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GMAT Practice Question (One of Hundreds)

In the Western world, uncommon and unwelcome, polygyny, the marital practice in which a man has more than one wife is considered to be socially and economically beneficial by the members of some African tribes.

A)	In the Western world, uncommon and unwelcome, polygyny, the marital practice in which a man has more than one wife is considered to be socially and economically beneficial by the members of some African tribes.
B)	Polygyny, although uncommon and unwelcome in the Western world is the marital practice in which a man has more than one wife, and the members of some African tribes considered polygyny to be beneficial, both socially and economically.
C)	The marital practice in which a man has more than one wife, although uncommon and unwelcome in the Western world, polygyny is considered to be socially and economically beneficial by the members of some African tribes.
D)	Polygyny, the marital practice in which a man has more than one wife, although uncommon and unwelcome in the Western world, the members of some African tribes considered it to be socially and economically beneficial.
E)	Polygyny, the marital practice in which a man has more than one wife, although uncommon and unwelcome in the Western world, is considered to be socially and economically beneficial by the members of some African tribes.

Correct Answer: E

Make sure that sentence states the ideas in the most clear and concise manner possible.

This question focuses on rhetorical construction. The placement of the opening prepositional phrase in the Western world causes confusion because the phrase appears to modify the whole sentence; however, the phrase is only intended to indicate that polygyny is considered uncommon and unwelcome in the Western world. Option E states the information in a clearer manner.

The placement of the opening prepositional phrase in the Western world causes confusion because the phrase appears to modify the whole sentence; however, the phrase is only intended to indicate that polygyny is considered uncommon and unwelcome in the Western world.
This sentence is unnecessarily long and wordy, and the use of the conjunction and does not show the proper relationship between the feelings about polygyny in the Western world and the feeling about polygyny in certain African tribes.
This sentence creates confusion because it not clear that the appositive the marital practice in which a man has more than one wife modifies polygyny.
It is a vague pronoun with no clear antecedent.
This sentence is correct as is. It states the material in the most clear and concise manner possible.

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