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?
cancer�causing substances
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IMO C.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?
B seems awkward. If you replace B into the original sentence it seems awkward. 'because as' is definitely incorrect.
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imo ctarina 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?
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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