With the rains and sudden dip in temperature, the circulation of virus

With the rains and sudden dip in temperature, the circulation of viruses increases, decreasing immunity of the body and increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.


A - missing verb
With the rains and sudden dip in temperature, the circulation of viruses increases [subject], decreasing immunity of the body and increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold. No verb

Next:
- B, C, E - SV agreement - plural subject requires plural verb
- C also construes the meaning by reversing the cause effect relationship "increases...cases of fever...,increasing the circulation". It is the circulation that increases the cases.
The rains and sudden dip in temperature increases the circulation of viruses, decreases immunity of the body, and increases the cases of fever and cough and cold.
E. The rains and sudden dip in temperature causes increase in the cases of fever and cold and cough and decrease in the immunity of the body, increasing circulation of viruses
The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause decrease in immunity of the body and increases the cases of fever and cough and cold, increasing the circulation of viruses.



D. The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause increase in the circulation of viruses and decrease in the immunity of the body, increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.

To me D fixes the issues and the meaning flows better. Rains and sudden dip cause x and y, [increasing the cases...]

With the rains and sudden dip in temperature, the circulation of viruses increases, decreasing immunity of the body and increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.

A. With the rains and sudden dip in temperature, the circulation of viruses increases, decreasing immunity of the body and increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.
B. The rains and sudden dip in temperature increases the circulation of viruses, decreases immunity of the body, and increases the cases of fever and cough and cold.
C. The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause decrease in immunity of the body and increases the cases of fever and cough and cold, increasing the circulation of viruses.
D. The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause increase in the circulation of viruses and decrease in the immunity of the body, increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.
E. The rains and sudden dip in temperature causes increase in the cases of fever and cold and cough and decrease in the immunity of the body, increasing circulation of viruses.

You can easily eliminate (B), (C) and (E) because of subject - verb agreement. (A) is not logical since a circulation of viruses (with the rains and sudden dip? - also not logical) cannot decrease immunity of the body, so (D) it is the answer.

This is more of a logical meaning question

1. With the rains and sudden dip in temperature, the circulation of viruses increases, decreasing immunity of the body and increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.

Immunity can't be decreased by the virus. It fights with the virus. Something else has to cause decrease in immunity for a person to catch fever, cough and cold

2. The rains and sudden dip in temperature increases the circulation of viruses, decreases immunity of the body, and increases the cases of fever and cough and cold. Subject verb agreement error, the rains and sudden dip- plural- increases does not work

3. The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause decrease in immunity of the body and increases the cases of fever and cough and cold, increasing the circulation of viruses. Rains can't cold cold, cough - meaning error

4. Correct

5. The rains and sudden dip in temperature causes increase in the cases of fever and cold and cough and decrease in the immunity of the body, increasing circulation of viruses.- Subject verb er

Let’s examize each option:

A. The use of “with the rains and...” is not good as this should be the cause of the increasing circulation of viruses. Plus, “decreasing immunity... and increasing the cases...” should not be equal as the former should be the cause of the latter.

B. So in this one the subject is plural (the rains and the sudden...) so the singular verbs behind is wrong.

C. “and increases the cases...” is wrong as the subject is plural (let alone the logic is wrong too)

D. Correct grammar. And the logic is proper too. It say that the rains and sudden dip in temperature cause the circulation of viruses increase and the immunity of the body decrease, and all of that increase the cases of cough and fever. CORRECT.

E. Reversed logic. And the verb “causes” is wrong as the subject is plural.

So D must be the correct one.

Posted from my mobile device

Given,

With the rains and sudden dip in temperature, the circulation of viruses increases, decreasing immunity of the body and increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.

Meaning: The rains and dip temperature cause two things: 1) increase the circulation of viruses and 2) decrease immunity of the body. The result of this is increase in case of fever and cough and cold.

The original sentence has following error:
1) meaning error: it conveys incorrectly that the circulation of viruses causes the body's immunity to decrease and cases of of fever and cough and cold to increase.

Hence, the correct answer choice should convey the intended meaning.

Also, the rain and dip in temperature is a compound plural noun and hence, it will use plural form of verb.

Answer: D

The question is testing the concept of parallelism.

The sentence can be interpreted as:
Rains and sudden dip in temperature -> increase in the circulation of viruses and decrease in the immunity of the body -> increase in the cases of fever and cough and cold => A and B -> C and D -> E. Note that E is the end result and hence, is modifying the entire clause. Hence, verb-ing modifier should be apt here.
Hence, the sentence should be phrased as "A and B cause C and D, increasing E". So, answer is (D).

