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by karthikpandian19 » Sat May 26, 2012 12:56 pm
Nutritionists agree that elevated cholesterol levels contribute to heart disease, although they have not determined what causes these elevated levels or exactly how cholesterol affects the heart.


contribute to heart disease, although they have not determined what causes these elevated levels or


contribute to heart disease, but they have not determined the causes of them nor


contribute to heart disease, although they have neither determined what causes them or


are contributors to heart disease, although they have neither determined their causes nor


is a contributor to heart disease, but they have not determined what their causes are
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by GmatKiss » Sat May 26, 2012 1:11 pm
IMO: C
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by karthikpandian19 » Sat May 26, 2012 1:36 pm
Gmatkiss,

Please provide your explanation for C
GmatKiss wrote:IMO: C
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by jimmyjimmy » Sun May 27, 2012 11:16 am
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by patanjali.purpose » Sun May 27, 2012 1:57 pm
karthikpandian19 wrote:Nutritionists agree that elevated cholesterol levels contribute to heart disease, although they have not determined what causes these elevated levels or exactly how cholesterol affects the heart.


contribute to heart disease, although they have not determined what causes these elevated levels or


contribute to heart disease, but they have not determined the causes of them nor


contribute to heart disease, although they have neither determined what causes them or


are contributors to heart disease, although they have neither determined their causes nor


is a contributor to heart disease, but they have not determined what their causes are
E - elevated cholesterol levels REQUIRES PLURAL VERB (ARE/CONTRIBUTE) Drop E (IS); Moreover, ITS A FRAGMENT or RUN-ON (ARE at the end; two verbs HAVE NOT DETERMINED and ARE not properly connected)

B - they have not determined the causes of them or how cholesterol affects the heart
parts in BOLD are not ||lel; THEY...THEM (inconsistent pronouns)

C - THEY...THEM (inconsistent pronouns); NEITHER...OR (idiom problem)

D - neither determined their causes nor how cholesterol affects the heart
parts in BOLD are not ||lel

IMO A
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by karthikpandian19 » Sun May 27, 2012 2:43 pm
OA is A
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by jimmyjimmy » Mon May 28, 2012 4:56 pm
karthikpandian19 wrote:Nutritionists agree that elevated cholesterol levels contribute to heart disease, although they have not determined what causes these elevated levels or exactly how cholesterol affects the heart.


contribute to heart disease, although they have not determined what causes these elevated levels or


contribute to heart disease, but they have not determined the causes of them nor


contribute to heart disease, although they have neither determined what causes them or


are contributors to heart disease, although they have neither determined their causes nor


is a contributor to heart disease, but they have not determined what their causes are
nutritionists ............contribute to heart diseases so negate D and E,

left with ABC....
in B and C,.,. 'them' is used which we might take for elevated cholestrol levels but we got same possibility to treat them for nutritionists so negate B and C..
left with A, which removes ambiguity by mentioning elevated levels later on...

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