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by mandeepak » Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:57 am
Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single

component of municipal trash, many municipalities

have tried recycling to reduce the cost of trash

disposal.




(A) Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single

component of municipal trash, many munici-

palities have tried recycling to reduce the cost

of trash disposal.

(B) Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single

component in municipal trash, many munici-

palities tried to recycle so that the cost of trash

disposal is rduced.


(C) Because paper of all kinds are the biggest single

components in municipal trash, many munici-

palities have tried to recycle to reduce the cost

of trash disposal.

(D) All kinds of paper are the biggest single compo-

nents of municipal trash, and so many munici-

palities have tried recycling to reduce the cost

of trash disposal.

(E) All kinds of paper is the biggest single compo-

nent of municipal trash, so many municipalities

have tried to recycle so that the cost of trash

disposal could be reduced.
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by ranji » Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:44 pm
A) "paper of all kinds " is singular. tense is present
B) 'is' is correct. But the tense 'tried' is not appropriate
C) 'are' is wrong
D) 'are' is wrong
E) "all kinds of paper" changes subject

ans A.

whts OA?
ranji
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by persevering » Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:52 pm
I'll go with A as well
Just curious what the subject of the sentence is in (E)
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by yxhh2008 » Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:07 pm
what about the D? what is the difference between "because...,..." and"..., and so"
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by mandeepak » Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:25 am
Please clarify-

We use participle to refer to a continuing action. Here recycling is a participle ..

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by GmatKiss » Sun Oct 02, 2011 10:37 am
IMO: A
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