(A) Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits caused by the desire to be as thin as possible.
(B) Good eating habits sometimes fail to be maintained by young female ballet dancers and gymnasts caused by desiring to be as thin as possible.
(C) Because they desire to be as thin as possible, good eating habits are sometimes not maintained by young female ballet dancers and gymnasts.
(D) Because they desire to be as thin as possible, young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits.
(E) Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits because they desire to be as thin as possible.
Solution:
Modifiers
A: suggests that “good eating habits” and NOT the lack of their maintenance are caused by the “desire to…”
B: passive and awkward.
C: “they” refer “good eating habits” instead of “young female ballet…”
E: “they” refer “good eating habits” instead of “ young……”
D: best choice.
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