700 level SC question. pls, help

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700 level SC question. pls, help

by tanviet » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:12 pm
After crude oil, natural gas is the United States second biggest fuel source and supplied almost exclusively from reserves in the North America

a,

d, Natureal gas, the United State's second biggest fuel source after crude oil, is supplied almost exclusively from reserves in North America.

which is right?, explain, pls, help

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by dumb.doofus » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:25 pm
D is right.

As per what you have written, I see issues with A.

1. Omission of apostrophe in USA
2. Omission of "is" before supplied.. to maintain ||ism. in fact and can be removed and replaced with a comma.

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by tanviet » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:26 am
I do not understand what wrong with "omission of is before supplied", pls, explain more to me

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by ska7945 » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:49 am
D- subject and verb is not close.
i will go with A.
if can, plz post whole Q to see other intention of it.
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by aj5105 » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:05 am
would go with D..

'A' looks like a run on to me.

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by Bidisha800 » Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:49 pm
This is a 700 level question ? In which test ? :shock:

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Re: 700 level SC question. pls, help

by HarvardDreamin » Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:13 pm
duongthang wrote:After crude oil, natural gas is the United States second biggest fuel source and supplied almost exclusively from reserves in the North America

a,

d, Natureal gas, the United State's second biggest fuel source after crude oil, is supplied almost exclusively from reserves in North America.

which is right?, explain, pls, help
should be D given the ommission of is in A. what's the OA?
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by tanviet » Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:11 pm
pls, analyse this Q.

this Q in previous test and a nice question. no mistake is inhere. pls, explain.

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by stop@800 » Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:26 pm