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221. Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be hazardous substances, but many of them can be harmful to health, especially if they are used improperly.
(A) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be
(B) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products being
(C) A consumer may not think of their household cleaning products being
(D) A consumer may not think of household cleaning products as
(E) Household cleaning products may not be thought of, by consumers, as

D for me too.

B, C out >> being
E out >>passive

A and D >> A is out because usage of 'consumers' (plural) will make "them" ambiguous.

Idiom is 'think of A as B'

D is the correct answer

Can someone help. What does them and they refer to?

A) think of to be – wrong idiom
(B) think of being- GMAT- untouchable being
(C) A consumer think of - their……. being GMAT untouchable being + A consume … their – wrong subject-pronoun agreement
(D) think of as correct
(E) Household cleaning products may not be thought of, by consumers, as - avoidable passive voice
D is the correct choice

Them and they clearly refer to the household cleaning products, both by logic and by proximity. Do not ever entertain thoughts that these words may refer to consumers. More importantly what is the unnecessary concern about what is not underlined and what is not tested?

This is simply a test of idiom

Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be hazardous substances, but many of them can be harmful to health, especially if they are used improperly.

(A) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be = I try to avoid the verb "to be". I use "to be" and "being" ONLY when no other choice is left.
(B) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products being = same as above
(C) A consumer may not think of their household cleaning products being = "being" incorrect use
(D) A consumer may not think of household cleaning products as = "as" clause correctly connects the two independent clauses.
(E) Household cleaning products may not be thought of, by consumers, as = awkward sentence construction

Also, changing the subject from plural to singular does not change the meaning of the sentence.
HTH

IDIOM, think of X as Y
think of x to be Y is wrong.

221. Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be hazardous substances, but many of them can be harmful to health, especially if they are used improperly.
(A) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products to be
(B) Consumers may not think of household cleaning products being
(C) A consumer may not think of their household cleaning products being
(D) A consumer may not think of household cleaning products as
(E) Household cleaning products may not be thought of, by consumers, as

The correct answer is D.
A- The use of to be is wrong.
B&C - The use of being is wrong.
E - The sentence becomes wordy adn awkward.
D- The best answer.

Overall this is good question. As above mentioned D is correct

+1 D

E is tempting but it is wordy and a little confusing in relation to the pronoun "them".

I chose the answer D:

Although the official answer guide states that the idiom is an important concept, there are other reasons to eliminate answers.

A. "To be" is wordy. Also, the use of "them" in the non-underlined portion of the sentence can refer to either consumers or household cleaning products. Since we cannot change the use of the pronoun "them," we must find a better way to construct the sentence so that it is unambiguous.

B. Again, "them" could refer to either consumers or household cleaning products. This problem is not resolved using this answer choice. Also, the word "being" is wordy and is rarely the correct answer choice on the GMAT.

C. Although, the problem with the pronoun "them" has been solved, the introduction of the pronoun "their" is incorrect. The reason is because it has no antecedent - it incorrectly refers to "consumer" which is singular. Also, "being" is wordy.

D. This answer choice removes the problem with the pronoun "them," and expresses the meaning clearly.

E. Although there aren't any really grammatical errors with this answer choice, the use of passive voice is wordy. If this answer choice was in the active voice, it would be a more appropriate answer.

D.

E can be ruled out for it's unnecessary use of passive voice.

+1 D ...perfect choice

E is very close but passive voice

D on other hand is the best option

D is best here no ambiguity