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oil Post Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:42 am
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    The supply of oil being finite has become an economical and political consideration of the first magnitude for all modern industrial nations.

    (A) The supply of oil being finite has become an economical
    (B) The finite supply of oil has become an economical
    (C) That the supply of oil is finite has become an economical
    (D) The supply of oil being finite has become an economic
    (E) That the supply of oil is finite has become an economic


    why is B incorrect ?

    OA E

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    Post Sun Mar 11, 2012 12:14 pm
    pappueshwar wrote:
    The supply of oil being finite has become an economical and political consideration of the first magnitude for all modern industrial nations.

    (A) The supply of oil being finite has become an economical
    (B) The finite supply of oil has become an economical
    (C) That the supply of oil is finite has become an economical
    (D) The supply of oil being finite has become an economic
    (E) That the supply of oil is finite has become an economic


    why is B incorrect ?

    OA E

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    Post Mon Mar 12, 2012 2:50 pm
    IMO D
    i think meaning of E is different from the meaning of original sentence.

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