i picked e but its not right.. can someone explain the OA? thanks
If industrial pollution continues to deplete the ozone layer, the resulting increase in ultraviolet radiation will endanger human health, causing a rise in the incidence of skin cancer and eye disease, and perhaps even threatening global ecological systems.
(A) and perhaps even threatening
(B) and may even threaten
(C) and even a possible threat to
(D) as well as possibly threatening
(E) as well as a possible threat to
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if industrial
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the phrase
the resulting increase in ultraviolet radiation
have 2 consequences
1. endanger human health, causing a rise in the incidence of skin cancer and eye disease
2. perhaps even threatening global ecological systems
obviously, the tense of the 2nd one follows the 1st one.
the resulting increase in ultraviolet radiation
have 2 consequences
1. endanger human health, causing a rise in the incidence of skin cancer and eye disease
2. perhaps even threatening global ecological systems
obviously, the tense of the 2nd one follows the 1st one.
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Clarity is being tested in this question.
Let's analyze the idiom--if industrial pollution...then(is actually omitted), the resulting increase in .....will endanger....
Now let's analyze your E. as well as a possible threat to. It's wordy
Compare E to B. Choice B is clear and concise.
Remember, when answering for SC, start with the choice that has the least amount of words. If it's clear and concise, then select that one. Also, one final point, if you analyze choice B, it modifies the subject industrial pollution. I choice E, you can't clearly distinguish what's being modified, whether it's industrial pollution, the ozone layer or something else.
I hope this helps.
Andrew
Let's analyze the idiom--if industrial pollution...then(is actually omitted), the resulting increase in .....will endanger....
Now let's analyze your E. as well as a possible threat to. It's wordy
Compare E to B. Choice B is clear and concise.
Remember, when answering for SC, start with the choice that has the least amount of words. If it's clear and concise, then select that one. Also, one final point, if you analyze choice B, it modifies the subject industrial pollution. I choice E, you can't clearly distinguish what's being modified, whether it's industrial pollution, the ozone layer or something else.
I hope this helps.
Andrew