Choices B, C and E revolve around the same concept, and are eliminated. (A ) is different in that it is stating that A and B -> C -> D and E, which could also be debated as correct logically, but the use of "with" feels slightly incorrect. Use of with is better in "with the increase/ decrease in X, Y increases/ decreases" Vs "with X, Y increases/ decreases." We are having an expression which is more like the latter. Hence, (D) is preferred over (A).

With the rains and sudden dip in temperature, the circulation of viruses increases, decreasing immunity of the body and increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.

A. With the rains and sudden dip in temperature, the circulation of viruses increases, decreasing immunity of the body and increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.

B. The rains and sudden dip in temperature increases the circulation of viruses, decreases immunity of the body, and increases the cases of fever and cough and cold.

C. The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause decrease in immunity of the body and increases the cases of fever and cough and cold, increasing the circulation of viruses.

D. The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause increase in the circulation of viruses and decrease in the immunity of the body, increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.

E. The rains and sudden dip in temperature causes increase in the cases of fever and cold and cough and decrease in the immunity of the body, increasing circulation of viruses.


First of all, "the rains and sudden dip in temperature" is plural. B with "...temperature increases...", C with "...cause decrease ... and increases... " and E with "...temperature causes ... " can be eliminated.

Between A and D, in A "cause & effect" is correct but it is not logically sound: "the Circulation of viruses increases, decreasing immunity of the body". While in D "cause & effect" is correct and it is also logically sound.


ANSWER : D

Meaning issue here. The intended meaning of the sentence should be:
1. The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause increase in the circulation of viruses and decrease in the immunity of the body.
2. Both increase in the circulation of viruses and decrease in the immunity of the body lead to increase in the cases of fever and cough and cold.


Let's analyse the choice.

A. With the rains and sudden dip in temperature, the circulation of viruses increases, decreasing immunity of the body and increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.
The above sentence does not convey intended meaning. The increased circulation of viruses has no bearing on the decrease in immunity of the body. Furthermore, it is illogical to say that the circulation of viruses increases with the rains and sudden dip of temperature.


B. The rains and sudden dip in temperature increases the circulation of viruses, decreases immunity of the body, and increases the cases of fever and cough and cold.
Although the sentence is grammatically correct, it does not convey the intended meaning: here, neither the increased circulation of viruses nor the decreased immunity of the body increases the cases of fever and cough and cold.

C. The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause decrease in immunity of the body and increases the cases of fever and cough and cold, increasing the circulation of viruses.
Although the sentence is grammatically correct, it does not convey the intended meaning: here, either decrease in immunity of the body or increase in the cases of fever and cough and cold increases the circulation of viruses

D. The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause increase in the circulation of viruses and decrease in the immunity of the body, increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.
Correct answer. This choice is grammatically correct and conveys the intended meaning unambiguously


E. The rains and sudden dip in temperature causes increase in the cases of fever and cold and cough and decrease in the immunity of the body, increasing circulation of viruses.
Same meaning issue with Choice (C)

With the rains and sudden dip in temperature, the circulation of viruses increases, decreasing immunity of the body and increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.

D. The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause increase in the circulation of viruses and decrease in the immunity of the body, increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.
Correct.

S-V agreement: 'The rains and sudden dip in temperature' constitute the plural subject. 'Increase' and 'decrease' maintains the SV agreement and the parallelism.

Meaning preservation: The modifier 'increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold'- points to the cause and effect relationship between 'increase in virus & decrease in immunity' and 'increasing cases of fever and cough'.

The proper meaning of the sentence is:

1. The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause both increase in the circulation of viruses and decrease in the immunity of the body.

2. Both increased circulation of viruses and decreased body immunity will increase the cases of fever and cough and cold.

All of (A),(B),(C),(E) do not convey the meaning properly. Only (D) does.

Correct answer: (D)

D. The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause increase in the circulation of viruses and decrease in the immunity of the body, increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.

Posted from my mobile device

Lets go through the options one by one

A. With the rains and sudden dip in temperature, the circulation of viruses increases, decreasing immunity of the body and increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.

This sentence is awkward. Remove 'the circulation of viruses increases' and read the sentence. Also it sounds like viruses is decreasing the immunity of the body. This is out

B. The rains and sudden dip in temperature increases the circulation of viruses, decreases immunity of the body, and increases the cases of fever and cough and cold.

Increases should be increase. Out because of subject verb agreement.(or lack of it rather)

C. The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause decrease in immunity of the body and increases the cases of fever and cough and cold, increasing the circulation of viruses.

increases is parallel to what? I think decrease. SHould be increases because "the raiins and sudden dip in temperature cause INCREASES..."
Yeah not parallel. The cause before decrease does not help it here

D. The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause increase in the circulation of viruses and decrease in the immunity of the body, increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.

Nice parallel sentence. I see SV agreement in order. Im gonna keep this one.

