Common knowledge tells us that sensible exercise and eating properly w

Question

Common knowledge tells us that sensible exercise and  eating properly will result  in better health.

(A) eating properly will result 
(B) proper diet resulted 
(C) dieting will result 
(D) proper diet results 
(E) eating properly results

Source:   Nova GMAT  
Difficulty Level:   600

WiziusCareers1 · Answer

Common knowledge tells us that sensible exercise and eating properly will result in better health.

"sensible exercise" and "eating properly" are the part of a list. They must be parallel, which is not the case currently.

(A) eating properly will result 
 As explained above

(B) proper diet resulted 
 It is common knowledge so should use present tense and not past.

(C) dieting will result 
 "dieting" is not parallel to "sensible exercise"

(D) proper diet results 
 Correct answer

(E) eating properly results
 same as (A)

gvij2017 · Answer

"sensible exercise" and "eating properly" is considered one entity; therefore we need a singular verb "results".

D is correct.

Give kudos if my explanation is correct.

itoyj · Answer

Sensible exercise and proper diet are 2 nouns connected using and, so should it be result instead of results?

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girivanish · Answer

Please explain how "X (noun) & Y (noun)" are singular.

What i know that when two independent noun is connected by conjunction 'and' then the correct form of verb must be plural.

vishumangal · Answer

This Question is incorrect as sensible excercise and proper diet are two independent entities and thus cannot be clubbed to one,Hence result should be used rather then results. Gmat dont test these kind of exceptions. In gmat two entities connected with end should be treated as plural

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Sajjad1994 · Answer

Official Explanation

Choice (A)  is incorrect since eating properly (verb-adverb) is not parallel to sensible exercise (adjective-noun).

Choice (B)  offers two parallel nouns, exercise and diet. However, a general truth should be expressed in the present tense, not in the past tense.

Choice (C)  is not parallel since it pairs the noun exercise with the gerund (a verb acting as a noun) dieting.

Choice (D)  offers two parallel nouns—exercise and diet—and two parallel verbs—tells and results.

Choice (E)  contains the same mistake as choice (A).

The answer is (D).

Hope it helps

udaypratapsingh99 · Answer

How do we know whether these are one entity or independent nouns?

brt · Answer

Even I thought the ans is D but since you are joining two nouns by and the verb should be result not results I guess the question is wrong.

udaypratapsingh99 · Answer

As per option D

1) Subject of the verb "tells" is "common knowledge"
2) Subjects of the verb "result  s  " ( are  "exercise" and "proper diet") or ( is  "exercise and proper diet").

Thus, I think, It's not about parallel nouns or parallel verbs. It's rather about whether "exercise and diet" are two independent entities or one.
Considering that any of the "exercise" and the "diet" can independently contribute to better health, I would argue these can be considered as two independent entities.

For the above mentioned reasons, this question seems to be wrong or, at the least, ambiguous to me. Please correct me where am I getting it wrong.

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