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Fire in the HOLE

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by ronnie1985 » Mon May 21, 2012 7:19 am
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

IMO (D)

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by GmatKiss » Mon May 21, 2012 7:46 am
IMO: D
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by Birottam Dutta » Mon May 21, 2012 7:50 am
I think it is D as well.

D --causing flames to spread

From parallelism, it has to be causing to make the sentence parallel with making.

Also, "making ignition much easier and causing flames to spread (quicker)", makes the sentence parallel. This is not possible with E, so D has to be the one.
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