Sentence Correction-quiz-4

This topic has expert replies
User avatar
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 142
Joined: Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:23 pm
Thanked: 8 times
Followed by:1 members

Sentence Correction-quiz-4

by bpgen » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:13 pm
In addition to curbing health problems, boosting developing country e-waste recycling rates can have the potential to generate decent employment, cut greenhouse gas emissions and recover a wide range of valuable metals including silver, gold, palladium, copper and indium," said Achim Steiner, executive director of UNEP, in a prepared statement.


A. health problems, boosting developing country e-waste recycling rates can have the potential to generate decent employment, cut greenhouse gas emissions

B. health problems that boosts developing country e-waste recycling rates can have the potential for generating decent employment, cutting greenhouse gas emissions

C. health problems, boosted developing country e-waste recycling rates can have the potential to generate decent employment, cut greenhouse gas emissions

D. health problems, boosting developing country e-waste recycling rates can have the potential for generating decent employment, cutting greenhouse gas emissions

E. health problems, boosting developing country e-waste recycling rates can have the potential to generate decent employment and cut greenhouse gas emissions


OA will let you soon
"Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."

Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 113
Joined: Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:43 pm
Location: Mumbai
Thanked: 1 times

by sogmat » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:37 pm
I think its A

Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 232
Joined: Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:47 pm
Thanked: 10 times

by Phirozz » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:58 pm
bpgen wrote:In addition to curbing health problems, boosting developing country e-waste recycling rates can have the potential to generate decent employment, cut greenhouse gas emissions and recover a wide range of valuable metals including silver, gold, palladium, copper and indium," said Achim Steiner, executive director of UNEP, in a prepared statement.


A. health problems, boosting developing country e-waste recycling rates can have the potential to generate decent employment, cut greenhouse gas emissions

B. health problems that boosts developing country e-waste recycling rates can have the potential for generating decent employment, cutting greenhouse gas emissions

C. health problems, boosted developing country e-waste recycling rates can have the potential to generate decent employment, cut greenhouse gas emissions

D. health problems, boosting developing country e-waste recycling rates can have the potential for generating decent employment, cutting greenhouse gas emissions

E. health problems, boosting developing country e-waste recycling rates can have the potential to generate decent employment and cut greenhouse gas emissions


OA will let you soon
IMO A maintains paralleism

User avatar
Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts
Posts: 15
Joined: Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:17 am
Thanked: 1 times
GMAT Score:720

by madsadman » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:58 pm
I have come down to 'A' and 'C'

I think 'A' is better than 'C'.

In 'A', the subject is 'boosting' while in 'C', the subject is 'rates'.
Rates cannot have the impact but the 'boosting' can have.

So I am going with 'A'.

User avatar
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 142
Joined: Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:23 pm
Thanked: 8 times
Followed by:1 members

by bpgen » Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:17 pm
Thanks all, OA is A

It's all about parallelism:

curbing =>boosting

generate => cut => recover
"Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."