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by GmatKiss » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:45 am
A report by the American Academy for the Advancement of Science has concluded that much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes from the incineration of wastes.
(A) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes
(B) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins that North Americans are exposed to come
(C) much of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and that North Americans are exposed to comes
(D) many of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and North Americans are exposed to come
(E) many of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed come

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by gmatblood » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:57 am
GmatKiss wrote:A report by the American Academy for the Advancement of Science has concluded that much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes from the incineration of wastes.
(A) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes
(B) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins that North Americans are exposed to come
(C) much of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and that North Americans are exposed to comes
(D) many of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and North Americans are exposed to come
(E) many of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed come

IMO:D

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by mehrasa » Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:06 pm
GmatKiss wrote:A report by the American Academy for the Advancement of Science has concluded that much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes from the incineration of wastes.

First of all, to me 'Much' is more appropriate for dioxine than 'many' ==> d and e will be eliminated
(A) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes
'to which' is a bit strange and awkward
(B) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins that North Americans are exposed to come
'that' used appropriately since it state a key point for this statement..
(C) much of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and that North Americans are exposed to comes
it is wordy and awkward
(D) many of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and North Americans are exposed to come
(E) many of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed come

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then between a and b i think b is more reasonable
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by sl750 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:31 am
If the confusion is deciding between much and many, this sentence has a subject-verb error that will help fix the confusion

dioxins is a plural subject. The verb come is required

dioxins come from incineration of wastes

E is my choice
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by rohangupta83 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 4:50 am
between much and many: much is appropriate as dioxins are uncountable.

eg: much water, many dogs

Therefore, choices D and E are out

With 'much' must use singular 'comes' instead of plural 'come'. Therefore, B is out.

Leaves us with A and C

C too wordy, awkward

IMO A
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by mehrasa » Sun Sep 18, 2011 5:06 am
it seems the correct answer is E... the most important thing here is that "we can not end a modifier with a preposition"
so the choices says 'north americans are expose to' are wrong
as for much and many... Dioxines is a plural noun so it is contable and need 'many' ==> the final choice will be E
gr8 Q.. thnks GMatkiss
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