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by alex.gellatly » Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:12 pm
Possible long-term consequences of the "greenhouse effect," the gradual warming of the Earth's climate, may include melting the polar ice caps and a rising sea level.

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B. may include the melting of polar ice caps and the rising sea level
C. may include polar ice caps that are melting and sea levels that are rising
D. include melting the polar ice caps and sea levels that are rising
E. include melting of the polar ice caps and a rise in sea level
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by vk_vinayak » Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:51 pm
alex.gellatly wrote:Possible long-term consequences of the "greenhouse effect," the gradual warming of the Earth's climate, may include melting the polar ice caps and a rising sea level.

A. >> It should be 'melting of the polar ice'
B. may include the melting of polar ice caps and the rising sea level >> Complex gerund and simple gerund are never parallel. Eliminate
C. may include polar ice caps that are melting and sea levels that are rising >> Illogically suggests that long terms effects are polar ice caps, while it is the melting of polar ice caps.
D. include melting the polar ice caps and sea levels that are rising >> Same as C
E. include melting of the polar ice caps and a rise in sea level >> Correct.
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by mv12 » Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:25 pm
possible+may -> redundant..eliminating A,B and C

Now..between D and E ....E is correct as melting of can be a consequence and not melting the....
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