Sentence Correction

punitkaur wrote:I don't see anything wrong with A. But I was confused between A & C. I chose C as I thought it to be more clear.

In A, "on the size of monkfish.." appears to be far away from "there are no legal limits". The sentence does not seem that clear.

Can someone point out whats wrong in C. Is it "which"?, I was not sure whether that usage was correct.

cbenk121 wrote: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.

OA: A

cbenk121 wrote: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.

OA: A

1. Unlike X, Y:

Where X and Y MUST be grammatically parallel.

If X is NOUN, Y MUST be NOUN.
If X is conjugated Verb, Y MUST be conjugated VERB.

Now, look for the options:

E.Unlike catching cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, contributing to their depletion because they are overfished.

=> Catching is not parallel with "legal size limits"

D.Unlike cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, which contributes to its depletion by being overfished.

Cod and haddock is NOT parallel with "legal size limits"

(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.

Legal size limits is NOT parallel with "cod or haddock"

Now, the options A and C"

Look at the option C carefully:

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.

C is wrong for two reasons:

1. Which has been used incorrectly. It means that monkfish themselves contribute to the depletion. Does it make sense?
2. Common NOUNs can be used in the following ways:
2.1. If we want to use common NOUNs in singular form, we need to follow the following structure.
THE/A/AN + Common NOUN ----Singular.

example:
---> I need a book.
---> The child wanted the pen.

2.2. If we want to use common in plural form, we need not use any article before the NOUN.

Example:

--> Books are men's best friends.
--> Cows give us milk.

Fish is a common NOUN. In this sentence "monkfish" has been used without article. So, monkfish is plural.

#2 error in C is the use of "it" to refer to "monkfish"

What remains? A, the best choice.

Thanks.
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cbenk121 wrote: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.

OA: A