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By focusing on poverty, the other causes

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by bpgen » Wed Mar 10, 2010 4:43 am
By focusing on poverty, the other causes of crime-such as the breakup of the nuclear family,
changing morals, the loss of community, etc.-have been overlooked by sociologists.

(A) the other causes of crime-such as the breakup of the nuclear family, changing morals,
the loss of community, etc.-have been overlooked by sociologists.
(B) the other causes of crime have been overlooked by sociologists-such as the breakup of
the nuclear family, changing morals, the loss of community, etc.
(C) there are other causes of crime that have been overlooked by sociologists-such as the
breakup of the nuclear family, changing morals, the loss of community, etc.
(D) crimes-such as the breakup of the nuclear family, changing morals, the loss of community,
etc.-have been overlooked by sociologists.
(E) sociologists have overlooked the other causes of crime-such as the breakup of the
nuclear family, changing morals, the loss of community, etc.

OA E
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by thephoenix » Wed Mar 10, 2010 4:56 am
E is correct, its active and follows typical GMAT rule of keeping sub ahead of verb

check the underlining of s/c
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by bpgen » Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:02 am
Thanks for noticing... It has been corrected.
"Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."
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by Ashita Agarwal » Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:16 am
Hi.

just one small doubt.

is it correct to mark E as the right answer when it has a hyphen between "crime" and "such as"?
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by bpgen » Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:22 am
Appreciate Ashita Agarwal, See, hyphen is used correctly (Use hyphens when creating compound words from separate words) so for explaining E, we could say, It correctly puts the subject of the sentence sociologists immediately next to its modifying phrase by focusing on poverty.
"Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."
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by Ashita Agarwal » Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:29 am
Thanks for the help!
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