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by gmat740 » Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:21 am
In 2000, a mere two dozen products accounted for half the increase in spending on prescription drugs, a phenomenon that is explained not just because of more expensive drugs but by the fact that doctors are writing many more prescriptions for higher-cost drugs.
A. a phenomenon that is explained not just because of more expensive drugs but by the fact that doctors are writing
B. a phenomenon that is explained not just by the fact that drugs are becoming more expensive but also by the fact that doctors are writing
C. a phenomenon occurring not just because of drugs that are becoming more expensive but because of doctors having also written
D. which occurred not just because drugs are becoming more expensive but doctors are also writing
E. which occurred not just because of more expensive drugs but because doctors have also written
OA- B
Doubt : IMO- E(I find OA-B wordy)
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by SanjeevK » Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:31 am
Only option B exhibits correct parallelism . "explained not just by the fact that....but also by the fact that ....."
Rest others don't exhibit the correct parallelism.

IMO B
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by vasbli » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:26 pm
I think B

"A phenomenon which" should be "a phenomenon that" hence neither D nor E
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by Domnu » Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:33 pm
Yeah, parallelism yields an immediate B.
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