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The data collected by weather airplanes that fly into the heart of a hurricane are useful mainly for gauging the storm’s structure and strength, not for the speed and the path of their movement.
(A) not for the speed and the path of their movement
(B) not for the speed and path of its movement
(C) not the speed and path of its movement
(D) and not the speed and path of their movements
(E) and not for the speed and the path of its movements
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IMO, its C for ||ism and the use of the correct pronoun
1. mainly for gauging the storm's structure and strength, not the speed and path of its movement
2. The use of "its" to modify "a hurricane"
A, D are out because the use of "their" to modify "a hurricane" is incorrect. Also, I think "movement" is better over "movements"
E is out for the use of 'and' here, I feel that it is redundant.
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E. idiomatic, parallel and proper use of its when referring to hurricane.
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TeHCM wrote: IMO, its C for ||ism and the use of the correct pronoun
1. mainly for gauging the storm's structure and strength, not the speed and path of its movement
2. The use of "its" to modify "a hurricane"
A, D are out because the use of "their" to modify "a hurricane" is incorrect. Also, I think "movement" is better over "movements"
E is out for the use of 'and' here, I feel that it is redundant.
TeChM,
I think "and" is required here for maintaing the ||ism
Data collected for X and not for Y.
E is best
with out "and" the last phrase can modify the "structure and strength". Guys Am i right ?
cj
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E.
"and" is required to avoid run-on sentence, "for" to maintain ||sm and "its" (singular) for storm. OA please?
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C.
The parallism begins after "gauging", "for" is not included.
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It is between B and E. E maybe a better choice (almost checked B  )
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Try the sentence without for gauging:
The data collected by weather airplanes that fly into the heart of a hurricane are useful mainly for gauging the storm’s structure and strength, and not for the speed and the path of its movements
Doesn't make much sense for me, so I'd prefer (C)
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I know that it's not always helpful to post the link to a previous discussion about the same question, but I see that many members had the opportunity to give their anwers and explain, so here's banerjeea_98 post:
http://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... h+movement
Supercat's explanation is clear and concise.
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hmm... I was going with B! 
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1. Their is the incorrect pronoun, so nix A and D immediately.
2. "the" and "movements" are incompatible in E.
3. Choosing between B and C is really difficult- like splitting SC hairs. I originally chose C, like TeHCM, but now (B) is looking more attractive for structural parallelism. The second "for" seems necessary.
The data collected by weather airplanes that fly into the heart of a hurricane are useful mainly for gauging the storm’s structure and strength, not for the speed and path of its movement
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