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Some homeowners prefer gas heat to oil because there is no need for deliveries or no large storage tanks, with its being cheaper in most places.
A)oil because there is no need for deliveries or no large storage tanks, with its being cheaper in most places.
B)oil because there is no need for deliveries or large storage tanks, in most places gas is cheaper
C)oil, being that there are no deliveries or large storage tanks, and it is cheaper in most places
D)oil, needing no deliveries or large storage tanks,and anyways gas is cheaper in most places
E)oil, since gas is cheaper in most places and has no need of deliveries or large storage tanks
[spoiler]second choice is correct. The original sentence contains two errors. First there is obvious error of a lack of logical structure. The with its being cheaper is tacked onto the sentence as an afterthought. Second, the original implies that with oil heat there is "no need for no large storage tanks", a double negative. Only the second choice correct these errors without introducing a new error. The third choice is wrong because this use of being is not acceptable in SWE and because the resulting sentence suffers from a lack of parallelism. As for the fourth choice, the placement of modifier ("needing no deliveries..") implies that it is oil that has these advantages rather than gas. Additionally, anyways is colloquial and not acceptable in SWE. Finally fifth choice makes an illogical statement by implying that gas, rather than the homeowner, wishes to avoid the problems associated with oil.[/spoiler]
A)oil because there is no need for deliveries or no large storage tanks, with its being cheaper in most places.
B)oil because there is no need for deliveries or large storage tanks, in most places gas is cheaper
C)oil, being that there are no deliveries or large storage tanks, and it is cheaper in most places
D)oil, needing no deliveries or large storage tanks,and anyways gas is cheaper in most places
E)oil, since gas is cheaper in most places and has no need of deliveries or large storage tanks
[spoiler]second choice is correct. The original sentence contains two errors. First there is obvious error of a lack of logical structure. The with its being cheaper is tacked onto the sentence as an afterthought. Second, the original implies that with oil heat there is "no need for no large storage tanks", a double negative. Only the second choice correct these errors without introducing a new error. The third choice is wrong because this use of being is not acceptable in SWE and because the resulting sentence suffers from a lack of parallelism. As for the fourth choice, the placement of modifier ("needing no deliveries..") implies that it is oil that has these advantages rather than gas. Additionally, anyways is colloquial and not acceptable in SWE. Finally fifth choice makes an illogical statement by implying that gas, rather than the homeowner, wishes to avoid the problems associated with oil.[/spoiler]
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