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by amitabhprasad » Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:52 am
pollution happened as soon as oil leaked, so the use of present participle "polluting" is more appropriate
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by ronniecoleman » Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:53 am
Neha one quick question?
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I would have also made the mistake of marking A .
On carefully looking..
IMO C makes sense..

A: can be wrong because of 2 reasons:

1. Oil barage ran off the coast.... did this action leak the cargo No. so we don't require a participle modifier to modify the action
2. while causing the pollution of...Uh.... :x Such a awkward sentence...
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by pandeyvineet24 » Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:31 pm
C for me as well.

Whenever there is cause and its effect described in the sentence, use the "ing" form of the verb to describe the effect.
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by vittalgmat » Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:37 am
IMO C.
"ran" should have "leak" in the past tense to keep the ideas parallel and logical. So search for "leaked" and eliminate the rest. From the remaining.
eliminate D and E, coz we need an coordinating conjunction since the two thoughts are parallel, and 'ran' and 'leaked' indicate the two actions happened almost simultaneously or as a cause and effect.
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by maihuna » Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:51 am
my vote too for c what is the oa like
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