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by vaivish » Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:31 am
476. Less detrimental than the effects of bacterial transformation is the effects of bacterial deterioration: spoilage of food, metals corroding, decay of wood, and other undesirable alterations of substances.
(A) is the effects of bacterial deterioration: spoilage of food, metals corroding
(B) are the effects of bacterial deterioration: spoilage of food, metals corroding
(C) is the effects of bacterial deterioration, which include spoilage of food, metals corroding
(D) are the effects of bacterial deterioration, which includes spoilage of food, corrosion of metals
(E) are the effects of bacterial deterioration: spoilage of food, corrosion of metals


Why C is preferred over D?
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by sandipbhattacharya » Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:33 pm
The answer should be E.
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by raunekk » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:29 pm
imo:E
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by Canman » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:01 am
C is better than D because

"is" agrees with "detrimental" and "include" agrees with "effects"
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by Canman » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:05 am
disregard my last post.... I take back the is/detrimental agreement comment and C has a parallelism problem as well.

E is the better choice
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by vaivish » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:54 am
OA is E
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by NSNguyen » Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:20 am
E is my choice
subject is effects - pl -> verb should be ARE rather IS
list in E expresses parallelism.
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by iwill » Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:54 am
Y not D ? Please explain.
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by sasi78 » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:12 am
IMO the answer is E.

Reasons,
1. Parallelism "corrosion of metals" --> A,B&C are out
2. "includes" refer to singular only --> D is out.
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