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nishant1309: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 51; Joined: Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:34 am; Thanked: 2 times

by nishant1309 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:51 am

A peculiar feature of the embryonic mammalian circulatory system is that in the area of the heart the cells adhere to one another, beating in unison and adopting specialized orientations exclusive of one another.

(A) beating in unison and adopting
(B) they beat in unison while adopting
(C) beat in unison, and adopt
(D) beating in unison yet adopting
(E) even though they beat in unison and adopt

OA after few reasonable explanations.

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by gmatclubmember » Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:02 pm

Since the author is talking about PECULIAR feature, this feature is mentioned only in D. Beating in Unison YET adopting...
So I would go with D.
(A too is correct sentence grammatically but doesnt justify the use of peculiar earlier in the sentence).

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BellTheGMAT: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 78; Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:03 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 4 times

by BellTheGMAT » Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:06 pm

nishant1309 wrote:A peculiar feature of the embryonic mammalian circulatory system is that in the area of the heart the cells adhere to one another, beating in unison and adopting specialized orientations exclusive of one another.

(A) beating in unison and adopting
(B) they beat in unison while adopting
(C) beat in unison, and adopt
(D) beating in unison yet adopting
(E) even though they beat in unison and adopt

OA after few reasonable explanations.

IMO D... Reason same as that of GmatClubMember
OA pls...

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by crick » Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:35 am

+1 for D.

peculiar - special, out of ordinary
unison - as a single unit,synchronized

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by bnair » Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:51 am

+1 for D

A close, however D makes it more peculiar.
B is a run on
C not bothered about a list..
E drifts away from the intended essence of the original sentence

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by sam2304 » Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:53 am

IMO D

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by nishant1309 » Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:57 am

Thank your Frnzzs!

[spoiler]OA: D[/spoiler]

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