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by crazy4gmat » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:21 am
2. According to one expert, the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is not so much that dogs are being bred for looks or to meet other narrow criteria as that the breeds have relatively few founding members.
A. the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is not so much that dogs are being bred for looks or to meet other narrow criteria
B. the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is not as much their being bred for looks or meeting other narrow criteria as much
C. it is not so much the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog that they are being bred for looks or meeting other narrow criteria as much
D. it is not so much the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is their being bred for looks or meeting other narrow criteria so much
E. it is not so much the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog to be bred for looks or to meet other narrow criteria

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by rohangupta83 » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:55 am
imo E

It doesn't use 'being'

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by rohangupta83 » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:03 am
Now, if we spend more time on this we can reduce to A and E and finally to A

I was just joking about E

1st as much as is wrong because ''as that the breeds have relatively few founding members. '' describes the criteria.

B and C are out

'Their' should not be used as we need to refer to the cause and not the dog

So D is out

Now, we are left with A and E

I chose A - lesser of the two evils - because I do not like the use of infinitive verb form in E 'to be'.
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by schumi_gmat » Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:07 am
Not so much as is a correct idiom OG 11 30

A. the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is not so much that dogs are being bred for looks or to meet other narrow criteria
B. the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is not as much their being bred for looks or meeting other narrow criteria as much

C. it is not so much the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog that they are being bred for looks or meeting other narrow criteria as much
D. it is not so much the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is their being bred for looks or meeting other narrow criteria so much
E. it is not so much the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog to be bred for looks or to meet other narrow criteria


Hence A.
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