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There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.
A. There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.
B. There are no legal limits on the size of monkfish that can be caught, unlike cod or haddock, a circumstance that contributes to depleting them because they are being overfished.
C. There are legal limits on the size of cod and haddock that can be caught, but not for monkfish, which contributes to its depletion through overfishing.
D. Unlike cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, which contributes to its depletion by being overfished.
E.Unlike catching cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, contributing to their depletion because they are overfished.
My explanation:
Concept:
If "fish", more generally called "COMMON NOUNS", is used without an article (a, the), it means PLURAL.
COMMON NOUNS are used in the following three ways:
1. A +NOUN
2. The +NOUN
3. Plural forms of noun.
Example:
I have a book.
I like the book.
I have books.=> If COMMON NOUNS are used without an article, it means plurality.
"Monkfish" has been used without article, so it is in plural form. Their refers to monkfish.
B is wrong for the following reason:
=> "Legal limits" has been compared with cod or haddock.
C is wrong for the following reasons:
=>the correct idioms could be "not on XX, but on YY". The sentence could be "legal limits on the size of cod and haddock, but not on the size of monkfish". Saying "but not for monkfish" the sentence violates parallelism.
=>The use of "which" is not correct. "Which" refers to monkfish. Monkfish themselves can not contribute to their depletion.
=> "Its" can not refer to "monkfish" because "monkfish" has been used without an article.
D is wrong for the following reasons:
=> "Unlike XX, YY" has been violated in this option. "cod and haddock" has been compared with "legal limits".
E is wrong for the following reasons:
=> "Unlike catching cod and haddock, catching monkfish" could be the correct way. Here, "catching" has been compared with "legal size limits".
Experts, please comment on my reasoning. Is there any other errors in the wrong options?
Thanks.
A. There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.
B. There are no legal limits on the size of monkfish that can be caught, unlike cod or haddock, a circumstance that contributes to depleting them because they are being overfished.
C. There are legal limits on the size of cod and haddock that can be caught, but not for monkfish, which contributes to its depletion through overfishing.
D. Unlike cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, which contributes to its depletion by being overfished.
E.Unlike catching cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, contributing to their depletion because they are overfished.
My explanation:
Concept:
If "fish", more generally called "COMMON NOUNS", is used without an article (a, the), it means PLURAL.
COMMON NOUNS are used in the following three ways:
1. A +NOUN
2. The +NOUN
3. Plural forms of noun.
Example:
I have a book.
I like the book.
I have books.=> If COMMON NOUNS are used without an article, it means plurality.
"Monkfish" has been used without article, so it is in plural form. Their refers to monkfish.
B is wrong for the following reason:
=> "Legal limits" has been compared with cod or haddock.
C is wrong for the following reasons:
=>the correct idioms could be "not on XX, but on YY". The sentence could be "legal limits on the size of cod and haddock, but not on the size of monkfish". Saying "but not for monkfish" the sentence violates parallelism.
=>The use of "which" is not correct. "Which" refers to monkfish. Monkfish themselves can not contribute to their depletion.
=> "Its" can not refer to "monkfish" because "monkfish" has been used without an article.
D is wrong for the following reasons:
=> "Unlike XX, YY" has been violated in this option. "cod and haddock" has been compared with "legal limits".
E is wrong for the following reasons:
=> "Unlike catching cod and haddock, catching monkfish" could be the correct way. Here, "catching" has been compared with "legal size limits".
Experts, please comment on my reasoning. Is there any other errors in the wrong options?
Thanks.
