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by tarina » Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:18 am
Rules banning cancer�causing substances from food apply to new food additives and not to natural constituents of food because their use as additives is entirely avoidable。
（A）their use as additives is
（B）as additives， their use is
（C）the use of such additives is
（D）the use of such additives are
（E）the use of them as additives is

Why is B wrong?
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by soumyopriyosaha » Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:40 am
tarina wrote:Rules banning cancer�causing substances from food apply to new food additives and not to natural constituents of food because their use as additives is entirely avoidable。
（A）their use as additives is
（B）as additives， their use is
（C）the use of such additives is
（D）the use of such additives are
（E）the use of them as additives is

Why is B wrong?
IMO C.
B seems awkward. If you replace B into the original sentence it seems awkward. 'because as' is definitely incorrect.
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by thephoenix » Sun Mar 07, 2010 3:45 am
tarina wrote:Rules banning cancer�causing substances from food apply to new food additives and not to natural constituents of food because their use as additives is entirely avoidable。
（A）their use as additives is
（B）as additives， their use is
（C）the use of such additives is
（D）the use of such additives are
（E）the use of them as additives is

Why is B wrong?
imo c

a) their is ambiguous in deciding to which noun its reffering
b) same as a
c) correct
d)use is singular sub and hence needs singular verb is
e) them..ambiguous
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by Shawshank » Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:09 am
IMO -C
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by gauravgundal » Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:35 am
In B ,
(Their) word may refer to additives that is wrong.
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by babuxavier » Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:37 am
IMO C
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