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by Nidhs » Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:33 pm
Oberlin College in Ohio was a renegade institution at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept both men and women as students.

(A) at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept

(B) for the decision at its 1833 founding to accept

(C) when it was founded in 1833 for its decision to accept

(D) in deciding at its founding in 1833 to accept

(E) by deciding at its founding in 1833 on the acceptance of

oA is (D). I chose (B)....
Does anyone have an explanation for this.
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by chombuka » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:15 am
(B) for the decision at its 1833 founding to accept

is not right

Reasons:

a) its cluttered.
for,at its,to accept only confuse and corrupt the sentence and is unnecessary

b) 1833 founding does not sound right

Moderators,can you confirm if this is correct?.
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