Recognizing the benefits to seniors, assisted-living

Question

Recognizing the benefits to seniors, assisted-living facilities have been encouraging pet owners to visit and interact with residents; the pets  have been trained to stimulate healthy social interaction, and they are. 

a.have been trained to stimulate healthy social interaction, and they are 
b.are stimulating of healthy social interaction, and they are trained 
c.have been trained to stimulate healthy social interaction, and they do 
d.stimulate healthy interactions, having been trained to do so 
e.successfully stimulate healthy social interaction, due to training

nero44 · Answer

clear C for me.. typical "and they do"

D has "do so" but in D the pets themselves (by their presence or whatever) stimulate interaction... to vague

duttsit · Answer

D.

A. have been trained by whom?
B. tense problem
C. same as A
E. changes the meaning:  successfully

celiaXDN · Answer

C too.

I remember a similar one from OG

...the wines are priced to sell, and they do...

Bhai · Answer

C

I do not like this kind of sentences but C is the easiest to pick.

duttsit · Answer

whats with this "do" at the end..is is more likely to be correct..i get it wrong all the time...

ValleyBall1 · Answer

Yah, there are some tricky words and / or phrases that the GMAT uses that are always or almost always incorrect.

Incorrect: he would do it
Correct: he would do so

Incorrect: the numbers of
Correct: the number of

Incorrect: decide whether or not
Correct: decide whether to

duttsit · Answer

Thanks ValleyBall1. I will commit all these in my memory.

HIMALAYA · Answer

this sentence is trying to convey the following meaning: "Recognizing the benefits to seniors, assisted-living facilities have been encouraging pet owners to visit and interact with residents; the pets   have been trained to stimulate healthy social interaction, and they do  ." 

so, they do means "the pets stimulate healthy social interaction". so it is exactly what D is... 

but this is also one of the remodled question from OG one (Californian wines).

Titleist · Answer

It's probably not important to know who trained the pets.

duttsit · Answer

Realised D is wrong for two more counts:

stimulate healthy  interactions , having been trained to do so 

- interactions is incorrect. Interaction is itself plural (like information)
- it misses some information( social  in  healthy social interaction ) from the original passage.

christoph · Answer

OA is D)

nero44 · Answer

hehe, seems like the question fooled most of us besides Duttsit, and then Duttsit fooled himself

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christoph · Answer

petersons says D) b/c: The original sentence ends with an illogical clause: to what does "are" refer? (B) attempts to correct the problem but uses incorrect idiom stimulating of. (C) corrects the original problem but uses passive construction. (E) removes the original problem but uses an ending clause that creates new ambiguity. Choice D is the correct answer. â€œThe pets simulate healthy interactionsâ€

HIMALAYA · Answer

petersons says D) b/c: The original sentence ends with an illogical clause: to what does "are" refer? (B) attempts to correct the problem but uses incorrect idiom stimulating of.   (C) corrects the original problem but uses passive construction  . (E) removes the original problem but uses an ending clause that creates new ambiguity. Choice D is the correct answer. â€œThe pets simulate healthy interactionsâ€

nakib77 · Answer

I got C as well. I don't think OA is right. Peterson is not a very reliable prep guide.... :shock:

spider · Answer

petersons says D) b/c: The original sentence ends with an illogical clause: to what does "are" refer? (B) attempts to correct the problem but uses incorrect idiom stimulating of. (C) corrects the original problem but uses passive construction. (E) removes the original problem but uses an ending clause that creates new ambiguity. Choice D is the correct answer. â€œThe pets simulate healthy interactionsâ€

GMAT TIGER · Answer

petersons says D) b/c: The original sentence ends with an illogical clause: to what does "are" refer? (B) attempts to correct the problem but uses incorrect idiom stimulating of.   (C) corrects the original problem but uses passive construction  . (E) removes the original problem but uses an ending clause that creates new ambiguity. Choice D is the correct answer. â€œThe pets simulate healthy interactionsâ€

marcodonzelli · Answer

Recognizing the benefits to seniors, assisted-living facilities have been encouraging pet owners to visit and interact with residents; the pets  have been trained to stimulate healthy social interaction, and they are. 

a.have been trained to stimulate healthy social interaction, and they are 
b.are stimulating of healthy social interaction, and they are trained 
c.have been trained to stimulate healthy social interaction, and they do 
d.stimulate healthy interactions, having been trained to do so 
e.successfully stimulate healthy social interaction, due to training

The answer is D. 
A says: they are.we don't have gerund here
B. says: they are trained. but nothing says to do what
C. the berb is to be trained....not "to train"
E. never use due to in gmat

navy01 · Answer

Recognizing the benefits to seniors, assisted-living facilities have been encouraging pet owners to visit and interact with residents; the pets have been trained to stimulate healthy social interaction, and they are. 

a.have been trained to stimulate healthy social interaction, and they are 
b.are stimulating of healthy social interaction, and they are trained 
c.have been trained to stimulate healthy social interaction, and they do 
d.stimulate healthy interactions, having been trained to do so 
e.successfully stimulate healthy social interaction, due to training

Could the "and they do" in answer C be an ambiguous pronoun?
Also the "do" goes back to the verb phrase...so would it be "and they do 'have been trained to stimulate healty social interation'"?

In D, the simple sentence "pets stimulate healthy interactions" and the modifier "having been trained to do so" clearly relates back to pets and the "do so" relates back to the verb phrase "stimulate healthy interactions".

Very similar to the OG #129...

they have "sold"...not okay
they are "selling"...not okay
they do "sell"...okay matches prompt verb.

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