pollution

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pollution

by phelps » Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:50 pm
342. If industrial pollution continues to deplete the ozone layer, the resulting increase in ultraviolet radiation will endanger human health, causing a rise in the incidence of skin cancer and eye disease, and perhaps even threatening global ecological systems.
(A) and perhaps even threatening
(B) and may even threaten
(C) and even a possible threat to
(D) as well as possibly threatening
(E) as well as a possible threat to

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by chintanjadwani » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:20 am
IMO B

Parallelism:-

" will endanger human health" "and may even threaten"

endanger is a verb , so we have to use a verb in the second clause to make it parallel...so threaten,,,

whats the OA?

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by som_frodo » Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:43 am
i also think its 'B'.
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by phelps » Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:20 am
OA B