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IMO the answer is , see my responses against the answers.

According to the investigations of physiologists and psychologists, nervousness has been found to be not an organic disease but a functional one, which is a critical distinction, for an organic disease implies impairment of the tissues of an organ, while a functional disease indicates only a disruption of its role.

A. nervousness has been found to be not an organic disease but a functional one, which is a critical distinction, for an organic disease implies impairment of the tissues of an organ, while a functional disease indicates only a disruption of its role
- modifier issue, which is incorrectly referenced. not reading the rest of the sentence as this is ruled out.

B. nervousness, found to be an organic disease rather than a functional one, a critical distinction, because an organic disease implies impairment of an organ’s tissues, while a functional disease indicates only a role disruption
- this option is off. modifier issues with critical distinction.

C. it has been found that nervousness is not an organic disease but rather is a functional one; while a functional disease indicates only a disruption of an organ’s role, an organic disease implies impairment of the tissues, a critical distinction
- issue with not A but 'rater' B. ruled out.

D. nervousness has been found to be not an organic disease but a functional one; this distinction is critical, for an organic disease implies impairment of the tissues of the organ, while a functional disease indicates only a disruption of its role
- no major issues with this. even though there are multiple parts involved.

E. nervousness was found to be not an organic disease but a functional one, a critical distinction, since impairment of the tissues of the organ is implied by an organic disease, while a functional disease indicates only a role disruption
- again, I think critical distinction has a modifier issue
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A. nervousness has been found to be not an organic disease but a functional one, which is a critical distinction, for an organic disease implies impairment of the tissues of an organ, while a functional disease indicates only a disruption of its role --> which wrongly referring to a function one. The whole idea is a critical distinction, not something.

B. nervousness, found to be an organic disease rather than a functional one, a critical distinction, because an organic disease implies impairment of an organ’s tissues, while a functional disease indicates only a role disruption --> verb is missing. nervousness (modifier) (modifier) because.

C. it has been found that nervousness is not an organic disease but rather is a functional one; while a functional disease indicates only a disruption of an organ’s role, an organic disease implies impairment of the tissues, a critical distinction--> parallelism issue.

D. nervousness has been found to be not an organic disease but a functional one; this distinction is critical, for an organic disease implies impairment of the tissues of the organ, while a functional disease indicates only a disruption of its role

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E. nervousness was found to be not an organic disease but a functional one, a critical distinction, since impairment of the tissues of the organ is implied by an organic disease, while a functional disease indicates only a role disruption --> whose role disruption?
also these two sentence are not parallel.
impairment of the tissues of the organ is implied by an organic disease
a functional disease indicates only a role disruption
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Is the usage of both coordinating conjunction (for) and subordinating conjunction (while) in a single sentence correct? Somehow, I came to know that it is not correct.

.......... for an organic disease implies impairment of the tissues of the organ, while a functional disease indicates only a disruption of its role
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Hi Everybody,

Why would "a critical distinction" is a misplaced modifier in answers B and E?
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EMPOWERgmatRichC can you please correct

Can "which" in option A modify the clause ?

I eliminated B and C because "but" is preferred over "rather" is it correct? I also eliminated rather because it means that more are correct thing but one is preferred over other

This is used to refer to a noun. However, here it is refering to a clause - "found to be not an organic disease but a functional one" hence eliminated it
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Interesting question, Mahmud6! I had to think about that one a little bit.

When used as a coordinating conjunction, "for" is fairly close in meaning to "because." "While" has a completely different meaning: it introduces a counterpoint, not unlike the word "but." And if it's appropriate to the meaning of the sentence, it's absolutely fine to use both "while" and either "for" or "because":

    Charles gained more weight than his wife because he ate nine enormous burritos every morning, while she only ate three.

No problem, right? And even if you replace "because" with "for", it doesn't really change anything:

    Charles gained more weight than his wife, for he ate nine enormous burritos every morning, while she only ate three.

For whatever it's worth, I really don't like this particular use of the word "for" -- it sounds pretentious and outdated, at least to my sloppy American ears. :) But it does appear on the GMAT, unfortunately. Here's an official example: https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-olympic- ... 85874.html
hey mr.charles can you please explain why wasn't the answer b ?
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Interesting question, Mahmud6! I had to think about that one a little bit.

When used as a coordinating conjunction, "for" is fairly close in meaning to "because." "While" has a completely different meaning: it introduces a counterpoint, not unlike the word "but." And if it's appropriate to the meaning of the sentence, it's absolutely fine to use both "while" and either "for" or "because":

    Charles gained more weight than his wife because he ate nine enormous burritos every morning, while she only ate three.

No problem, right? And even if you replace "because" with "for", it doesn't really change anything:

    Charles gained more weight than his wife, for he ate nine enormous burritos every morning, while she only ate three.

For whatever it's worth, I really don't like this particular use of the word "for" -- it sounds pretentious and outdated, at least to my sloppy American ears. :) But it does appear on the GMAT, unfortunately. Here's an official example: https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-olympic- ... 85874.html
hey mr.charles can you please explain why wasn't the answer b ?

Hello Solenja,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, Option B incorrectly places information that is vital to the core meaning of the sentence - the fact that nervousness has been found to be an organic disease rather than a functional one - between commas; remember, information vital to the core meaning of the sentence must not be placed between commas.

To understand the concept of extra information between commas on GMAT, you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):



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Verbal experts - How is the usage of 'has been' correct in Option D?
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