Ballet dancers warm up before each performance by doing a

Question

Ballet dancers warm up before each performance by doing a series of plies and steching  exercises, and it reduces  the chances of injury.

a) exercises, and it reduces 
b) exercises, which reduces 

c) exercises, reducing

d) exercises; the routine reduces 
e) exercises; so the routine reduces

VAGMAT · Answer

It's between B & C

C - for clearity and the use of a participle to modify the entire previous clause.

trivikram · Answer

C

reducing is a participle modifying the the clause "Ballet dancers......"

asaf · Answer

B or C.

In B, 'which' refers to exercises ( plural) so the use of 'reduceS' is wrong.

Hence C.

gmacvik · Answer

Nope.......Everybody is wrong. Needs some more discussion

Sumithra · Answer

Unfortunately we do not have a second chance in the real test.

Ok, I think it should be A
'it' refers to warm up

'which' in B refers to exercises which is wrong
D and E 'routine' refers to...?

mbagal1 · Answer

Why am I the only one attracted towards D? It in A does not have a clear antecedant. it could be warm up, it could be performance or it could refer to the stretching excercises. 

In D defining the warm up before each performance as the routine, I think makes sentence clearer.

trivikram · Answer

The sentence can be rewritten as 

 Before each performance , Ballet dancers warm up by doing a series of plies and steching exercises; the routine reduces chances of injury.

 Before each performance  is a phrase(here a modifier) which is modifying "Ballet Dancers".

I think C is wrong because it creates a sentence fragment like 

 Before each performance , Ballet dancers warm up by doing A, reducing B. 

D stands out

Correct me guys...I am confused here about how to eliminate C

asaf · Answer

C. Ballet dancers warm up before each performance by doing a series of exercises, reducing the chances of injury.

D. Ballet dancers warm up before each performance by doing a series of exercises; the routine reduces the chances of injury.

Well, on a second thought D is much better and sound better. To me, well now, it seems that there is something missing in C, like â€˜henceâ€™ or â€˜thereforeâ€™ before â€˜reducing the chances of injuryâ€™.

Though, I believe, we need better explanation as why not C?

aurobindo · Answer

One more D.

We should pay attention to semi-colon whenever we see one in GMAT.

terp26 · Answer

D looks good....I agree with you auro....I've always seen the semi-colon as the correct choice ( I am sure it's not always like that but from my experience)

gmacvik · Answer

OA is D........

Ballet dancers warm up before each performance by doing a

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