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by bignasty666 » Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:27 am
Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits caused by the desire to be as thin as possible.


(A) Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits caused by the desire to be as thin as possible.
(B) Good eating habits sometimes fail to be maintained by young female ballet dancers and gymnasts caused by desiring to be as thin as possible.
(C) Because they desire to be as thin as possible, good eating habits are sometimes not maintained by young female ballet dancers and gymnasts.
(D) Because they desire to be as thin as possible, young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits.
(E) Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits because they desire to be as thin as possible.
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Re: hot gymnasts and ballet dancers

by madhur_ahuja » Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:37 am
IMO E

Its between D and E. I think D is wrong because the first modifying phrase is only modifying young female ballet dancers.


(A) Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits caused by the desire to be as thin as possible.
caused is wrong

(B) Good eating habits sometimes fail to be maintained by young female ballet dancers and gymnasts caused by desiring to be as thin as possible.
Awkward structure

(C) Because they desire to be as thin as possible, good eating habits are sometimes not maintained by young female ballet dancers and gymnasts.
wrong modifier

(D) Because they desire to be as thin as possible, young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits.
Correct

(E) Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits because they desire to be as thin as possible
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IMO D

by good_done25 » Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:37 am
IMO D

I think the answer should be D as the pronoun they correctly refers to the young female ballet dancers.
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by viju9162 » Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:46 am
answer is b/w D and E.

In E too, "they" can only refer to gymnasts, right?
"Native of" is used for a individual while "Native to" is used for a large group
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by amazonviper » Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:38 am
IMO E.

D is a close choice but I prefer E for reasons explained above.
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by bignasty666 » Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:55 am
viju9162 wrote:answer is b/w D and E.

In E too, "they" can only refer to gymnasts, right?
very good observation...they is ambiguous therefore OA is D!
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