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by aspirant2011 » Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:49 am
As part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling during the 1950s, so that they could learn to fall without being hurt.


(A) As part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling during the 1950s
(B) As part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live during the 1950s with their disabilities were helped to practice falling
(C) Young polio victims learning to live during the 1950s with their disabilities were helped to practice falling as part of their therapy
(D) Young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling during the 1950s as part of their therapy
(E) During the 1950s, as part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling

[spoiler]OA: After some discussion.[/spoiler]
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by clock60 » Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:28 am
not sure but A
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by gmat_perfect » Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:54 am
aspirant2011 wrote:As part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling during the 1950s, so that they could learn to fall without being hurt.


(A) As part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling during the 1950s
(B) As part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live during the 1950s with their disabilities were helped to practice falling
(C) Young polio victims learning to live during the 1950s with their disabilities were helped to practice falling as part of their therapy
(D) Young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling during the 1950s as part of their therapy
(E) During the 1950s, as part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling

[spoiler]OA: After some discussion.[/spoiler]

The issues:

1. "Falling during 1950s" when used in a sentence, it means that there were special type of falling during 1950s. And the the polio victims were to practice with that type of falling, which was occurring during 1950s. This is not the intended meaning of the sentence.

--> Eliminate the options A and D.

2. young polio victims learning to live during the 1950s. This has separated special type of victims who were learning to live during 1950s. Is this the intended meaning of the sentence? Nope.

---> Eliminate the options B and C.

The only remaining option is E, which is the correct choice.

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by AIM GMAT » Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:37 pm
IMO E . Rightly explained be gmat perfect
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by tetura84 » Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:00 pm
As I can see, grammatically there is no error.
A. <something> were helped to practice falling during the 1950s
looks like the practice of falling happened in 1950, but actually it should be, in 1950 something happened.
Same with D.

B and C := Young polio victims learning to live during the 1950s
learning to live during the period 1950s ?? that's not the intended meaning.
In 1950 ... something happened (as part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live ....)

IMO E
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by aspirant2011 » Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:04 am
thanks a lot guys, i got it now :-)........i was confused between A and E...........
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