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by f2001290 » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:10 am
xxxThe 20-year alligator protection program has been declared a success, because trapping is low and alligator births in the wild are high since habitats have been restored to their natural state.


A. low and alligator births in the wild are high as
B. low and the births of the alligators in the wild are high since
C. low with higher alligator births in the wild as
D. low and alligator births in the wild are higher as
E. low and alligator births in the wild are highest as
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I go with B

by morningjava » Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:57 am
I go with B.

We cannot use comparison statement w/o its objects compared with each other. There aren't any clue to use the comparison form in the sentence (C,D,E out)
The array of nouns in a row w/o any preposition look awkward on A. So I chose B as a best answer.
(Also one of the parrallel clue is that "low" w/o underline justify the "high"(original form of adjective)followed by it.
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by givemeanid » Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:33 am
f2001290, the original does not match the choice A.

Original uses 'since' and the choice A uses 'as' at the end. I would go w/ original. What is OA?
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by moneyman » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:12 am
I would agree with givemeanid..The original sentence seems to be the best choice..
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If the answer is A,

by morningjava » Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:03 pm
If the answer is A, how can you explain "their natural state." on the last part of the sentence rather than "its natural state"? Can you justify that please?
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by givemeanid » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:57 pm
"habitats have been restored to their natural state".
Plural 'habitats' is referred to by plural 'their'. Singular 'its' will be incorrect.
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by arunjithp » Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:45 am
trapping is LOW and... something.. is <>

the word in <> should be parallel to LOW..

here .. the HIGH given is A is the best match
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by drhomler » Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:49 pm
I agree on A its concise assuming that the as/since issue is just a typo which I am pretty sure it is. B seems wordy and awkward. C, D and E are unidiomatic
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by peter.p.81 » Tue Apr 08, 2014 4:11 am
A is the best option
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