Scientists have found that skin tissue is more resistant to toxic subs

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Scientists have found that  skin tissue is more resistant to toxic substances than lung tissue and uses  sweat glands to protect the immune system from possible invaders.

A. skin tissue is more resistant to toxic substances than lung tissue and uses
B. skin tissue is more resistant to toxic substances than is lung tissue and uses
C. skin tissue is resistant to toxic substances, more so than lung tissue, using
D. the resistance of skin tissue to toxic substances is more than that of lung tissue, and it uses
E. the resistance of skin tissue to toxic substances is more than that of lung tissue, using

ArunSharma12 · Answer

Ans: B
Scientists have found that  skin tissue is more resistant to toxic substances than lung tissue and uses  sweat glands to protect the immune system from possible invaders.

A. skin tissue is more resistant to toxic substances  than lung tissue  and uses;  ambiguous comparison. skin tissue and lung tissue are resistant to toxic substances or skin tissue is resistant to toxic substances and to lung tissue.  
B. skin tissue is more resistant to toxic substances than is lung tissue and uses;  comparison is clear skin tissue(resistance)> lung tissue(resistance). 
C. skin tissue is resistant to toxic substances, more so than lung tissue,  using ;  using sweat glands is a different idea associated to sweat tissue, it does not clarify how skin is more resistant 
D. the resistance of skin tissue to toxic substances is more than that of lung tissue, and  it  uses;  it refers back to the resistance of skin tissue. meaning is not clear in the latter part of the sentence 
E. the resistance of skin tissue to toxic substances is more than that of lung tissue, using;  there is change in meaning in comparison, resistance of skin tissues to toxic substances is more than resistance of lung tissue in general. later part of sentence does not clarify the reason

Anshurana · Answer

A. skin tissue is more resistant to toxic substances than lung tissue and uses --  Comparison Error  , Resistance is compared with Lung tissue. We should resistance with resistance .
B. skin tissue is more resistant to toxic substances than  is  lung tissue and uses --   CORRECT comparision

C. skin tissue is resistant to toxic substances, more so than lung tissue, using -  more so incorrect comparison plus , USING is participle and modifying previous clause in this answer choice USING is ambiguous because it has 2 agents skin tissue and lung tissue. So we can say there is no clear agent for USING

D. the resistance of skin tissue to toxic substances is more than that of lung tissue, and it uses - -  IT antecedent is unclear 
E. the resistance of skin tissue to toxic substances is more than that of lung tissue, using --  same error mentioned in C

GMATStudyStudent · Answer

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Option B. Scientists have found  that   skin tissue is more resistant to toxic substances than is lung tissue and uses  sweat glands to protect the immune system from possible invaders.

Modified Option B. Scientists have found  that   skin tissue is more resistant to toxic substances than is lung tissue and  that it  uses  sweat glands to protect the immune system from possible invaders.

Is the  that is  not necessary to maintain parallelism in Option B as in the below correct OG answer?

Scientists have recently found evidence  that  black holes—regions of space in which matter is so concentrated and the pull of gravity so powerful that nothing, not even light, can emerge from them—probably exist at the core of nearly all galaxies and  that  the mass of each black hole is proportional to that of its host galaxy.

Marcab · Answer

There is some confusion between B and C.
Scientists have found that
a) skin tissue is more resistant to toxic substances than is lung tissue
b) skin tissue uses sweat glands to protect the immune system from possible invaders

On thinking about the implied meaning, what I do understand that that skin tissue is more resistant to toxic susbtances than is lung tissue.  How?  By using sweat glands to protect the immune system from possible invaders.

However the correct answer as per the source implies that both the premises are independent of each other i.e. skin tissue is more resistant to toxic susbtances  AND  uses sweat glands to protect the immune system from possible invaders.
I am not sure if the implied meaning of the correct answer is correct.

Not sure between B & C

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jbgarrid · Answer

Hi 
I am a bit confused and I would really appreciate some help. The correct answer is  B , but I am doubtful about the need and position of "is" after lung tissue:

B. skin tissue is more resistant to toxic substances  than is lung tissue  and uses

First, is it really necessary to include "is" in these comparisons? For instance, I think it is correct to say "The chimpanzee is much more intelligent than the orangutan". It would be also OK to write "The chimpanzee is much more intelligent than  is  the orangutan"?

Second, is the position of "is" after "than" the only option? It would be wrong to write "The chimpanzee is much more intelligent than the orangutan  is " ?

Thanks.

CuriosStud · Answer

Well the problem is unclear comparison.

In your example The chimpanzee is much more intelligent than the orangutan, the comparison is clear. But consider the below example:

I love my sister more than my mother.

The above example is very ambiguous. It can either mean that I love my sister more than I love my mother, or that love my sister more than my mother loves.

To eliminate the ambiguity, we need to use the verb in the ellipsis. So in the question above, the sentence can mean that skin tissue is more resistant to lung tissue than to toxic substance, or the skin tissue than lung tissue is more resistant to toxic substances. Hence a verb in ellipsis, as used in option b, removes the ambiguity.

I hope this helps.

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