consume fatty foods

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consume fatty foods

by kim sung wook » Sat May 31, 2008 4:43 am
Although people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their death rates from heart disease are far lower in France.

a.people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their

b.people in france and the United States consume fatty foods at about the same rate, the

c.fatty foods are consumed by people in France and the United States is about same, the

d.the rate od fatty foods consumed in France and the United States is about same , the


oa is b

i think d.

why cant d?
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by chidcguy » Sat May 31, 2008 8:44 am
D takes the subject people out of the sentence. Even though it is obvious that people consume, the sentence ignores it and is not grammatically correct.

A is comparing people's consumption rate in France to US.

C is using passive voice.

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