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by hemant_rajput » Thu Aug 15, 2013 10:48 am

[spoiler]OA:A[/spoiler]

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by Mike@Magoosh » Tue Aug 20, 2013 12:20 pm

hemant_rajput wrote:

[spoiler]OA:A[/spoiler]

Dear hemant_rajput,
What is the source of this question? The OA you cited has a diction mistake. The word "due" is an adjective, and must be used to modify a noun. It's not as flexible as the word "because." We can say "P did Q because ....", and the word "because" is understood to modify the verb, the action. We can't use the word "due" this way, and yet, this is precisely what choice (A) does.
See this blog for more details:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/gmat-idiom ... nsequence/

Mike

Magoosh GMAT Instructor
https://gmat.magoosh.com/

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