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Building large new hospitals in the bistate

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by simplyjat » Mon May 05, 2008 12:56 am
Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.

(A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone
(B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone
(C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided
(D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided
(E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided

OA E
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by barron » Wed May 07, 2008 2:30 am
why is C wrong here
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by rajibgmat » Wed May 07, 2008 9:55 am
Because B is correct
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by simplyjat » Wed May 07, 2008 10:47 am
rajibgmat wrote:Because B is correct
Nope, B is incorrect
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by apurohit » Wed May 07, 2008 1:46 pm
My guess was B as well.
Can someone explain reason for E being correct?
It looks a little awkward with "if only because".
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by simplyjat » Wed May 07, 2008 9:13 pm
Experts, your generous comments please.
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by logitech » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:15 pm
Is E correct because of the IF - THEN construction ?
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by Bidisha800 » Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:43 pm
(E)
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by nervesofsteel » Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:27 pm
IMO B

on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone <- seems concise and clear than other choices...
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I think ans should be B.
In E, usage of "if only" and "because" is redundant
simplyjat wrote:Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.

(A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone
(B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone
(C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided
(D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided
(E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided

OA E
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by Hopper39 » Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:01 am
Well, I would say D or E are the only possible answers.

You can't say "avoid...duplicated facilities" because it could mean simply "not <physically> go to the new facility".

You are avoiding the duplication <itself> -i.e. the act of building the new structure - as wasteful.

D is then eliminated - using "while" here doesn't make sense.

My .02
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by sarthak » Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:48 am
My pick was also B. Why is E correct ? Can anyone shed some light pls..... experts!!!!
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by kstv » Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:11 am
We are talking of an event that is yet to take place. Dupliacted is wrong tense. Wrong usage of while the subordinate conjunction in D as it is used to compare simultaneous events.
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