Since the beginning of the year, the community medical clinic verified

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Since the beginning of the year, the community medical clinic  verified rigorously the potency of each flu vaccine sample, lest any of its patients are  vulnerable to the flu.

A. verified rigorously the potency of each flu vaccine sample, lest any of its patients are
B. rigorously verified the potency of each flu vaccine sample, lest any of its patients would be
C. is rigorously verifying the potency of each flu vaccine sample, lest any of its patients not be
D. rigorously has verified the potency of each flu vaccine sample, lest any of its patients are
E. has verified rigorously the potency of each flu vaccine sample, lest any of its patients be

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NischalSR · Answer

Replacing the Answer choice in the sentence - 
Since the beginning of the year, the community medical clinic has verified rigorously the potency of each flu vaccine sample, lest any of its patients be vulnerable to the flu.
Question: Rigorously is modifying the verb ' has verified', but is its position correct in the sentence? Shouldn't it precede the verb it is modifying?

Sam1993 · Answer

Since the beginning of the year, the community medical clinic  verified rigorously the potency of each flu vaccine sample, lest any of its patients are  vulnerable to the flu.

A.  verified rigorously  the potency of each flu vaccine sample, lest any of its patients are
 it should be rigorously verified , but there is verb tense error, because since can be used for past tense only if it refers to two actions in the past, which is not happening here.

B.  rigorously verified  the potency of each flu vaccine sample, lest any of its patients  would be

again the verb tense error as in option a.

C.  is rigorously verifying  the potency of each flu vaccine sample, lest any of its patients not be

present tense cannot be used with since.

D.  rigorously has verified  the potency of each flu vaccine sample, lest any of its patients are

rigorously is acting as noun, whic changes the meaning.

E.  has verified rigorously  the potency of each flu vaccine sample, lest any of its patients be

here the usage of since is correct, since is referring to a time instant in the past and the action has continued till now. also, veried rigorously may seem to be error , but it's the best option we have.

answer- option E

skhanna10 · Answer

Sentences starting with "Since" are a standard question type of Present-Perfect Tense problems in GMAT. Only options D and E use present tense with the use of "has". In D, "rigorously" is wrongly used as a noun. Hence, E is the correct answer.

100mitra · Answer

Correct Option E

Original sentence:  Since the beginning of the year, 
the community medical clinic 
 verified rigorously the potency of each flu vaccine sample, 
lest any of its patients are  vulnerable to the flu.

A. verified rigorously the potency of each flu vaccine sample, lest any of its patients  are 
 Wrong: 
1. SVA Error {subject: The community medical clinic - Singular, are - plural}
2. Verb modifiing adverb.
verified - verb, rigorously - adverb: this must be rigorously verfied - to be grammeratically correct.
3. "are" is wrong verb, makes intended meaning error flaw

B.  rigorously verified  the potency of each flu vaccine sample, lest any of its patients would be
D.  rigorously has verified  the potency of each flu vaccine sample, lest any of its patients  are 
 Wrong: 
1. Rigorously - adverb, acting as Noun
2. SVA Error {subject: The community medical clinic - Singular, are - plural}
3. "are" is wrong verb, makes intended meaning error flaw - option D

C. is rigorously verifying the potency of each flu vaccine sample, lest any of its patients not be
 Wrong:  
1. Tense Error - Present tense "is" 
2. Intended meaning error - "patients not be"

E.  has verified  rigorously the potency of each flu vaccine sample, lest any of its patients  be   - Correct

Divsri · Answer

Bunuel  could you please provide the explanation for the below question?

Shouldnt the correct answer choice start with 'rigorously verified' and not 'verified rigorously'?

AndrewN · Answer

Hello,  Divsri . I am not   Bunuel  , and I do not have the Magoosh OE. However, I can say that while  rigorously verified  might be more common and natural sounding than  verified rigorously , there are similar constructs with words that are pretty close to these two in meaning in which the adverb follows the verb:  worked tirelessly  comes to mind. (I would bet that most native speakers would have the same unpleasant reaction to  tirelessly worked  that many people here seem to have with  verified rigorously .)

The bigger issue here lies in the verb tense or form that is used with the shell of the sentence at the bookends of the underlined portion. First, a  since  time marker creates an expectation that a perfect tense will follow, as in,  Since the dawn of time, humans have...  Only answer choices (D) and (E) deliver to this end. Then, although I doubt that the conjunction  lest  would appear on the exam, since it is antiquated and rarely encountered in conversation outside of quotations of historical or legal documents, its appearance does trigger the use of the subjunctive tense in American English. See, for instance, the sample sentences provided for  the entry at Dictionary.com :

1)  He kept his notes by his side lest faulty memory lead him astray.

2)  There was danger lest the plan become known.

Only answer choices (C) and (E) follow through to this end, and (C) creates a problem— lest  is used as a sort of negation to mean  so that X does  not  happen . Choice (C), by pairing  lest  +  not , creates a double negative that would not be encountered with the correct usage of the conjunction— so that any of its patients   not NOT be ?

When you put the two considerations together, only (E) makes sense. The placement of the adverb is up for debate, perhaps, but the verb tense at the beginning and the end of the underlined portion is not.

One final piece of advice: Have fun with these questions by third parties, but stick to official Verbal questions for GMAT™ preparation. Nothing I have seen (or even created) has come close to matching the integrity of official questions.

Good luck with your studies.

- Andrew

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