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by mmon » Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:44 pm
There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.

A. There are no legal limits, as there are for cod and haddock, on the size of monkfish that can be caught, a circumstance that contributes to their depletion through overfishing.

B. There are no legal limits on the size of monkfish that can be caught, unlike cod or haddock, a circumstance that contributes to depleting them because they are being overfished.

C. There are legal limits on the size of cod and haddock that can be caught, but not for monkfish, which contributes to its depletion through overfishing.

D. Unlike cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, which contributes to its depletion by being overfished.

E. Unlike catching cod and haddock, there are no legal size limits on catching monkfish, contributing to their depletion because they are overfished.

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by Creative2MBA » Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:52 pm
Is it "E."?

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by mmon » Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:12 pm
Not E .It fails to make correct comparison

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by girish3131 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:16 pm
Acc to me , it's A

Plz confirm with OA

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by mmon » Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:28 pm
OA A

monkfish here referred as plural.sorrectly uses the "their" in the sentence

the reason is if it was singular then it should have been associated with a or the

eg I saw a fish...> singular
I see fish in the aquarium ...> plural

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by Vegi » Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:20 am
Is it B
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