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Re: Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm [#permalink] New post   15 Nov 2019, 10:27
I managed to eliminate and come down to b and e.
Why will we choose impair and not impairs considering air pollution is singular entity
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Re: Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm [#permalink] New post   17 Jul 2020, 10:44
GMATNinja What is the correct logic for eliminating option B ?
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Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 11 Mar 2021, 14:09
GMATNinja daagh VeritasKarishma generis egmat MartyTargetTestPrep

Even I have the same question. It will be great if any of the experts can kindly help on this.

How are may and perhaps different here? Why can't we use as well instead of also?


GMATNinja wrote:
Genoa2000 wrote:
TAZ2020 wrote:
GMATNinja What is the correct logic for eliminating option B ?


I am interested in it too.

I managed to come down to B and E and I choose E because it sounded better, but I would like to have a better explanation for eliminating B.

Please GMATNinja help us

The word "perhaps" indicates that we aren't sure whether indoor air pollution impairs the quality. Consider the following examples:

  • "Smoking may increase the risk of lung cancer." - The word "may" indicates that we aren't sure about the claim that smoking increases the risk of lung cancer.
  • "Smoking increases the risk of lung cancer." - This is a factual statement: smoking DOES increase the risk of lung cancer.
  • "Smoking perhaps increases the risk of lung cancer." - The tense of the verb "increases" suggests that we are stating a fact (as in the previous example). But the word "perhaps" indicates that we aren't sure. So there's a discrepancy here.

The first option is a clearer way to express the uncertainty of the claim. Choice (E) is more clear than choice (B) for the same reason.

For more on the verbs in choices (B) and (E), check out this post.

Originally posted by pallavichsk on 24 Oct 2020, 05:56.
Last edited by GMATNinjaTwo on 11 Mar 2021, 14:09, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm [#permalink] New post   26 Mar 2021, 21:55
EducationAisle wrote:
Hi Rachna, the correct idiom is such as and not such like.


EducationAisle - can you please share if the subject "air-pollution" is a plural subject because of "threaten" in the non-underlined portion?

Thank you very much.
Appreciate your response.
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Re: Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm [#permalink] New post   14 Sep 2022, 06:36
what is wrong in using 'perhaps as well' in option B]
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Re: Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm [#permalink] New post   20 Sep 2022, 08:54
breatheanddoit wrote:
I managed to eliminate and come down to b and e.
Why will we choose impair and not impairs considering air pollution is singular entity


Happy to discuss: :)
Because of the use of 'may, it is impair NOT impairs.
Example: Craig may know his results soon
She may put on anything she likes, for the function.
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Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm [#permalink] New post   12 Nov 2022, 15:35
AjiteshArun wrote:
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My approach - it should clearly be impair because 'air pollution' is one entity. A, B, C is eliminatedt
Air pollution (singular) would normally go well with impairs (singular). The may is the reason that we see an impair in the correct option (as gvij2017 pointed out).


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Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm animals and the workers who tend them and perhaps as well impairs the quality of such farm products like eggs, poultry, and pork.

(A) perhaps as well impairs the quality of such farm products like
(B) perhaps as well impairs the quality of such farm products as
(C) perhaps also impairs the quality of such farm products like
(D) may also impair the quality of such farm products like
(E) may also impair the quality of such farm products as

Hi AjiteshArun
Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm animals and the workers who tend them and may also impair the quality of such farm products as eggs, poultry, and pork..
if we don't use a COMMA before last AND this part misguide us, isn't it? Does GMAT do it intentionally?
what if the part is something like below?
Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm animals and the workers who tend them ,and may also impair the quality of such farm products as eggs, poultry, and pork.
RonTargetTestPrep, Can you have a look too as you're in this thread already, please?
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Re: Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm [#permalink] New post   06 Dec 2022, 00:58
TheUltimateWinner wrote:
AjiteshArun wrote:
longway25 wrote:
My approach - it should clearly be impair because 'air pollution' is one entity. A, B, C is eliminatedt
Air pollution (singular) would normally go well with impairs (singular). The may is the reason that we see an impair in the correct option (as gvij2017 pointed out).


Quote:
Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm animals and the workers who tend them and perhaps as well impairs the quality of such farm products like eggs, poultry, and pork.