E. The rains and sudden dip in temperature causes increase in the cases of fever and cold and cough and decrease in the immunity of the body, increasing circulation of viruses.

Causes should be Cause. This is out.

ANSWER IS D.
D for Give me kuDos

Firstly

A. With the rains and sudden dip in temperature, the circulation of viruses increases, decreasing immunity of the body and increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.

HERE IN THIS OPTION ,THE MODIFIER STARTS AS "WITH" ,IT LOOKS A BIT SHABBY BUT WE CAN KEEP IT FOR SOME TIME .


B. The rains and sudden dip in temperature increases the circulation of viruses, decreases immunity of the body, and increases the cases of fever and cough and cold.

HERE IS A CLEAR S-V ERROR,THE RAINS AND SUDDEN DIP IN TEMP IS PLURAL

STRIKE THIS OPTION OFF.

C. The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause decrease in immunity of the body and increases the cases of fever and cough and cold, increasing the circulation of viruses.

HERE AGAIN WE HAVE A S-V ERROR , INCREASES SHOULD BE INCREASE

E. The rains and sudden dip in temperature causes increase in the cases of fever and cold and cough and decrease in the immunity of the body, increasing circulation of viruses.

HERE SQUUENCE IF EVENTS IS WRONG ,CIRCULATION OF VIRUSES CAUSES COUGH ,COLD ,FEVER


ENOUGH REASON TO STRIKE OFF E



D. The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause increase in the circulation of viruses and decrease in the immunity of the body, increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.

THIS OPTION IS PRETTY CLEAR AND BETTER CONSTRUCTED AS COMPARED TO A.

Posted from my mobile device

Dear MartyTargetTestPrep

In Choice A, is the structure 'with rains and sudden dip in temperature' incorrect? I know that structure with 'with......' always answer help to know 'HOW' the action is done? I do not see any problem with it. What is your thoughts, please?

Thanks in advance

First let's get something straight. "Changes the meaning" is a myth. There is no correct meaning in a Sentence Correction question. The correct answer is the one that effectively conveys a logical meaning, whatever that meaning may be.

Regarding (A) and (D), your analysis is spot on, and there is nothing clearly wrong with (A), other than the fact that what it expresses conflicts with what is commonly understood to be the way in which viruses and immune systems interact.

So, in terms of what matters in Sentence Correction, effectively expressing a logical (if incorrect in (A)) meaning in a grammatically correct way, there is no reason for choosing (D) over (A).

Changing the meaning may be unwarranted, but a different meaning is not an incorrect meaning.

In other words, there is no relevance or superiority to the "original meaning."

There are only meanings that make sense and meanings that don't make sense.


While, of course, using some common sense in evaluating meanings of Sentence Correction versions is expected, one is not expected to evaluate versions by determining whether what they convey accurately reflects current understanding of specific biological processes. So, there is no Sentence Correction related way to choose (D) over (A).

In fact, since (D) uses the unidiomatic and somewhat illogical "cause increase ... and decrease," one could argue that (A) is better than (D).

MartyTargetTestPrep
Sir, do you think that decrease in immunity of the body is the result of circulation of viruses increases?
If there is NO decrease in the immunity of the body (along with increase in the circulation of viruses ) how a human-being feels fever and cough and cold or something like that?
If I am not affected by virus and the immunity level of my body is not decreased, I may not suffer from fever, cough and cold, may be, may I.
Choice A says:
People are suffering from fever, cough and cold as a result of the circulation of viruses increases (the author did not consider immunity level of the body, which is necessary to be affected to fever, cough and cold!)
What the anatomy says in this regard?
Hello my friend JonShukhrat
What's your learning with the bodily structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms, especially as revealed by dissection and the separation of parts? Better if you share it.
Thanks__

With the rains and sudden dip in temperature, the circulation of viruses increases, decreasing immunity of the body and increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.

A. With the rains and sudden dip in temperature, the circulation of viruses increases, decreasing immunity of the body and increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.
B. The rains and sudden dip in temperature increases the circulation of viruses, decreases immunity of the body, and increases the cases of fever and cough and cold.
C. The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause decrease in immunity of the body and increases the cases of fever and cough and cold, increasing the circulation of viruses.
D. The rains and sudden dip in temperature cause increase in the circulation of viruses and decrease in the immunity of the body, increasing the cases of fever and cough and cold.
E. The rains and sudden dip in temperature causes increase in the cases of fever and cold and cough and decrease in the immunity of the body, increasing circulation of viruses.


The rains and sudden dip in temperature is plural hence Options B and E are out as they use singular verbs (e.g.causes).

Option C is using incorrect cause and effect hence out

D is better than A is sentence structure hence Option D