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by jangojess » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:51 pm
It seems likely that a number of astronomical phenomena, such as the formation of planetary nebulas, may be caused by the interaction where two stars orbit each other at close range.

(A) may be caused by the interaction where two stars orbit each other
(B) may be caused by the interaction between two stars that each orbit the other
(C) are because of the interaction between two stars that orbit each other
(D) are caused by the interaction of two stars where each is orbiting the other
(E) are caused by the interaction of two stars orbiting each other

OA - E
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by JimmyTongLuy » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:25 pm
I think that in C "beacuse of" is wrongly used since the question talks about the formation of planetary nebula that is caused for something and not is beacuse of something, it changes the meaning.
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by pahwa » Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:30 am
Here, if you see closely, we have 2 things that can be modified:
A number
Phenomena
What is question asking us to modify? If you have answer to this, you will get the correct answer.

See, C choice modifies number that is, "A number is because of..." I think, which doenot make any sense.

E modifies phenomena...I will pick E.
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by sharkin » Thu Aug 12, 2010 4:28 am
OG way of negating option C is::

"are" requires a verb form i.e. 'caused', rather than an adverb i.e. 'because'..

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by indiantiger » Thu Aug 12, 2010 2:35 pm
I am going by my ear on this one, should not do that, "because of" really sounds awkward to me
E is my answer
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by mundasingh123 » Fri Aug 13, 2010 11:26 am
jangojess wrote:It seems likely that a number of astronomical phenomena, such as the formation of planetary nebulas, may be caused by the interaction where two stars orbit each other at close range.

(A) may be caused by the interaction where two stars orbit each other
(B) may be caused by the interaction between two stars that each orbit the other
(C) are because of the interaction between two stars that orbit each other
(D) are caused by the interaction of two stars where each is orbiting the other
(E) are caused by the interaction of two stars orbiting each other

OA - E
[spoiler]Wht's wrong with C??[/spoiler]
But in E,isnt interaction of wrong?
I dont see anything wrong with C
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by karthikpandian19 » Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:00 pm
Hi,

The major diff btwn C & E are : usage of "because of" and "caused by"

Because of - modifies Verb and answers the question "why"

Caused by OR due to - modifies noun
So in this sentence below, it modifies the "a number of phenomena" a plural subject noun.

Refer this link
https://gmatclub.com/forum/due-to-vs-bec ... l#p1129882

mundasingh123 wrote:
jangojess wrote:It seems likely that a number of astronomical phenomena, such as the formation of planetary nebulas, may be caused by the interaction where two stars orbit each other at close range.

(A) may be caused by the interaction where two stars orbit each other
(B) may be caused by the interaction between two stars that each orbit the other
(C) are because of the interaction between two stars that orbit each other
(D) are caused by the interaction of two stars where each is orbiting the other
(E) are caused by the interaction of two stars orbiting each other

OA - E
[spoiler]Wht's wrong with C??[/spoiler]
But in E,isnt interaction of wrong?
I dont see anything wrong with C
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