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by selango » Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:42 am
Two new studies indicate that many people become obese more due to the fact that their bodies burn more calories too slowly than overeating.

A.due to the fact that their bodies burn more 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 they are overeaters.

D.because their bodies burn calories too slowly than because they eat too much.

E.because their bodies burn calories too slowly than because of their eating too much.

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by outreach » Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:47 am
"more due to/because X . . . than Y" is correct usage
hence D shd be correct
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by indiantiger » Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:47 am
Pick D
-You don't need due to with because
-D, correctly conveys because x---because y
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by crackinggmat » Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:48 am
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by gmat_perfect » Fri Aug 13, 2010 10:03 am
selango wrote:Two new studies indicate that many people become obese more due to the fact that their bodies burn more calories too slowly than overeating.

A.due to the fact that their bodies burn more 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 they are overeaters.

D.because their bodies burn calories too slowly than because they eat too much.

E.because their bodies burn calories too slowly than because of their eating too much.

[spoiler]Source:OG Verbal Review[/spoiler]

Some thoughts:

1. Due to Vs Because of:

If there is to be verb (am, is, are, was, were), this be verb is followed by "due to".

Example:

The cancellation of the program was due to rain.

If there is main verb, this main verb is followed by "because of".

Example:

The program was canceled because of rain.

Using this rule, we can eliminate A and B.

Then the parallelism is "Because XX than because YY".

Answer is D.
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by reply2spg » Sat Aug 14, 2010 12:38 pm
1 minute 4 seconds (too much)

I was considering C for 1 minute and landed on D in last 4 seconds.
selango wrote:Two new studies indicate that many people become obese more due to the fact that their bodies burn more calories too slowly than overeating.

A.due to the fact that their bodies burn more 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 they are overeaters.

D.because their bodies burn calories too slowly than because they eat too much.

E.because their bodies burn calories too slowly than because of their eating too much.

[spoiler]Source:OG Verbal Review[/spoiler]
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