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Ocean wildlife!

by gmat_perfect » Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:37 pm
A study by the Ocean Wildlife Campaign urged states to undertake a number of remedies to reverse a decline in the shark population, which includes the establishment of size limits for shark catches, closing state waters for shark fishing during pupping season, and requiring commercial fishers to have federal shark permits.

A. which includes the establishment of size limits for shark catches, closing
B. which includes establishing limits to the size of sharks that can be caught, closing
C. which include the establishment of size limits for shark catches, the closing of
D. including establishing size limits for shark catches, closing
E. including the establishing of limits to the size of sharks that are caught, the closing of

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by SeemaSkl » Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:40 pm
IMO D

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by madhukumar_v » Thu Aug 19, 2010 7:13 pm
Which vs Ing (which modifies immediate preceding noun- while Ing modifies the whole clause or the core essence of it)
So including, since we want to describe what the remedies are.
So D, E; E fails parallelism test, as we need ing+the in underlined and non-underlined portions. Hence D.

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