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It is difficult to trace Alfred Schutz’s influence

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by gmatdriller » Tue Nov 06, 2012 11:04 am
It is difficult to trace Alfred Schutz's influence on American sociology, because many years have elapsed since his ideas burst on the American scene and have now been disseminated widely, become absorbed, incorporated, and reformulated by many scholars.

A. have now been disseminated widely, become
B. because these ideas have now been disseminated widely and become
C. since these ideas have now been disseminated widely, become
D. are now being disseminated widely and becoming
E. has been widely disseminated, and become

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by FLUID » Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:42 pm
I feel Original sentence is right.

Option A might be right answer
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by naveenchandra kv » Tue Nov 06, 2012 11:54 pm
Hi,

IMO,

We can eliminate D and E because ideas-- do not match with " has" and "are.. being"-- is not correct.

Coming to B and C-- more wordy, redundant and ambiguous

A-- right answer.

Experts should come and help us with this one as even I am not very sure...
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by GMATcrack » Wed Nov 07, 2012 5:36 am
Hi,

I choose B

Reason: The sentence is trying to say that

Clause 1.....It (Subject) is (Verb) difficult to trace Alfred Schutz's influence on American Sociology,
Clause 2.....Because many years (Subject) have elapsed (Verb) since his ideas burst on the American scene
Clause 3....and (because) these ideas (Subject) have now been disseminated (verb) widely and become (verb) absorbed, incorporated and reformulated by many scholars.

In clause 2, subject (years) is different than clause 3 subject (ideas), hence these two clauses can be made parallel by repeating "because" followed by appropriate subject.

In clause 3, both verbs, have now been disseminated and become, shares the same subject (ideas) and hence, we don't have to repeat the subject here.
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by nailGmat2012 » Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:29 am
+1 for B

2 parallel reasons starting with "because"
the unit "become absorbed, incorporated, and reformulated by many scholars" needs to be seperated using an "and"

in E, if "the ideas" are the subject, we then have a subject-verb agreement error.

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by gmatdriller » Sat Nov 24, 2012 2:36 pm
Bis more succinct and grammatically parallel. [/spoiler]
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