Scientific evidence suggests that the benefits arising from

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Scientific evidence suggests that the benefits arising from consumption of alcohol are greatest  with alcohol that is taken with meals on a moderate, regular basis than when it is consumed  on binges.

(A) with alcohol that is taken with meals on a moderate, regular basis than when it is consumed
(B) with taking alcohol with meals on a moderate, regular basis as opposed to its consumption
(C) when alcohol is taken with meals on a moderate, regular basis, rather than consuming it
(D) when alcohol is taken with meals on a moderate, regular basis rather than consumed
(E) when alcohol, taken with meals on a moderate, regular basis, and not consumed

I narrowed it down to  C and D . A,B uses with E changes meaning.. I'm more inclined to D as I see the structure  when alcohol is taken  rather than  when alcohol is consumed  Can someone provide a detailed analysis! Thanks

Zarrolou · Accepted Answer

Scientific evidence suggests that the benefits arising from consumption of alcohol are greatest  with alcohol that is taken with meals on a moderate, regular basis than when it is consumed  on binges.

Well the first split is "  with  " VS "  when  ". As we are talking about a thing that happens when something else also happens, "when" is correct.

I would not say that E changes the meaning, I would say that E is not a complete sentence:
(E) when alcohol   (, taken with meals on a moderate, regular basis,-modifier-)   and not consumed
taken is a modifier and the sentence looks like : when alcohol and not consumed. Clearly wrong

(C) when alcohol is taken with meals on a moderate, regular basis, rather than   consuming it  
(D) when alcohol is taken with meals on a moderate, regular basis rather than   consumed  
consumed or consuming it? You very rarely can determine the correct verb just by looking at it, you have to take a broader look.
Both setences have " taken ", so the verb that follows "rather" must mantain the parallelism. D hence is correct

blueseas · Answer

hi ,
i think there is a parallelism error in option C

alcohol consumption greatest beneficial when 
alcohol is  taken with meals on  ......
rather than when... consuming it on  binge(very fast pace)==>this part has error..because of presence of  IT  in between....

taken with meals  ON .......rather than when consumed  ON ==>THIS SHOWS THE CORRECT PARALLELISM as in option D.

KUDOS if it helped.

swati007 · Answer

@fozzzy: Answer should be D. The keyword checked here is X rather than Y.
Instead of with, when will be used which leads us to options C, D and E

Option C: taken  Rather than   consuming -> not parallel
Option D: taken   rather than   consumed ->parallel ->correct answer
Option E: not a complete sentence

Please let me know if you have any doubts

EducationAisle · Answer

With C, the sentence would be:

Scientific evidence suggests that the benefits arising from consumption of alcohol are greatest  when alcohol is taken with meals on a moderate, regular basis, rather than consuming it  on binges .

The idiom used is clearly  ..when alcohol is X rather than Y.. . So, the structure in C is:

When alcohol is:
a) taken with meals on a moderate, regular basis
rather than 
b) consuming it on binges.

In other words:
a) When alcohol is taken with meals on a moderate, regular basis
rather than 
b)  When alcohol is consuming it on binges .

Alcohol is consuming it on binges? Clearly incorrect for multiple reasons:
a) Alcohol is not consuming anything; in fact Alcohol is being consumed.
b)  it  is clearly intended to refer to  alcohol . Hence,  Alcohol is consuming alcohol on binges  is clearly incorrect.

CKG · Answer

Ans D, X rather than Y is correct. Choice A usage of with is wrong.

abrakadabra21 · Answer

Scientific evidence suggests that the benefits arising from consumption of alcohol are greatest with alcohol that is taken with meals on a moderate, regular basis than when it is consumed on binges.

(C) when alcohol is  taken  with meals on a moderate, regular basis, rather than  consuming  it : Not parallel, one verb ; another is participle
(D) when alcohol is taken with meals on a moderate, regular basis rather than consumed

Scientific evidence suggests that the benefits arising from consumption of alcohol are greatest with alcohol that is taken with meals on a moderate, regular basis rather than  alcohol that is consumed

Abhishek009 · Answer

The correct usage of Rather than is -
 
 1. rather than + verb  
 2. rather than + noun

rather than consumed = Correct as Consumed here acts as a Verb

So, The OA (D) is correct in all respect ...

thangvietnam · Answer

choice A
"than" is comparative word , which needs "er" or "More". there is no such word , so, A is wrong. "greatest +than" is wrong
"than when it is..." needs to be parallel with an adverb showing time in the first clause. there is no such adverb. comparison is wrong
'with+noun+noun modifier " can work ad an adverb showing context , result and reason of the main clause. "with+ alcohol " can not work as adverb or adjective here
choice b
"with taking" can not work. "with+noun+noun modifier " can be an adverb but "with+doing" can not .
"as opposed to' require parallelism. 'its consumption' should be parallel with "taking alcohol" , but it is not. "consuming it' can be parallel with "taking alcohol"
choice c
"rather than" require two similar entities. "rather than consuming" require "doing". there is no such doing in the preceding part. 
choice e
is not a sentence.

TestPrepUnlimited · Answer

D is correct. C is not parallel and changes the subject; the participle "taken" needs to be matched with "consumed." The passive voice needs to be maintained as in D: "is taken ...   consumed."

vividhjain · Answer

I have different question that i need to ask  esledge .

In question other than non-underlined part, "suggests that" is used, which is a subjunctive. So should not the subjunctive verb "be" should be used later in the non-underlined part instead of "are"?

Scientific evidence  suggests that  the benefits arising from consumption of alcohol   are   greatest with alcohol that is taken with meals on a moderate, regular basis than when it is consumed on binges.

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