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by ranjeet75 » Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:56 am
582. [u]Plausible though it sounds, the weakness of the hypothesis[/u] is that it does not incorporate all relevant evidence.
(A) Plausible though it sounds, the weakness of the hypothesis
(B) Even though it sounds plausible, the weakness of the hypothesis
(C) Though plausible, the hypothesis' weakness
(D) Though the hypothesis sounds plausible, its weakness
(E) The weakness of the hypothesis which sounds plausible

OA is [spoiler]D[/spoiler] but what is wrong in [spoiler]B[/spoiler]
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:30 am
ranjeet75 wrote:582. Plausible though it sounds, the weakness of the hypothesis is that it does not incorporate all relevant evidence.
(A) Plausible though it sounds, the weakness of the hypothesis
(B) Even though it sounds plausible, the weakness of the hypothesis
(C) Though plausible, the hypothesis' weakness
(D) Though the hypothesis sounds plausible, its weakness
(E) The weakness of the hypothesis which sounds plausible

OA is D but what is wrong in B
B has an ambiguity problem. What does it refer to?
Since it is closest to the noun "weakness" we may incorrectly assume that it represents "weakness" when it is meant to represent "hypothesis."

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