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by GmatKiss » Sat May 19, 2012 12:47 pm
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

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by ihatemaths » Sat May 19, 2012 9:11 pm
B ? whats the OA
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by GmatKiss » Sat May 19, 2012 10:29 pm
ihatemaths wrote:B ? whats the OA
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by hailmanyu » Sun May 20, 2012 5:20 am
Answer: B)

There are many clues to selecting B)

First, "building" from the first clause should be paralleled with "avoiding" in the second clause. This clue gives B) as the answer.
Second, "should" should be avoided in GMAT. Hence, C) D) E) are eliminated.
Third, of all the given options, only B) has the correct idiomatic phrase "on the grounds of .."
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