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by magical cook » Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:02 pm
542. Oberlin College in Ohio was a renegade institution at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept both men and women as students.
(A) at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept
(B) for the decision at its 1833 founding to accept
(C) when it was founded in 1833 for its decision to accept
(D) in deciding at its founding in 1833 to accept
(E) by deciding at its founding in 1833 on the acceptance of


Hi,
I though the answe is C) but correct answer is D) -- Can anyone please explain why D is better than C?
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by Cybermusings » Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:40 am
stumps me...i went for C too!
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by tacosychelas » Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:20 am
hello, hope this still helps.

A and C are wrong because these options make the reader think that the College was renegade only in the moment that it was founded.

E is wrong because it is awkward

B is wrong because it does not expresses clearly who took the decision.

Points of improvement are welcome
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by sukrant26 » Sun Mar 30, 2008 3:36 pm
With option D as well the institution is indicated to be renegade at its founding. How is that better than C?
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by tacosychelas » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:00 am
I think D is better than C because the phrase "at its founding in 1833" in D, could be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence:

"X College was a renegade institution in deciding to accept both men and women as students"

Therefore, I think D does not make the reader think that the College was renegade only in the moment that it was founded.

Points of improvement are welcome
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by [email protected] » Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:16 pm
Can any of the experts please explain why C is the wrong answer.

At first instance, C is the most lucrative one...

Is there some rule to differentiate betweeen the two options!!!
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