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Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skills are weak.

(A) Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skills are weak.
(B) Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, which they admit they lack, many people are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak.
(C) Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, analytical skills bring out a disinclination in many people to recognize that they are weak to a degree.
(D) Many people, willing to admit that they lack computer skills or other technical skills, are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak.
(E) Many people have a disinclination to recognize the weakness of their analytical skills while willing to admit their lack of computer skills or other technical skills.

OA: D

can someone explain all of these????

I chose C....
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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:27 pm
A - illogical, compares "skills" with "disinclination"
B - illogical, compares "skills" with "people"
C - stylistically flawed, "they" is ambiguous, since it can be referring to "skills" or "people", also the phrase "to bring out a disinclination" is wordy
D - correct
E - incorrect grammatically and stylistically - the adjectival phrase starting with "while" should be placed before the verb "have"; this answer also includes a slight change in meaning
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by tanviet » Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:44 am
I consider"while willing..." an adverbial phrase which modify the total main clause. if this is correct, why "while willing ..." is wrong. adverbial phrase can be placed in the main clause and E is correct.

pls, correct me.

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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:37 am
duongthang wrote:I consider"while willing..." an adverbial phrase which modify the total main clause. if this is correct, why "while willing ..." is wrong. adverbial phrase can be placed in the main clause and E is correct.

pls, correct me.
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