Sentence Correction

Q. 285 :

Even though the state has spent ten years and seven million dollars planning a reservoir along the Ubi River, the project will have to be abandoned as a result of the river becoming so heavily polluted.

(A) will have to be abandoned as a result of the river becoming so heavily polluted
(B) is to be abandoned on account of the heavy pollution which the river received
(C) had to be abandoned because the river had received such heavy pollution
(D) has to be abandoned because of the river and its heavy pollution
(E) must be abandoned because the river has become so heavily polluted


Could someone pls help understand why the OA is E here and not A.
Will be grateful.

Thanks and Regards,
Girish Malik

I eliminated A, because i did not like "as a result of" phrase here. "Because" is a perfect word that specifies why the project must be abandoned. Also E is more precise than A.

(A) will have to be abandoned as a result of the river becoming so heavily polluted

(E) must be abandoned because the river has become so heavily polluted




HAS become is not only parallel to the first half of the problem but also conveys the meaning more clearer that option A.

i agree with Mani_mba......


choose "because" over "as a result of".....

thus E

imo A
choice E distorts the meaning of original sentence.
oa plz.

ska7945 wrote:imo A
choice E distorts the meaning of original sentence.
oa plz.

OA is E as mentioned in the original post

can someone please explain using each option

I think the use of 'because' cannot be preferred to 'as a result of' in general, but here the meaning conveyed by the original sentence is not clear..it says the project will have to be abandoned as a result of the river becoming polluted when infact the river becoming polluted is the reason for abandoning the project and not the result. Therefore E, which conveys the meaning clearly and precisely is the correct answer


hope it helps:)

sogmat wrote:can someone please explain using each option

Even though the state has spent ten years and seven million dollars planning a reservoir along the Ubi River, the project will have to be abandoned as a result of the river becoming so heavily polluted.

(A) will have to be abandoned as a result of the river becoming so heavily polluted
Here becoming modifies river....so the sentence says that project has to be abandoned because of river....which is wrong....When infact the reason for abandoning is the effect i.e. pollution of river....which "E" says correctly.

(B) is to be abandoned on account of the heavy pollution which the river received
"which" is wrong here.

(C) had to be abandoned because the river had received such heavy pollution
"had" is wrong here.

(D) has to be abandoned because of the river and its heavy pollution
This is wrong because it says project has to be abandoned because of
1. river
2. its pollution

When infact the reason for abandoning is the effect i.e. pollution of river.
(E) must be abandoned because the river has become so heavily polluted
Correct.

IMO E