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I agree with TeyJay with the OE.
The reason C and E are wrong because "the habit of smoking"..makes the sentence say "THE upmost thing (habit of smoking). so completely out.

among the rest of the choices, according to me B clearly modifies its preceding phrases correctly.
Not sure why it is a run-on.
If you re-read A...it breaks the sentence at spots which does make sense.

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This is a tricky question. I chose the answer as C. To me it was a tough call between A and C but I went with C because I thought "the" was better as it was specific to smoking or the "habit" of smoking but maybe that's precisely the reason why its wrong. I debated this in mind. It was a choice between "a" and "the" for me and I went with the latter. The explanation does not help as pointed out A and C have the same separation of commas.

Although E is definitely wrong due to the usage of "the one located"
Here "the" is unnecessary and redundant.
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This is a tricky but a good one. I would have definetly selected C in the test. But still not sure why A is correct and C is wrong.

B appears ambiguous to me. It says "specific part of brain located behind the ear" which might mean that the brain is located behind the ear.
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picked B

whats the source of the Q?
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This is a GMAT club test question v05 Q#14...

I also doubt the OE and OA as well .. :(
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This is a tricky but a good one. I would have definetly selected C in the test. But still not sure why A is correct and C is wrong.

B appears ambiguous to me. It says "specific part of brain located behind the ear" which might mean that the brain is located behind the ear.

That's odd, because I read "specific part of the brain, located behind the ear" as implying more that the brain is located behind the ear.
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Exactly the same reasoning as walkerme13.
Can somebody clarify this question.
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Yes i too picked C....so it should be explained why "a smoking habit "is better than "the habit of smoking".
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I don't see the different between A and C beside the concision between "habit of smoking" and "smoking habit". My first confuse is between choice A and E. Finally, I got E (incorrect choice)
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I too picked C, can anyone please share the OA with proper justification



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