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by vaivish » Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:39 am
947. 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.


OA is [spoiler]d.
Why Oa is better than E.
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by nittinj » Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:37 am
Good one...

'they' in E is not clear....whether 'they' refers to eating habits (noun) or young female ballet dancers (noun again)

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by aj5105 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:54 am
IMO (A)..

E as explained -- they can refer to gymnasts or habits.
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by vaivish » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:06 am
I appreciate your reply. But in case of E , they clearly refers to the gymnast and not to the habits...as habits do not desire to be slim....Can you explain this now?
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by stubbornp » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:29 pm
vaivish wrote:I appreciate your reply. But in case of E , they clearly refers to the gymnast and not to the habits...as habits do not desire to be slim....Can you explain this now?
vaivish,

Nitinj is right...they refers to eating habits in E because it nears to that noun...hope it helps...........
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by scoobydooby » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:53 pm
why is option A correct? fail to maintain good eating habits caused by the desire to be as thin as possible seems weird

i was thinking D is better
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by hengirl03 » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:46 pm
A is not correct because it says that good eating habits are caused by the desire to be as thin as possible.
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