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In laboratory rats, a low dose of aspirin usually suffices to block production of thromboxane, which is a substance that promotes blood clotting, but not seriously interfering with the production of prostacyclin, which prevents clotting.

(A) which is a substance that promotes blood clotting, but not seriously interfering
(B) a substance that promotes blood clotting, but not seriously interfering
(C) a substance that promotes blood clotting, but does not seriously interfere
(D) which is a substance to promote blood clotting, but does not seriously interfere
(E) which is a substance that promotes blood clotting, but not a serious interference


Why option D is incorrect? somebody please help.
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Now, Original sentence says that thromobroxane is a substance that promotos blood clotting < Basically a general fact about it> but D says that thromobroxane is a substance whose puspose is to promote the blood clotting.

I believe now you can see that D is not what original sentence is trying to communicate.

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Can someone please explain why 'a low does of aspirin' and 'interfere' are correct. Should it not be 'interferes'?
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Can someone please explain why 'a low does of aspirin' and 'interfere' are correct. Should it not be 'interferes'?

You're correct that the following would be a clear subject-verb error:

    "A low dose of aspirin interfere with the production of prostacyclin."

That's definitely not good, since "dose" is a singular noun, and "interfere" is the plural form of the verb. Trouble is, that's not actually the construction we see in this sentence. There's a helping verb in the sentence ("does") -- and in many cases, a helping verb can change the form of the main verb. What we actually see is the following:

    "A low dose of aspirin does not interfere with the production of prostacyclin."

And this is fine: "does" is the singular form of the helping verb "to do", so we're all good.

I hope this helps a bit!
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