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by maihuna » Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:40 am
Although dozens of New York’s small museums are either devoted to local history of various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.

(B) Although dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,
(C) Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are
(D) Dozens of New York’s small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also
(E) Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York’s small museums and also
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by kc_raj » Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:58 am
IMO B
A either misses or so wrong

C changes meaning by changing main clause
D changes meaning by using and instead of but for contrast
E reads awkward

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by vinayakdl » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:08 pm
I will go with E,

It is unclear what "Although " is trying to contrast against. In A and B the two sentence parts don't seem to be connected.

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