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by jayhawk2001 » Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:36 am
The original sentence has multiple errors -- needs a singular verb,
uses an incorrect idiom "rate that"

B has too many sentence fragments and has the same verb error

C "as seen in rings" incorrectly modifies sunspot cycles while it should
be referring to tree

D has too many fragments and uses an incorrect verb "believed"

E is correct. The last phrase correctly modifies trees.
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by aks19 » Sun Apr 08, 2007 11:18 am
I agree the answer would be E.
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by barron » Wed May 21, 2008 7:54 am
why is it singular?
which is the subject?
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by tar.goyal » Wed May 21, 2008 10:33 pm
The correct answer is E.
'The rate at which trees grow' is singular.
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