Although many graduate students rely on the convenience of taking

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Although many graduate students rely on the convenience of taking an incomplete at the end of an overwhelming semester in order to complete their work in a class, doing so too often can be imprudent for a student whose grade point average is already affected by a small number of grades.

A. doing so too often can be imprudent for a student whose
B. doing so too often can imprudently be for a student such that their
C. for a student to do so too often can be imprudent whose
D. to do so can be imprudent too often for a student because his or her
E. it can be done imprudently too often for a student whose

Abhishek009 · Answer

Correct Answer must be (A) for the highlighted errors in other options....

AkshdeepS · Answer

A. doing so too often can be imprudent for a student whose

B. doing so too often can  imprudently be for a student such that their

C. for a student to do so too often can be  imprudent whose
 
D. to do so can be imprudent too often for a student because his or her

E.  it  can be done imprudently too often for a student whose

A is correct and concise.

adstudy · Answer

A   is clearly the best answer of the lot.

A. doing so too often can be imprudent for a student whose

I eliminated other options in the following manner -

Option B -  
  B. doing so too often can imprudently be for a student such that their  
The 'their' at the end should logically be pointing to the noun 'student', but student here is 'singular'. Hence we have clear pronoun error.
Also there is a meaning change in this option that is created by the incorrect placement of imprudently. Hence Incorrect

Option C -  
  C. for a student to do so too often can be imprudent whose  
'whose' at the end of the sentence should logically refer to 'a student', but grammatically it seems to be referring to 'imprudent' that distorts the original meaning. Hence Incorrect

Option D -  
  D. to do so can be imprudent too often for a student because his or her  
This option clearly changes the meaning. In this, adding 'because his or her' after 'student' implies that the issue mentioned in the prompt is faced by all students who are taking an incomplete whereas as per the original meaning suggests that the issue is likely to be faced by particulary "those students whose grade point average is already affected by a small number of grades." Hence Incorrect

Option E -  
  E. it can be done imprudently too often for a student whose  
It has the same case of change in meaning as in D. From the original prompt, it seems that the student is making the decisions but here "it can be done imprudently too often for a student" implies that somebody else is intervening and deciding for the student. Hence incorrect

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