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by sogmat » Sun May 03, 2009 10:13 am
Past assessments of the Brazilian rain forest have used satellite images to tally deforested areas, where farmers and ranchers have clear—cut and burned all the trees, but such work has not addressed either logging, which is the removal of only selected trees, as well as surface fires, burning down individual trees but do not denude the forest.

A. which is the removal of only selected trees, as well as surface fires, burning
B. which removes only selected trees, or surface fires that burn
C. which removes only selected trees, along with surface fires that burn
D. removing only selected trees, or surface fires, burning
E. removing only selected trees, as well as surface fires that burn

OA B
i understand that relative pronouns is better but what about consistency. Shouldnt it be- which removes only selected trees, or surface fires, which burn
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Re: rain forest

by sudeep_ar » Sun May 03, 2009 10:41 am
sogmat wrote:Past assessments of the Brazilian rain forest have used satellite images to tally deforested areas, where farmers and ranchers have clear—cut and burned all the trees, but such work has not addressed either logging, which is the removal of only selected trees, as well as surface fires, burning down individual trees but do not denude the forest.

A. which is the removal of only selected trees, as well as surface fires, burning
B. which removes only selected trees, or surface fires that burn
C. which removes only selected trees, along with surface fires that burn
D. removing only selected trees, or surface fires, burning
E. removing only selected trees, as well as surface fires that burn

OA B
i understand that relative pronouns is better but what about consistency. Shouldnt it be- which removes only selected trees, or surface fires, which burn
Well what I think is that the 'which' after logging is defining the term logging and is an optional in the statement, but the 'that' after surface burns explains what happened with surface burns and reflects necessary information.

Please do correct me!

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by cramya » Sun May 03, 2009 11:27 am
The original sentence tries to define logging so we need "which" as it introduces a non restrictive clause(which is the removal of only selected trees). The sentence would make sense wven if this was not given.

Hidden Idiom : Either X or Y

If we spot this idiom then it directly takes us to B

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