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A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected radiation that preheats the fuel, making ignition much easier and flames spreading more quickly.
(A) flames spreading
(B) flame spreads
(C) flames are caused to spread
(D) causing flames to spread
(E) causing spreading of the flames
OA D
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needs parallelism
so, eliminate A,B and C
'more quickly' modifies 'spread'
so, eliminate E |
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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and signals parallelism
making ignition much easier and causing flames to spread is correct |
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| Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:49 am Post subject: |
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I also choose E.
What is the OA ? |
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| Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:19 am Post subject: |
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| vivian16 wrote: | I also choose E.
What is the OA ? |
OA is D |
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| Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:43 am Post subject: |
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| OA - D --- parallel construction -- making ignition and causing ... |
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| Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:58 am Post subject: |
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| barron wrote: | needs parallelism
so, eliminate A,B and C
'more quickly' modifies 'spread'
so, eliminate E |
I want with D too, but nice explanation barron |
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:47 am Post subject: |
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IMO: D
making ignition much easier....causing flames to spread more quickly.
paralellism, correct idiom: cause ... to do |
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