'ranging from' idiom

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'ranging from' idiom

by stuffstuff » Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:41 am
Question is from a Kaplan sample quiz.

The benefits of having many trees on one's property range from insulation and energy conservation in summer and winter, cleaning the air, and increases property value.

A. cleaning the air, and increases
B. cleaning the air, and increasing
C. cleaer air, and increases in
D. to cleaner air, to increases in
E. to cleaner air, and increases in


I narrowed it down to D and E to fulfill the "from x to y" idiom, but the rest seems unclear.


The problem with E seems to be the comma use.
D seems like it shouldn't have a third clause. When something is ranging from X to Y, it seems like you should only have two variables. Ranging from X to Y to Z doesn't sound right.

The OA is D.
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by garima99 » Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:31 pm
E is surely wrong because and does not link the previous sentence.

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