Sentence Correction

in January 1994 an oil barge ran aground off the coast of San
Juan, Puerto Rico, leaking its cargo of 750000 gallons into the
ocean, while causing the pollution of the city's beaches.
A. leaking its cargo of 750000 gallons into the ocean, while causing the pollution of
B. with its cargo of 750000 gallons leaking into the ocean, and it polluted
C. and its cargo of 750000 gallons leaked into the ocean, polluting
D. while it leaked its cargo of 750000 gallons into the ocean and caused the pollution
of
E. so that its cargo of 750000 gallons leaked into the ocean, and they were polluting.

The leakage has resulted in the pollution, and this is clearly stated only in the option C,
because while signifies simultaneity of the actions, A and D eliminated.
B is redundant and awkward in construction,
E subject verb disagreement and awkward construction.

+1 for C

Please underline the sentences tht requires to be corrected .

The only thing to look out here is the last word in each of the answer options . because of the text mentioned after it .

Only C fits well .

I'd bet on C

polluting the city's beaches.

Hope this helps

mgmt_gmat wrote:in January 1994 an oil barge ran aground off the coast of San
Juan, Puerto Rico, leaking its cargo of 750000 gallons into the
ocean, while causing the pollution of the city's beaches.
A. leaking its cargo of 750000 gallons into the ocean, while causing the pollution of
B. with its cargo of 750000 gallons leaking into the ocean, and it polluted
C. and its cargo of 750000 gallons leaked into the ocean, polluting
D. while it leaked its cargo of 750000 gallons into the ocean and caused the pollution
of
E. so that its cargo of 750000 gallons leaked into the ocean, and they were polluting.

I also first thought C. But leaked and polluting are not parallel. Any thought on that ?

sarthak wrote:I also first thought C. But leaked and polluting are not parallel. Any thought on that ?

.....ran aground off....and....

ran and leaked are parallel

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