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Cottontail rabbit population

by fengjig » Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:49 am
What is wrong with C? thx

The cottontail rabbit population in Orange County, California, has increased unchecked in recent years as a result of the removal of the native fox population and the clearing of surrounding woodlands.

(A) years as a result of the removal of
(B) years as a result of removing
(C) years, resulting from the removing of
(D) years, which is a result of removing
(E) years, which is a result of the removal of
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by Robinmrtha » Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:20 am
"as a result of" is better than "resulting from"
The answer is A
perfect parallelism...
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by armoredsaint0 » Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:47 am
Well....I would go with option B. It is indeed a question that tests the concept of parallelism. If you see the sentence, the part "years as a result of the removal of the native fox population" and "the clearing of srrounding woodlands. " should be consistent. Meaning the verb in the first part should have a form of 'ing' (removing). This elimintaes choice A and E. Lets see other choices. Choice B sounds alright, so lets keep it for the time being. Choice C would violate paralle construction ...resulting from Vs clearing of
. I'll eliminate choice C because of this. Choice D has more or less the same problem as choice C. (construction with which)
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by hetavdave » Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:36 am
I'll go with B too.

nice explanation by armoredsaint0
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by vaishalijain7 » Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:10 am
IMO 'A'. To me 'removal of' looks better than 'removing of' as a noun.
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by rahulg83 » Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:15 am
vaishalijain7 wrote:IMO 'A'. To me 'removal of' looks better than 'removing of' as a noun.
We are not using 'removing of'..bur removing the fox population...
B wins on parallelism...OA?
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by vaishalijain7 » Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:31 am
rahulg83 wrote:
vaishalijain7 wrote:IMO 'A'. To me 'removal of' looks better than 'removing of' as a noun.
We are not using 'removing of'..bur removing the fox population...
B wins on parallelism...OA?

Do you think in 'B' 'removing the native fox population' and ' the clearing of surrounding woodlands' is parallel?
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by rahulg83 » Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:19 am
Yes i think so.
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by vaishalijain7 » Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:25 pm
hey guys, I found a very good explanation below

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/the ... t3012.html
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by Domnu » Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:26 pm
Choice B sounds like the rabbit population did the removing. :shock:
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