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by GmatKiss » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:05 am
Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits caused by the desire to be as thin as possible.

(A) Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits caused by the desire to be as thin as possible.
(B) Good eating habits sometimes fail to be maintained by young female ballet dancers and gymnasts caused by desiring to be as thin as possible.
(C) Because they desire to be as thin as possible, good eating habits are sometimes not maintained by young female ballet dancers and gymnasts.
(D) Because they desire to be as thin as possible, young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits.
(E) Young female dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits because they desire to be as thin as possible.

OA : D
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by gmatblood » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:09 am
Yes, its C

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by cyrill001 » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:16 am
is it E?

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by saketk » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:27 am
cyrill001 wrote:is it E?
E is incorrect because option D is correct :)

on a serious note:--

If you see option E --illogically saying that 'good eating habits desire to be as thin as possible'

How can eating habits desire of something?

Also, E starts with 'because' -- i read somewhere (in a different SC) that it makes the sentence awkward... I personally feel that there is no problem with 'they' here.
MY opinion.

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