Although in some women, new studies indicate that abnormally

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Although in some women, new studies indicate that abnormally low levels of the light-sensitive hormone melatonin in them  may contribute to premenstrual depression, doctors are hesitant to recommend light therapy until additional studies have been completed.

Although in some women, new studies indicate that abnormally low levels of the light-sensitive hormone melatonin in them
 Although new studies indicate that levels of the abnormally low light-sensitive hormone melatonin in some women
 Although new studies in some women indicate that abnormally low levels of the light-sensitive hormone melatonin
 Despite the fact that new studies are indicating abnormally low levels of melatonin, a light-sensitive hormone in some women that
 Despite new studies that indicate that in some women, abnormally low levels of melatonin, a light-sensitive hormone,

agdimple333 · Answer

will go with B most concise and easy to understand.

C is not right saying 'new studies in some women'. Use of although is comparison between 2 clauses.. 
A is not right 'although in some women'... there is no requirement of using 'women' and then 'them'
D 'the fact' is lengthy. 
E - 'despite new studies that indicate that' is again awkward.. 
Moreover in D and E - splitting the phrases by commas is not required.

i am not sure of the split between 'although' and 'despite' here..

crick20002002 · Answer

E for me.

B is wrong.  levels of the abnormally low light-sensitive hormone melatonin  does not make any sense. It should have been worded like  abnormally low levels of the light-sensitive hormone melatonin

Crick

daagh · Answer

A Although in some women, new studies indicate that abnormally low levels of the light-sensitive hormone melatonin in them-  in them- having said already  ‘in some women’,  ‘ in them’  is redundant

B. Although new studies indicate that levels of the abnormally low light-sensitive hormone melatonin in some women – meaning distorted altogether. What level causes depression wheter high or low is not indicated; in addition, that melatonin is abnormally low light sensitive is not provided in the text. Text talks only about levels of light sensitive melatonin.

C. Although new studies in some women indicate that abnormally low levels of the light-sensitive hormone melatonin –   new studies  in some women   is wrong word order; this implies that the study was confined to in some women only.

D. Despite the fact that new studies are indicating abnormally low levels of melatonin, a light-sensitive hormone in some women that –  D is a bunch of aberrations. First, despite the fact  is unnecessary; second  are indicating   is an inappropriate tense for a generalization; third the  light–sensitive hormone in some women  means that the hormone is light -sensitive in some women while it is different in others .
E. Despite new studies that indicate that in some women, abnormally low levels of melatonin, a light-sensitive hormone, - - I will rather go with this. Seems error free.

str1der · Answer

B cannot be the answer - the point is abnormally low levels and NOT levels of the abnormally low

E for me. Verified it is the OA

WishMasterUA · Answer

I left with B and E

and took B but i am not sure.

OA?

parker · Answer

Hi all,

Had a pm asking if there was a way to verify if this q is from MGMAT -- Stacey checked the CAT db, question bank, and SC strategy guide, and was not able to find it in any of those items. bschool83, did you find it in a MGMAT resource we missed?

reatsaint · Answer

B it is for me.. Waiting for the OA.

anordinaryguy · Answer

I'll go with E,

B seems to be changing the meaning

schandok · Answer

I initially picked B. But, reading carefully B & E, E seems to be the right choice.

B distorts the meaning.

bschool83 · Answer

This is actually a simple question, once you see the pattern and understand the context.

A good strategic approach would be:
1. 3/2 split: although vs. despite
Although is usually followed by a clause; Although  ,  .
Despite is usually followed by a verb or a noun. e.g. despite   being a more sensible choice, we chose  .

2. Subject: GMAT prefers concise sentences (or, prefers simple sentences over compound sentences any day. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE watch out for that)

From the non-underlined part of the sentence, it is clear that 'doctors' is the subject of the sentence. Hence the underlined part should not have a subject. Eliminate A, B, and C.

D is not parallel.

E is simple, correctly uses 'despite', and the correct choice.

daagh · Answer

Three things are itching my brain on what bschool83 has said.

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I know ‘despite’ being a preposition entails a noun or noun phrase after it, which incidentally may contain a verb. However, the noun phrase carries the verb and not the preposition. However, can somebody cite an instance of despite being followed by a verb?

2. Subject: GMAT prefers concise sentences (or, prefers simple sentences over compound sentences any day. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE watch out for that)

When GMAT is said to prefer simple sentences over compound sentences, does it mean that it prefers straight sentences or it prefers those sentences, which have a single subject and a single verb, technically called the simple sentences?

3.

Chocie E contains such nouns as  new studies ,low levels of melatonin, a light-sensitive hormone  - or they called subjects or how else are they to be called?
 
Or am I missing something?

Thanks in advance for a revealing reply.

Although in some women, new studies indicate that abnormally

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