What makes them different?

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What makes them different?

by duke » Sun Jul 20, 2008 5:33 am
Don't know why OA is better than E??? Thanks.

Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits caused by the desire to be as thin as possible.
(A) Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits caused by the desire to be as thin as possible.
(B) Good eating habits sometimes fail to be maintained by young female ballet dancers and gymnasts caused by desiring to be as thin as possible.
(C) Because they desire to be as thin as possible, good eating habits are sometimes not maintained by young female ballet dancers and gymnasts.
(D) Because they desire to be as thin as possible, young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits.
(E) Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits because they desire to be as thin as possible.
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by Vignesh.4384 » Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:09 am
IMO E.

a-> "caused by" is used improperly
b-> "caused by desiring" is wrong
c-> changes meaning and wrong modifier and passive voice..
d-> changes meaning and passive
e-> correct

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by loki.gmat » Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:53 am
A - gives an impression that "good eating habits" are "caused by the desire ------------". changes the meaning. hence incorrect.

B - passive voice. hence incorrect.

C - antecedant of "they" is not clear (eating habits or dancers and gymnasts). hence incorrect.

E - same as C.


hence IMO D.


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by ricky » Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:56 am
IMO D...


Whats OA?

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by kris610 » Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:28 am
I agree it has to be D. E looks fine but for the ambiguous 'they'. Vignesh, I don't think D is either passive or changes the meaning of the sentence.

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