Among the reasons for the decline of New England agriculture in the last three decades were the high cost of land, the pressure of housing and commercial development, and basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida and California.
[A] basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida and California
basing a marketing and distribution system on the imported produce of Florida and California
[C] basing a system of marketing and distribution on the import of produce from Florida and California
[D] a marketing and distribution system based on importing produce from Florida and California
[E] a marketing and distribution system importing produce from Florida and California as its base
I came down to D and E and chose E.
But the OA is D. Can any of the experts help in this. According to me D and E, both deliver the meaning but according to me a system based on something is more wordy than the system itself importing produce.
A 700 level Meaning Question...
[A] basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida and California
basing a marketing and distribution system on the imported produce of Florida and California
[C] basing a system of marketing and distribution on the import of produce from Florida and California
[D] a marketing and distribution system based on importing produce from Florida and California
[E] a marketing and distribution system importing produce from Florida and California as its base
I came down to D and E and chose E.
But the OA is D. Can any of the experts help in this. According to me D and E, both deliver the meaning but according to me a system based on something is more wordy than the system itself importing produce.
A 700 level Meaning Question...
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