niyatisuri
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gmatverbalChild development specialists believe that, in confining babies much of the time to strollers, high chairs, playpens, and walkers, muscle development can be inhibited.
(A) that,
in confining babies much of the time to strollers, high chairs, playpens, and walkers, muscle development can be inhibited
After removing the modifier, the sentence says 'Child development specialists believe that muscle development can be inhibited' which seems an incomplete sentence because the essential part of how and whose development is inhibited should also be part of the sentence(B) that,
in their confinement much of the time to strollers, high chairs, playpens, and walkers, muscle development can be inhibited in babies
After removing the modifier, the sentence says 'Child development specialists believe that muscle development can be inhibited' which seems an incomplete sentence because the essential part of how development is inhibited should also be part of the sentence.
Also 'their' could be CD specialists
(C) that confining babies much of the time to strollers, high chairs, playpens, and walkers can inhibit muscle development
(D) that babies, if confined much of the time to strollers, high chairs, playpens, and walkers can inhibit muscle development
After removing the modifier, the sentence says 'Child development specialists believe that babies can inhibit muscle development' which seems incorrect(E) that strollers, high chairs, playpens, and walkers can,
if babies are confined to the much of the time, result in muscle development being inhibited
After removing the modifier, the sentence says 'Child development specialists believe that strollers, high chairs, playpens, and walkers can result in muscle development being inhibited' where usage of being is unnecessary, also incomplete sentence because the essential part of development is inhibited should also be part of the sentencePlease provide feedback on my analysis
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niyatisuri,
We hope this finds you well.
To answer your query, your reasoning is largely correct.
However, we have one small point of correction; none of the sentences formed by removing the information between the commas are incomplete; rather, the error is that information vital to the core meaning of the sentence - that it is the act of confining babies much of the time to strollers, high chairs, playpens, and walkers can inhibit muscle development - has been placed between commas; remember, information vital to the core meaning of the sentence must never be placed between commas; only extra information can be included between commas.
To understand the concept of "Extra Information Between Commas" on GMAT, you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):
We hope this helps.
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