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GMATPREP - Whereas scientists, because of random fluctuaton

by barrelbowl » Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:33 pm
Whereas scientists, because of random fluctuations in the weather, can not determine the transition from one season to the next by monitoring temperatures on a daily basis, so they cannot determine the onset of global warming by monitoring average annual temperatures.

A. Whereas scientists
B. Just as scientists
C. Like scientists who
D. Inasmuch as a scientist
E. In the same way a scientist

Hey guys the OA is B which I chose based on ear, but I was still uncertain what's wrong with choice E? Thank, Vish.
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by GmatMathPro » Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:01 pm
One problem is that the pronoun 'they' cannot take the singular antecedent 'scientist'. Another is that "just as...so..." is the correct idiomatic expression in this case.
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by barrelbowl » Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:27 pm
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