(A) perhaps as well impairs the quality of such farm products like
(B) perhaps as well impairs the quality of such farm products as
(C) perhaps also impairs the quality of such farm products like
(D) may also impair the quality of such farm products like
(E) may also impair the quality of such farm products as

Hi AjiteshArun
Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm animals and the workers who tend them and may also impair the quality of such farm products as eggs, poultry, and pork..
if we don't use a COMMA before last AND this part misguide us, isn't it? Does GMAT do it intentionally?
what if the part is something like below?
Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm animals and the workers who tend them ,and may also impair the quality of such farm products as eggs, poultry, and pork.
RonTargetTestPrep, Can you have a look too as you're in this thread already, please?




Dear TheUltimateWinner
to your question, it is not. GMAT SC are written well.
Your modified version makes the fragment by splitting the sentence via "comma +and".

Quote:
Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm animals and the workers who tend them ,and may also impair the quality of such farm products as eggs, poultry, and pork.


What the subject of the verbs may also impair ?

If you want to utilize comma, the modified version will be

Quote:
Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm animals, and the workers who tend them, and may also impair the quality of such farm products as eggs, poultry, and pork.


Because the 2nd element of the list within the comma, we can cross it for clarity.
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Re: Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm [#permalink] New post   06 Dec 2022, 03:31
penelopemacchi wrote:
the explanations are unclear

Which one? Can you clarify your statement, please?
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Re: Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm [#permalink] New post   06 Dec 2022, 03:38
BLTN wrote:
TheUltimateWinner wrote:
AjiteshArun wrote:
Air pollution (singular) would normally go well with impairs (singular). The may is the reason that we see an impair in the correct option (as gvij2017 pointed out).


Quote:
Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm animals and the workers who tend them and perhaps as well impairs the quality of such farm products like eggs, poultry, and pork.

(A) perhaps as well impairs the quality of such farm products like
(B) perhaps as well impairs the quality of such farm products as
(C) perhaps also impairs the quality of such farm products like
(D) may also impair the quality of such farm products like
(E) may also impair the quality of such farm products as

Hi AjiteshArun
Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm animals and the workers who tend them and may also impair the quality of such farm products as eggs, poultry, and pork..
if we don't use a COMMA before last AND this part misguide us, isn't it? Does GMAT do it intentionally?
what if the part is something like below?
Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm animals and the workers who tend them ,and may also impair the quality of such farm products as eggs, poultry, and pork.
RonTargetTestPrep, Can you have a look too as you're in this thread already, please?




Dear TheUltimateWinner
to your question, it is not. GMAT SC are written well.
Your modified version makes the fragment by splitting the sentence via "comma +and".

Quote:
Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm animals and the workers who tend them ,and may also impair the quality of such farm products as eggs, poultry, and pork.


What the subject of the verbs may also impair ?

If you want to utilize comma, the modified version will be

Quote:
Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm animals, and the workers who tend them, and may also impair the quality of such farm products as eggs, poultry, and pork.


Because the 2nd element of the list within the comma, we can cross it for clarity.

BLTN
I did not put any comma after ''animals''. Did you see?
Can you help me by telling the subject of ''may also impair''?
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Re: Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm [#permalink] New post   11 May 2023, 18:09
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Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm animals and the workers who tend them and perhaps as well impairs the quality of such farm products like eggs, poultry, and pork.

(A) perhaps as well impairs the quality of such farm products like
Incorrect - such as is used for examples
(B) perhaps as well impairs the quality of such farm products as
Correct
(C) perhaps also impairs the quality of such farm products like
same error as A
(D) may also impair the quality of such farm products like
same error as A and subject- verb error (see option E)
(E) may also impair the quality of such products as
Subject Indoor air pollution - singular, so impair should be impairs

P.S. - Please do correct me, if my reasoning seems to be faulty.



The term "indoor air pollution" is a collective noun, hence plural.
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Re: Indoor air pollution can threaten the health of closely confined farm [#permalink] New post   13 May 2023, 23:34
Can someone explain to me why B is not the correct choice here ? and why "as well" usage is wrong in the context of this sentence ? I have a faint idea, but I need to cofirm.
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