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by Gurpinder » Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:08 am
Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their
clients' misconduct stemmed from a reaction to
something ingested, but in attributing criminal or
delinquent behavior to some food allergy, the
perpetrators are in effect told that they are not
responsible for their actions.

(A) in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to
some food allergy,
(B) if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to
an allergy to some food,
(C) in attributing behavior that is criminal or
delinquent to an allergy to some food,
(D) if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of
criminal or delinquent behavior,
(E) in attributing a food allergy as the cause of
criminal or delinquent behavior,
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by beatthegmatinsept » Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:10 am
Gurpinder wrote:Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their
clients' misconduct stemmed from a reaction to
something ingested, but in attributing criminal or
delinquent behavior to some food allergy, the
perpetrators are in effect told that they are not
responsible for their actions.

(A) in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to
some food allergy,
(B) if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to
an allergy to some food,
(C) in attributing behavior that is criminal or
delinquent to an allergy to some food,
(D) if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of
criminal or delinquent behavior,
(E) in attributing a food allergy as the cause of
criminal or delinquent behavior,
[spoiler]IMO C. Maintains Parallelism... argued that their clients' misconduct stemmed...in attributing behavior that is criminal or
delinquent [/spoiler]
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by Gurpinder » Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:15 am
Hey,

the oa is B

but i thought the modifier must touch what its modifying.

in the question, the underlined portion modifies " the perpetrators" but B with the above rule doesn't do that?!?

B...suggests to modify "food"....
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by reply2spg » Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:17 am
Buddy, I have never seen you making mistakes, how come you missed this one?

This is logical statement. Forget all rules and try B.

Defense attorneys argue that their clients' misconduct X from Y, but if X is attributed to Z, (then) the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.
beatthegmatinsept wrote:
Gurpinder wrote:Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their
clients' misconduct stemmed from a reaction to
something ingested, but in attributing criminal or
delinquent behavior to some food allergy, the
perpetrators are in effect told that they are not
responsible for their actions.

(A) in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to
some food allergy,
(B) if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to
an allergy to some food,
(C) in attributing behavior that is criminal or
delinquent to an allergy to some food,
(D) if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of
criminal or delinquent behavior,
(E) in attributing a food allergy as the cause of
criminal or delinquent behavior,
[spoiler]IMO C. Maintains Parallelism... argued that their clients' misconduct stemmed...in attributing behavior that is criminal or
delinquent [/spoiler]
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by beatthegmatinsept » Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:22 am
reply2spg wrote:Buddy, I have never seen you making mistakes, how come you missed this one?

This is logical statement. Forget all rules and try B.
I guess as my GMAT date gets closer, my brains gonna start acting retarded. jk..
I think I need to stop multi-tasking and focus on SC when I am home and not doing anything else :)
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by Gurpinder » Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:19 am
reply2spg wrote:Buddy, I have never seen you making mistakes, how come you missed this one?

This is logical statement. Forget all rules and try B.

Defense attorneys argue that their clients' misconduct X from Y, but if X is attributed to Z, (then) the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.
beatthegmatinsept wrote:
Gurpinder wrote:Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their
clients' misconduct stemmed from a reaction to
something ingested, but in attributing criminal or
delinquent behavior to some food allergy, the
perpetrators are in effect told that they are not
responsible for their actions.

(A) in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to
some food allergy,
(B) if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to
an allergy to some food,
(C) in attributing behavior that is criminal or
delinquent to an allergy to some food,
(D) if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of
criminal or delinquent behavior,
(E) in attributing a food allergy as the cause of
criminal or delinquent behavior,
[spoiler]IMO C. Maintains Parallelism... argued that their clients' misconduct stemmed...in attributing behavior that is criminal or
delinquent [/spoiler]
is the only mistake idiom attributed to?
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by gmat_perfect » Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:48 pm
Gurpinder wrote:Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their clients' misconduct stemmed from a reaction to
something ingested, but in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy, the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.

(A) in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy,
(B) if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to an allergy to some food,
(C) in attributing behavior that is criminal or delinquent to an allergy to some food,
(D) if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior,
(E) in attributing a food allergy as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior,
Look for the "Opening Modifier"

Doing the assignment properly, he has obtained a good score.

Writing a good book, he has won the novel prize.

If verbing is used at the beginning, it automatically modifies the noun/Pronoun/Noun Phrase immediately following comma. in the two sentences above, the subject, he, has performed the works.

The same deal here.

In the options A, C, and E, "In attributing blah blah.............., the perpetrator" has used a dangling modifier. it means that the perpetrator is attributing.

The second deal is the idiom "attribute something to something". "Attributed something AS something" is not idiomatic.
--> Using this idiom, we can eliminate the option D.

Answer is B.
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by gmat_perfect » Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:49 pm
Gurpinder wrote:Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their clients' misconduct stemmed from a reaction to
something ingested, but in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy, the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.

(A) in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy,
(B) if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to an allergy to some food,
(C) in attributing behavior that is criminal or delinquent to an allergy to some food,
(D) if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior,
(E) in attributing a food allergy as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior,
Look for the "Opening Modifier"

Doing the assignment properly, he has obtained a good score.

Writing a good book, he has won the novel prize.

If verbing is used at the beginning, it automatically modifies the noun/Pronoun/Noun Phrase immediately following comma. in the two sentences above, the subject, he, has performed the works.

The same deal here.

In the options A, C, and E, "In attributing blah blah.............., the perpetrator" has used a dangling modifier. it means that the perpetrator is attributing.

The second deal is the idiom "attribute something to something". "Attributed something AS something" is not idiomatic.
--> Using this idiom, we can eliminate the option D.

Answer is B.
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by gmat_perfect » Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:53 pm
Gurpinder wrote:Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their clients' misconduct stemmed from a reaction to
something ingested, but in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy, the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.

(A) in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy,
(B) if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to an allergy to some food,
(C) in attributing behavior that is criminal or delinquent to an allergy to some food,
(D) if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior,
(E) in attributing a food allergy as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior,
Look for the "Opening Modifier"

Doing the assignment properly, he has obtained a good score.

Writing a good book, he has won the novel prize.

If verbing is used at the beginning, it automatically modifies the noun/Pronoun/Noun Phrase immediately following comma. in the two sentences above, the subject, he, has performed the works.

The same deal here.

In the options A, C, and E, "In attributing blah blah.............., the perpetrator" has used a dangling modifier. it means that the perpetrator is attributing.

The second deal is the idiom "attribute something to something". "Attributed something AS something" is not idiomatic.
--> Using this idiom, we can eliminate the option D.

Answer is B.
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by uwhusky » Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:52 pm
good job gmat_perfect, I think you're really beating the modifiers =).
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by gmat_perfect » Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:11 am
@uwhusky,

Thanks for the inspiration.
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