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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

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