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East Coast Beaches

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by komal » Thu Feb 11, 2010 3:54 am
In a plan to stop the erosion of East Coast beaches, the Army Corps of Engineers proposed building parallel to shore a breakwater of rocks that would rise six feet above the waterline and act as a buffer, so that it absorbs the energy of crashing waves and protecting the beaches.

(A) act as a buffer, so that it absorbs

(8) act like a buffer so as to absorb

(C) act as a buffer, absorbing

(D) acting as a buffer, absorbing

(E) acting like a buffer, absorb

OA C
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by sidtiwari » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:35 am
parallelism..... rise and act ...... absorbing and protecting......
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by mgmt_gmat » Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:07 am
act as .. is correct idiom...

would rise ... would act... parallelism.
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