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by hemant_rajput » Fri Jul 05, 2013 5:46 pm
In recent years cattle breeders have increasingly used crossbreeding, in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics and partly because crossbreeding is said to provide hybrid vigor.

(A) in part that their steers should acquire certain characteristics
(B) in part for the acquisition of certain characteristics in their steers
(C) partly because of their steers acquiring certain characteristics
(D) partly because certain characteristics should be acquired by their steers
(E) partly to acquire certain characteristics in their steers

What is wrong with option [spoiler]B;[/spoiler] In part also means partly
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by itskals » Sat Jul 06, 2013 7:00 am
I guess you also need to check for Parallelism here : to provide .... to acquire ...
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by varun289 » Sat Jul 06, 2013 7:15 am
first i think for d but than relise it should E


to provide + to ...
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by varun289 » Sat Jul 06, 2013 7:16 am
problem in B is FOR not in past
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by faraz_jeddah » Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:43 am
What is OA?

I would go with E
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by [email protected] » Sun Jul 07, 2013 12:56 pm
Hi hemant_rajput,

In response to your original question, this sentence includes a 2-part parallel phrase:

partly.....partly....

Since you can't change the second "partly", you'll have to change the first (from "in part" to "partly"). This is the primary reason why answer B is incorrect.

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by anirudh.777 » Mon Jul 08, 2013 3:30 am
I think answer would be D.

Partly because.....and partly because....is in parallelism.
Also, partly to acquire (Option E) is not in sync with partly because crossbreeding..
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by sparkles3144 » Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:06 pm
partly... partly...

to acquire... to provide
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by hemant_rajput » Tue Jul 09, 2013 11:02 pm
Guys I'm not asking why correct is correct but I'm asking why wrong is wrong. :-)
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