Modifier Problem

by **Gavan** Sun Nov 20, 2011 12:11 pm

Experts believe that senior citizens with higher than average cholesterol and their families develop a predisposition to cardiovascular disease are more likely to die at an age below that of their life expectancy.

a) and their families develop a predisposition to cardiovascular disease

b) whose families have a predisposition to cardiovascular disease

c) and a predisposition to cardiovascular disease runs in the family

d) whose families have a predisposition to cardiovascular disease running in them

e) with a predisposition to cardiovascular disease running in their family

by **Gavan** Mon Nov 21, 2011 7:30 pm

Waiting for instructure(s) to reply!!

by **agautamdai** Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:39 pm

IS the answer B

by **jnelson0612** Sat Dec 24, 2011 2:50 pm

Sorry, we need the original source for this question before we can reply. Thanks!

by **vikash_alwazurz** Mon Jul 23, 2012 5:09 pm

jnelson0612 Wrote:Sorry, we need the original source for this question before we can reply. Thanks!

This problem is from manhattan review turbo verbal training set.
The explanation offered is that b is the right answer on concision grounds. my query is why cant it be 'e' if we take parallelism into account.

Plz reply soon.
Vikash

by **tim** Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:53 am

i don't think we are allowed to discuss Manhattan Review problems on our forums. they own the copyright to their questions and haven't given us permission to publish them on our forums; sorry. perhaps you can go to their forums and post your questions..

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