With an awareness that there are connotations associated

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With an awareness that there are connotations associated with the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B, companies conducting consumer taste tests of foods or beverages typically choose numbers such as 697 or 483 to label the products.

A) With an awareness that there are connotations associated with the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B
(B) Because the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B have connotations they are aware of
(C) Because of an awareness of the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B having connotations
(D) Aware of the connotations of the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B
(E) Since the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B have connotations associated with them and they are aware of it

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by vikram4689 » Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:02 am
IMO D, all other options change meaning. Please let me know which options you want to discuss.
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by aspirant2011 » Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:05 am
vikram4689 wrote:IMO D, all other options change meaning. Please let me know which options you want to discuss.
wana discuss about option C........as I was between C and D but picked C :-(

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by vikram4689 » Sun Jul 03, 2011 5:28 pm
aspirant2011 wrote:
vikram4689 wrote:IMO D, all other options change meaning. Please let me know which options you want to discuss.
wana discuss about option C........as I was between C and D but picked C :-(
(C) Because of an awareness of the numbers 1 and 2 and the letters A and B having connotations
C is very awkward way of describing the sentence....."an awareness of the numbers", it should be "an awareness of the connotations of numbers".
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by abhijit_ghonge » Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:45 pm
I go with D. D says distinctly that "Aware of the connotations..." modifies the company.

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by aspirant2011 » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:16 am
thanks a lot guys for your inputs :-),yup the OA is D.....

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