SPLIT1: "DUE TO" AND "BECAUSE OF" ARE GMAT UNFAVORABLES. A, B, AND D ARE OUT. WHY? BECAUSE THEY CREATES AMBIGUITY.
SPLIT2) PARALLELISM. THE ISSUE IS THAT "WOULD CRYSTALLIZE" IS A PASSIVE CONSTRUCTION THAT DOES NOT GO WELL WITH THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE "WAS GROWING". B AND C ARE OUT.
SPLIT3) THE USE OF THE WORD "AND". WHENEVER YOU SEE "AND" CHECK IF THERE IS A LIST OF THINGS. IF YES, THEN CHECK THAT THE LIST IS IN PARALLEL, IN THIS CASE
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SPLIT2) PARALLELISM. THE ISSUE IS THAT "WOULD CRYSTALLIZE" IS A PASSIVE CONSTRUCTION THAT DOES NOT GO WELL WITH THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE "WAS GROWING". B AND C ARE OUT.
SPLIT3) THE USE OF THE WORD "AND". WHENEVER YOU SEE "AND" CHECK IF THERE IS A LIST OF THINGS. IF YES, THEN CHECK THAT THE LIST IS IN PARALLEL, IN THIS CASE
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