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Dunbar argues ...

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by kanha81 » Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:59 pm
Dunbar argues that gossip is important in human societies in the maintenance of social cohesion, just as social grooming does for other primates.

A. gossip is important in human societies in the maintenance of social cohesion, just as social grooming does for other primates
B. gossip is important in the maintenance of social cohesion in human society, just as social grooming does for other primates
C. in human societies gossip is important in social cohesion like social grooming for other primate societies
D. similar to social grooming in primates, human gossip is important in maintaining social cohesion
E. gossip is important in human societies in the maintenance of social cohesion, just as social grooming is in other primate groups


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by Domnu » Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:08 pm
I think the answer is D.

Here's why:

[spoiler]The phrase "in the maintenance of" is unidiomatic, so we eliminate A, B, and E.

I'm pretty sure about the reason for that elimination; however, just in case...

We can eliminate A, B since the sentences aren't parallel (does is used instead of is).

We can eliminate E since it is wordy (okay.. I guess that the only way I can see is that 'in the maintenance of' is a bit awkward).

We now have C and D. Choice C doesn't fully express the thought... it should say ... like social grooming IS for other primates. Because of this, I would go with answer choice D.[/spoiler]
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by kanha81 » Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:40 pm
Domnu wrote:I think the answer is D.

Here's why:

[spoiler]The phrase "in the maintenance of" is unidiomatic, so we eliminate A, B, and E.

I'm pretty sure about the reason for that elimination; however, just in case...

We can eliminate A, B since the sentences aren't parallel (does is used instead of is).

We can eliminate E since it is wordy (okay.. I guess that the only way I can see is that 'in the maintenance of' is a bit awkward).

We now have C and D. Choice C doesn't fully express the thought... it should say ... like social grooming IS for other primates. Because of this, I would go with answer choice D.[/spoiler]
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by rahulsaroha » Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:58 pm
it should be "e"
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by real2008 » Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:45 pm
I feel answer should be E. D omits the the phrase human societies
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by rseeker2 » Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:39 pm
I too feel the answer should be E.

X is important, just as Y is important.
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by tohellandback » Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:34 am
IMO E
'in' has to be there
The powers of two are bloody impolite!!
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by California4jx » Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:49 am
IMO E - since its parallel
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by rahulg83 » Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:32 am
What's the OA?
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by kanha81 » Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:09 pm
rahulg83 wrote:What's the OA?
OA [spoiler][E][/spoiler]
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