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by sam2304 » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:27 am
One reason many waterfowl die each year of lead poisoning is because they often ingest spent shotgun pellets.
(A) One reason many waterfowl die each year of lead poisoning is because
(B) One reason why many waterfowl die each year of lead poisoning is because
(C) One reason many waterfowl die each year of lead poisoning is that
(D) Many waterfowl die each year of lead poisoning for the reason that
(E) Many waterfowl die each year of lead poisoning because of the reason that

OA after some discussions. [spoiler]Confused between C & D. Please explain your pick.[/spoiler]
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by user123321 » Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:14 am
sam2304 wrote:One reason many waterfowl die each year of lead poisoning is because they often ingest spent shotgun pellets.
(A) One reason many waterfowl die each year of lead poisoning is because
(B) One reason why many waterfowl die each year of lead poisoning is because
(C) One reason many waterfowl die each year of lead poisoning is that
(D) Many waterfowl die each year of lead poisoning for the reason that
(E) Many waterfowl die each year of lead poisoning because of the reason that

OA after some discussions. [spoiler]Confused between C & D. Please explain your pick.[/spoiler]
will go for C
not sure why I will select that option. may be stylistically it is looking good or maybe it is giving much stress & importance to the reason.
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by GmatVerbal » Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:26 pm
IMO-C;
D- slightly changes the meaning;
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by patanjali.purpose » Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:40 pm
sam2304 wrote:One reason many waterfowl die each year of lead poisoning is because they often ingest spent shotgun pellets.
(C) One reason many waterfowl die each year of lead poisoning is that
(D) Many waterfowl die each year of lead poisoning for the reason that
(C) One reason many waterfowl die each year of lead poisoning is that
(D) Many waterfowl die each year of lead poisoning for the reason that

C contains 'one reason' that the original sentence intends to convey - the same is not clear from D. It appears as if the reason mentioned in D is the only reason.
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by sam2304 » Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:50 pm
OA C.
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