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by sochatte » Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:05 am
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879. Two new studies indicate that many people become obese more due to the fact that their bodies burn calories too slowly than overeating.
(A) due to the fact that their bodies burn calories too slowly than overeating
(B) due to their bodies burning calories too slowly than to eating too much
(C) because their bodies burn calories too slowly than that they are overeaters
(D) because their bodies burn calories too slowly than because they eat too much
(E) because of their bodies burning calories too slowly than because of their eating too much
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by jayhawk2001 » Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:12 am
Is it D ?

"because of" (which means caused by) is preferred over "due to"

Also, we need parallelism here. D and E are parallel but E unnecessarily
uses passive voice.
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by sochatte » Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:46 am
yes it is D. I had a confusion between D and E and like always I chose the wrong one (E).
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by graem83d » Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:26 am
I picked up E at first, and now understood why the correct answer is D
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