Sentence Correction

At Agincourt,Charles D'Albret's battle plan was thwarted as a direct result of the irrepressible desire the French nobility had to charge headlong into any enemy offering a challenge.

A. as a direct result of the irrepressible desire the French nobility had to
B. because the French nobility had an irrepressible desire to
C. insofar as the French nobility desired to
D. because the French nobility would have an irrepressible desired to
E. by the French nobility's desire to irrepressibly

At Agincourt,Charles D'Albret's battle plan was thwarted as a direct result of the irrepressible desire the French nobility had to charge headlong into any enemy offering a challenge.

A. as a direct result of the irrepressible desire the French nobility had to --too wordy
B. because the French nobility had an irrepressible desire to ---concise and correct
C. insofar as the French nobility desired to --- insofar here is wrong
D. because the French nobility would have an irrepressible desired to --- would have is incorrect
E. by the French nobility's desire to irrepressibly----it is irrepressibly desire, not desire to irrepressibly charge.

IMO B is correct!

+1 for B

Birottam Dutta wrote:At Agincourt,Charles D'Albret's battle plan was thwarted as a direct result of the irrepressible desire the French nobility had to charge headlong into any enemy offering a challenge.

A. as a direct result of the irrepressible desire the French nobility had to --too wordy
B. because the French nobility had an irrepressible desire to ---concise and correct
C. insofar as the French nobility desired to --- insofar here is wrong
D. because the French nobility would have an irrepressible desired to --- would have is incorrect
E. by the French nobility's desire to irrepressibly----it is irrepressibly desire, not desire to irrepressibly charge.

IMO B is correct!

Hi, Can As and Because be used for the same purpose in GMAT?

farukqmul wrote:

Birottam Dutta wrote:At Agincourt,Charles D'Albret's battle plan was thwarted as a direct result of the irrepressible desire the French nobility had to charge headlong into any enemy offering a challenge.

A. as a direct result of the irrepressible desire the French nobility had to --too wordy
B. because the French nobility had an irrepressible desire to ---concise and correct
C. insofar as the French nobility desired to --- insofar here is wrong
D. because the French nobility would have an irrepressible desired to --- would have is incorrect
E. by the French nobility's desire to irrepressibly----it is irrepressibly desire, not desire to irrepressibly charge.

IMO B is correct!

Hi, Can As and Because be used for the same purpose in GMAT?

"As a result of" and "because of" could be used in place of each other.

B it is.