IMO A
a) as above..looks CORRECT,"at the urging" is a correct usage form
b) as a consequence of having been urged by his own doctor, his advisers, and a coalition of some..WORDY
c) on account of being urged by his own doctor, chief advisers, and a coalition of...ON ACCOUNT OF is not appropriate
d) as he was urged to do by his own doctor, his chief advisers, and a coalition of some...
MAKES IT SEEM AS IF HE WAS URGED TO OPPOSE INITIALLY AND LATER APPROVE
e) as his own doctor was urgning him to do, along with his chief advisers, and a coalition of
WAS URGING is incorrect tense usage

thephoenix wrote:IMO A
a) as above..looks CORRECT,"at the urging" is a correct usage form
b) as a consequence of having been urged by his own doctor, his advisers, and a coalition of some..WORDY
c) on account of being urged by his own doctor, chief advisers, and a coalition of...ON ACCOUNT OF is not appropriate
d) as he was urged to do by his own doctor, his chief advisers, and a coalition of some...
MAKES IT SEEM AS IF HE WAS URGED TO OPPOSE INITIALLY AND LATER APPROVE
e) as his own doctor was urgning him to do, along with his chief advisers, and a coalition of
WAS URGING is incorrect tense usage

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hey there,

I think (d) should be the correct answer choice as [Though initially opposed to the measure, the governor approved the new needle exchange program at the urging of his own doctor, his chief advisers, and a coalition of some 20 social action groups ] we see that initially opposition was there and later on the program was approved.

watsay??

gmatnmein2010 wrote:Though initially opposed to the measure, the governor approved the new needle exchange program at the urging of his own doctor, his chief advisers, and a coalition of some 20 social action groups.

a) as above
b) as a consequence of having been urged by his own doctor, his advisers, and a coalition of some
c) on account of being urged by his own doctor, chief advisers, and a coalition of
d) as he was urged to do by his own doctor, his chief advisers, and a coalition of some
e) as his own doctor was urgning him to do, along with his chief advisers, and a coalition of

I think C is a winner here, as it resolves and ambiguous HIS

Giorgio wrote:

gmatnmein2010 wrote:Though initially opposed to the measure, the governor approved the new needle exchange program at the urging of his own doctor, his chief advisers, and a coalition of some 20 social action groups.

a) as above
b) as a consequence of having been urged by his own doctor, his advisers, and a coalition of some
c) on account of being urged by his own doctor, chief advisers, and a coalition of
d) as he was urged to do by his own doctor, his chief advisers, and a coalition of some
e) as his own doctor was urgning him to do, along with his chief advisers, and a coalition of

I think C is a winner here, as it resolves and ambiguous HIS

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Hey there,
I think "on account of being urged by" looks like it was forceful and the governor had no say in it.Don't you think so??
"on account" making the difference between option (c) and (d).

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harsh.champ wrote:

Giorgio wrote:

gmatnmein2010 wrote:Though initially opposed to the measure, the governor approved the new needle exchange program at the urging of his own doctor, his chief advisers, and a coalition of some 20 social action groups.

a) as above
b) as a consequence of having been urged by his own doctor, his advisers, and a coalition of some
c) on account of being urged by his own doctor, chief advisers, and a coalition of
d) as he was urged to do by his own doctor, his chief advisers, and a coalition of some
e) as his own doctor was urgning him to do, along with his chief advisers, and a coalition of

I think C is a winner here, as it resolves and ambiguous HIS

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Hey there,
I think "on account of being urged by" looks like it was forceful and the governor had no say in it.Don't you think so??
"on account" making the difference between option (c) and (d).

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Calling help from any forum expert!!!

While I agree that B is way too awkward sentence , that uses BEING along with On account of ... I just don't understand how using of HIS(governor's advisers or doctor's advisers?) could be correct.

what is OA?

Imo D. OA please

IMO A

Just consider the main verb and remove rest of the part ...

The governor approved wht .. its a program ..'as something' would be a wrong .It would change the meaning.

Also there is a need of parallelism. before and after and..