hospitals in the bistate area

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hospitals in the bistate area

by soumyopriyosaha » Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:13 am
1. Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.
(A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone
(B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone
(C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided
(D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided
(E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided

E

plz explain the OA answer.

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by sumanr84 » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:34 am
A,B - 'on' usage after comma is little awkward. what purpose it can server in that position.
C - 'solely in that' sound awkward
D - awkward
E - passive construction, not quite convinced with this option also but there is no other option as well

This is altogether an ill-formed sentence.

Someone pls comment..BTW, which grammar category this Q can fall into ?

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by money9111 » Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:39 pm
I don't understand why E is correct. By process of elimination I had it down to C & E (so I guess that's good in case I had to guess). But if someone could provide an explanation that'd be great.

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by gmatmachoman » Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:51 pm
sumanr84 wrote:A,B - 'on' usage after comma is little awkward. what purpose it can server in that position.
C - 'solely in that' sound awkward
D - awkward
E - passive construction, not quite convinced with this option also but there is no other option as well

This is altogether an ill-formed sentence.

Someone pls comment..BTW, which grammar category this Q can fall into ?

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