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by Bullzi » Fri Oct 02, 2015 10:07 pm
The council argued that the unnecessary use of private vehicles by citizens has caused a fair share of the city's pollution

A. the unnecessary use of private vehicles by citizens has caused a fair share of the city's pollution
B. a fair share of the city's pollution was caused by citizens' unnecessary use of private vehicles
C. the use of private vehicles by citizens caused a fair share of the city's pollution
D. the cause of a fair share of the city's pollution is the unnecessary use of private vehicles by citizens
E. the unnecessary use of private vehicles by citizens is the cause of a fair share of the city's pollution

Answer - Option B
Why is A not a right option?

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by gmat_boss » Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:42 am
Bullzi wrote:The council argued that the unnecessary use of private vehicles by citizens has caused a fair share of the city's pollution

A. the unnecessary use of private vehicles by citizens has caused a fair share of the city's pollution
B. a fair share of the city's pollution was caused by citizens' unnecessary use of private vehicles
C. the use of private vehicles by citizens caused a fair share of the city's pollution
D. the cause of a fair share of the city's pollution is the unnecessary use of private vehicles by citizens
E. the unnecessary use of private vehicles by citizens is the cause of a fair share of the city's pollution

Answer - Option B
Why is A not a right option?

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Can you cause FAIR SHARE? nope. So it eliminates A and C.
D. The cause is .........the unnecessary use of....=> Not good.
E. Unnecessary use --------is the cause==> Not good.

Answer: B
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by JohnTran » Sat Oct 10, 2015 9:34 pm
My explanation is a bit different to gmat_boss.

"The council argued" - this is reported speech with verb in past tense. So verbs in That clause cannot be present. - eliminate A, D, E.

Seeing "by" means there is higher chance of passive voice. So I prefer B to C.[/quote]
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