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by anju » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:42 am
IMO: E
is being threatened, experts say, not only by pollutants such as
- survival is singular and hence "is"
- note only by.....but also by idiom and parallelism maintained by "by"
- oil slicks, trash, are examples of pollutants and hence such as

C is wrong since not only being threatened ... but also by dropped... here parallelism is not maintained between "being threatened' and "dropped..."
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by California4jx » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:48 am
Yes, OA: E
anju wrote:IMO: E
is being threatened, experts say, not only by pollutants such as
- survival is singular and hence "is"
How did you interpret that its talking about 'survival' --- i thought it refers to colonies since thats what are threatened ...... not the survival

In other words, who are threatened here ? ------ colonies or survival ?
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by anju » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:52 am
California4jx wrote:Yes, OA: E
anju wrote:IMO: E
is being threatened, experts say, not only by pollutants such as
- survival is singular and hence "is"
How did you interpret that its talking about 'survival' --- i thought it refers to colonies since thats what are threatened ...... not the survival

In other words, who are threatened here ? ------ colonies or survival ?
survival of coral colonies is threatened. so if you neglect the of part, survival is threatened... read the sentence as:
The survival.... is being threatened
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by California4jx » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:57 am
hmm ... thanks.
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