dwelling as a business

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dwelling as a business

by 2010gmat » Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:44 am
2.Cooperative apartment houses have the peculiar distinction of being dwellings that must also operate as businesses.
(A) of being dwellings that must also operate as businesses
(B) of dwellings that must also operate like business
(C) that they are dwellings that must operate like business
(D) that, as dwellings, they must also operate like businesses
(E) to be a dwelling that must also operate as a business

I would like to know the error in choice D...OA to follow
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by mgmt_gmat » Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:00 am
IMO E.

What is the OA?

D option doesnot contain the AS clause to make parallelism with precedent ( that must also operate ). To indicate an action performed by corporate houses, as clause is necessary.

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by 2010gmat » Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:19 am
as is required because we are comparing clauses here.

pls correct me if i am wrong...

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