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Although he is reported to have spoken his mind freely while being a young child, Ralph Nader was 25 years old before he began to advocate professionally as an attorney.

while being a young child
while in childhood
at the time of his being a child
as being in childhood
as a young child

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while is used in two senses
1) as a time frame
for example: I was watching TV while my girlfriend was making a sandwich. (the chauvinism is just for fun and laugh. dont frown)
2) as a contrast
for example: My girlfriend bought a louis vuitton bag while I am out of work.

This sentence, as answer choice B puts it, becomes something like:
I played fooltball while in childhood.
This does not make sense: it tries to be a concise version of: I played football while I was in childhood. Even the longer version seems awful.

Just to clarify:
There are tons of things the GMAT likes and doesnt like. The best way is to develop a kinship with what the GMAT prefers.
For example: webster defines the word "like" as : 1) resemblance 2)such as.
But you will definitely get it wrong if you use like as a substitute for such as in a gmat sentence.
We all know this.
How?
Because every book has written it.
However, a lot of books do not have stuffs like this which are less prevalent on the GMAT preference list. So its better to reply on practicing tons of official problems and develop the feeling yourself.
Hope this helps.
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30 Oct 2012, 22:43

IMO E
as a young child - short, crisp and correct
All other options are wordier,redundant and awkward constructions.
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30 Oct 2012, 23:19

anshunadir wrote:

IMO E
as a young child - short, crisp and correct
All other options are wordier,redundant and awkward constructions.

u are correct with answer but why did u kill answer choice B?

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30 Oct 2012, 23:20

E??
concise..usage of being etc in other options
no while because no contrast is being shown,general statement has been given

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30 Oct 2012, 23:36

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are correct with answer but why did u kill answer choice B?

tell me which one sounds better:
1. John played football while in childhood
2. John Played football as a young child.
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anshunadir wrote:

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are correct with answer but why did u kill answer choice B?

tell me which one sounds better:
1. John played football while in childhood
2. John Played football as a young child.

i saw the diff already but I was wondering there any grammatical mistake this choice!

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Re: Although he is reported to have spoken his [#permalink]

19 Nov 2012, 21:03

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anshunadir wrote:

IMO E
as a young child - short, crisp and correct
All other options are wordier,redundant and awkward constructions.

u are correct with answer but why did u kill answer choice B?

The reason why she must have eliminated choice E , because we are talking of Ralph as a child and not his childhood, So before " ralph " right word should be child and not childhood .

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