I did some research on this particular problem and found the light on the
MGMAT guide.
On their IDIOM list they listed this form as WRONG:
A report INDICATES unique bacteria AS present on our skin... and that GMAT prefers...
A report INDICATES THAT unique bacteria LIVE on our skinKnowing that we can easily eliminate A,B,E with the INDICATES/INDICATIVE OF... AS form
Also, "IS INDICATIVE OF" form is SUSPECT for GMAT test writers. If possible, it must be avoided.
We are now left with C and D.
C is wrong because it changes the intent of the author. It sounds like Hillary Rodman hosted the conference on new finding
to indicate... But we are just looking for something that modifies or explain something about the new findings.
Answer by elimination is D.
mymba99 wrote:
In April 1997, Hillary Rodham Clinton hosted an all-day White House scientific
conference on new findings that indicates a child’s acquiring language, thinking, and
emotional skills as an active process that may be largely completed before age three.
A. that indicates a child’s acquiring language, thinking, and emotional skills as
B. that are indicative of a child acquiring language, thinking, and emotional skills as
C. to indicate that when a child acquires language, thinking, and emotional skills,
that it is
D. indicating that a child’s acquisition of language, thinking, and emotional skills is
E. indicative of a child’s acquisition of language, thinking, and emotional skills as