The Audubon Society

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The Audubon Society

by GmatKiss » Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:15 am
The Audubon Society and other conservation groups, concerned over what they have perceived to be the serious threatening of the environment as posed by the policies of the government, are preparing for a major political effort.

(A) have perceived to be the serious threatening of the environment as
(B) perceived as the serious threat to the environment as
(C) perceive being the serious threat to the environment
(D) are perceiving as the serious threatening of the environment
(E) perceive as the serious threat to the environment
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by 1947 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:36 am
GmatKiss wrote:The Audubon Society and other conservation groups, concerned over what they have perceived to be the serious threatening of the environment as posed by the policies of the government, are preparing for a major political effort.

(A) have perceived to be the serious threatening of the environment as
(B) perceived as the serious threat to the environment as it should be perceive
(C) perceive being the serious threat to the environment
(D) are perceiving as the serious threatening of the environment
(E) perceive as the serious threat to the environment
I think E is right.....not sure though what exactly is this testing
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by navami » Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:28 am
IMO E.

perceived as correct usage
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by navami » Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:37 am
perceive as is the correct idiom, which leaves us with options B, D and E
B) percieve as.... enviornment as -> weird sentence framing
D) has the ing form of the verb
E) if we compare D and E, ing form of verb is prefered less ove the normal verb form.
Hence IMO E
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