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by gmat_perfect » Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:05 am
Camus broke with Sartre in a bitter dispute over the nature of Stalinism.

(A) in a bitter dispute over
(B) over bitterly disputing
(C) after there was a bitter dispute over
(D) after having bitterly disputed about
(E) over a bitter dispute about

Why are the wrong options wrong?

[spoiler]OA: A[/spoiler]

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by grockit_andrea » Sun Jul 11, 2010 5:26 am
gmat_perfect wrote:Camus broke with Sartre in a bitter dispute over the nature of Stalinism.

(A) in a bitter dispute over
(B) over bitterly disputing
(C) after there was a bitter dispute over
(D) after having bitterly disputed about
(E) over a bitter dispute about

Why are the wrong options wrong?

[spoiler]OA: A[/spoiler]

Thanks.
The correct idiom is "dispute over," not "dispute about." That allows us to eliminate all choices except A and C. C can then be eliminated because it's wordy and also changes the meaning somewhat. C doesn't make it clear that Camus and Sartre were the ones having the dispute, while A does.
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