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01 May 2021, 22:40
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Despite widespread research on the benefits of consuming genetically modified food, public opinion remains divided among those who believe in the benefits of these foods and those who think that these foods are bad for the health.
A) among those who believe in the benefits of these foods and those who think that these foods are bad for the health.
B) among those who believe in the benefits of these foods and the ones who think that these foods are bad for the health.
C) among the ones who believe in the benefits of these foods and those who think that these foods are bad for the health.
D) between those who believe in the benefits of these foods and those thinking that these foods are bad for the health.
E) between those who believe in the benefits of these foods and those who think that these foods are bad for the health.
01 May 2021, 22:51
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
• Split #1: among vs. between
When two elements are involved, use between to talk about them.
When more than two elements are involved, use among to talk about them.
We have two groups of people: those in favor of GMOs and those against GMOs. [Did you catch what I just did with "those"? Stay tuned.]
Options A, B, and C use among rather than between.
ELIMINATE A, B, and C
• Split #2: parallelism
The word and is a parallelism marker.
In Between X and Y,
the X and Y elements must be parallel—must be the same parts of speech that play the same grammatical role in a sentence.
In option D,
X = [those] who believe
Y = [those] believing
The modifiers are not parallel.
→ who believe is a relative clause
→ believing is a participle (a verbING)
Eliminate option D.
By POE, the answer is E.
Option E correctly uses between to compare two groups of people and correctly uses those.
Those
Most of the time with the word those, it is
(1) a determiner—something that points to a noun, such as "those special cookies I like"
or
(2) a pronoun with an antecedent—Cars in Europe are generally smaller than those in the U.S. (those = cars)
Those can be used in a third way.
In formal prose, those can be used without an antecedent to mean "a group of people who possess or exhibit some quality."
→ Correct: Those who wish to leave the airplane at the stopover may do so.
People do not mention this detail very often, but I have seen at least two fairly recent OG questions in which "those" functions in this special way.
This usage is not common on the GMAT, but I don't want you to get frustrated if you see a standalone those used in the manner described.
The ones
Options B and C try to couple the ones with those.
Foul.
The ones needs an antecedent and cannot stand alone to mean "certain people" as those can do.
COMMENTS
Anisha1637 , welcome to SC Butler.
Okay, everyone, your answers are good, but I do not see any mention of "the ones."
Please be sure that you understand what I mean when I say, above, that "the ones" cannot be used to refer to an as-yet-unmentioned group of people.
Kudos to all.
Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC1)
Quote:
• Split #1: among vs. between
When two elements are involved, use between to talk about them.
When more than two elements are involved, use among to talk about them.
We have two groups of people: those in favor of GMOs and those against GMOs. [Did you catch what I just did with "those"? Stay tuned.]
Options A, B, and C use among rather than between.
ELIMINATE A, B, and C
• Split #2: parallelism
The word and is a parallelism marker.
In Between X and Y,
the X and Y elements must be parallel—must be the same parts of speech that play the same grammatical role in a sentence.
In option D,
X = [those] who believe
Y = [those] believing
The modifiers are not parallel.
→ who believe is a relative clause
→ believing is a participle (a verbING)
Eliminate option D.
By POE, the answer is E.
Option E correctly uses between to compare two groups of people and correctly uses those.
Those
Most of the time with the word those, it is
(1) a determiner—something that points to a noun, such as "those special cookies I like"
or
(2) a pronoun with an antecedent—Cars in Europe are generally smaller than those in the U.S. (those = cars)
Those can be used in a third way.
In formal prose, those can be used without an antecedent to mean "a group of people who possess or exhibit some quality."
→ Correct: Those who wish to leave the airplane at the stopover may do so.
People do not mention this detail very often, but I have seen at least two fairly recent OG questions in which "those" functions in this special way.
This usage is not common on the GMAT, but I don't want you to get frustrated if you see a standalone those used in the manner described.
The ones
Options B and C try to couple the ones with those.
Foul.
The ones needs an antecedent and cannot stand alone to mean "certain people" as those can do.
COMMENTS
Anisha1637 , welcome to SC Butler.
Okay, everyone, your answers are good, but I do not see any mention of "the ones."
Please be sure that you understand what I mean when I say, above, that "the ones" cannot be used to refer to an as-yet-unmentioned group of people.
Kudos to all.
General Discussion
01 May 2021, 23:12
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We are describing two groups, so use of between is appropriate
A, B and C are out
E maintains parallelism, so E is the answer
A, B and C are out
E maintains parallelism, so E is the answer
