecting  vs  significant in affecting 
 cost  vs  costs 
 cost X millions  vs  hospitals of millions

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