Doctors still know little about how

This topic has expert replies
User avatar
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 181
Joined: Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:36 am
Thanked: 1 times
Followed by:1 members
GMAT Score:620

Doctors still know little about how

by heymayank08 » Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:42 am
Doctors still know little about how the Listeria bacterium is spread and why the disease it causes, listeriosis, afflicts some people in a contaminated area though it spares many others.
(A) though it spares
(B) where it spares
(C) despite sparing
(D) when sparing
(E) while sparing

OA: E

pls explain...

Legendary Member
Posts: 2789
Joined: Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:19 am
Location: Chennai, India
Thanked: 206 times
Followed by:43 members
GMAT Score:640

by GmatKiss » Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:08 am
heymayank08 wrote:Doctors still know little about how the Listeria bacterium is spread and why the disease it causes, listeriosis, afflicts some people in a contaminated area though it spares many others.

(A) though it spares
(B) where it spares
(C) despite sparing
(D) when sparing
(E) while sparing

OA: E

How to choose between C and E ?

pls explain...
Last edited by GmatKiss on Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:58 am, edited 1 time in total.

User avatar
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 181
Joined: Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:36 am
Thanked: 1 times
Followed by:1 members
GMAT Score:620

by heymayank08 » Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:39 am
GmatKiss wrote:
heymayank08 wrote:Doctors still know little about how the Listeria bacterium is spread and why the disease it causes, listeriosis, afflicts some people in a contaminated area though it spares many others.

(A) though it spares
(B) where it spares
(C) despite sparing
(D) when sparing
(E) while sparing

OA: E

How to choose between C and E ?

pls explain...
how did u eliminate A ?? pls explain :D

Legendary Member
Posts: 2789
Joined: Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:19 am
Location: Chennai, India
Thanked: 206 times
Followed by:43 members
GMAT Score:640

by GmatKiss » Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:59 am
Usage of 'IT' is ambiguous! Eliminate A and B