sumanr84 wrote:Police chases are not dangerous because the high rate of speed at which they often occur has the potential to cause injury to participants and innocent bystanders, but also because they put police officers under high stress and subject them to extreme and sustained adrenaline rushes that may impair their judgment.

A. not dangerous because the high rate of speed at which they often occur

B. not dangerous because they occur at a high rate of speed which

C. not only dangerous because they occur at a high speed, which

D. not only dangerous because the high speed at which they often occur

E. dangerous because they occur at a high speed which
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I would pick C. Since we can have "inverted" arrangement for "dangerous" without a change in meaning. So, we don't need -> "not only because....but also because", kind of construction. What I mean is option C could be re-written as "dangerous not only because they occur at a high speed, which...., but also because". D is wordy anyway. Any take..[/spoiler]

sumanr84 wrote:Police chases are not dangerous because the high rate of speed at which they often occur has the potential to cause injury to participants and innocent bystanders, but also because they put police officers under high stress and subject them to extreme and sustained adrenaline rushes that may impair their judgment.

A. not dangerous because the high rate of speed at which they often occur

B. not dangerous because they occur at a high rate of speed which

C. not only dangerous because they occur at a high speed, which

D. not only dangerous because the high speed at which they often occur

E. dangerous because they occur at a high speed which
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I would pick C. Since we can have "inverted" arrangement for "dangerous" without a change in meaning. So, we don't need -> "not only because....but also because", kind of construction. What I mean is option C could be re-written as "dangerous not only because they occur at a high speed, which...., but also because". D is wordy anyway. Any take..[/spoiler]

haveto wrote:I vote for E.

Fist of all "but also" doesn't always ask for "not only".

When you say "..not only dangerous(adj).." then you need to make it parallel with "..but also adj.."

In this case, the non-underlined part says "..but also because.." so to introduce not only, we need to say "not only because..". But none of the choices have this option. C and D are making unidiomatic sentence so both are wrong.

In "A" and "B" - "high rate of speed" is wrong. "Rate" and "Speed" are redundant.

"E" is a clean choice for me. But I am not an expert so experts please - it's your turn

sumanr84 wrote:Police chases are not dangerous because the high rate of speed at which they often occur has the potential to cause injury to participants and innocent bystanders, but also because they put police officers under high stress and subject them to extreme and sustained adrenaline rushes that may impair their judgment.

A. not dangerous because the high rate of speed at which they often occur - this doesn't go well, since we have 2 verb here (are and has)

B. not dangerous because they occur at a high rate of speed which - this is wordy. 'high rate of speed' can be changed to 'high speed'. Also though 'which' is modifying speed it is not in commas, while we have a comma after bystanders

C. not only dangerous because they occur at a high speed, which - This is correct

D. not only dangerous because the high speed at which they often occur - this is awkward. I can't explain this one, will wait on some expert to explain.

E. dangerous because they occur at a high speed which - [color=red4]same as B for 'which' rule.[/color]

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I would pick C. Since we can have "inverted" arrangement for "dangerous" without a change in meaning. So, we don't need -> "not only because....but also because", kind of construction. What I mean is option C could be re-written as "dangerous not only because they occur at a high speed, which...., but also because". D is wordy anyway. Any take..[/spoiler]