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by f2001290 » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:35 am
All-terrain vehicles have allowed vacationers to reach many previously inaccessible areas, but they have also been blamed for causing hundreds of deaths, injury to thousands, and seriously damaging the nation’s recreational areas.
(A) deaths, injury to thousands, and seriously damaging
(B) deaths and injuring thousands, and serious damage to
(C) deaths, thousands who are injured, as well as seriously damaging
(D) deaths and thousands of injuries, as well as doing serious damage to
(E) deaths, thousands are injured, and they do serious damage to

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by Cybermusings » Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:48 am
Is it D?
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by f2001290 » Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:32 pm
Yeah. You are right. But, why is it "thousands of injuries"? It should have been "injuring thousands". The meaning of both these phrases vary by a huge margin.
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by ldoolitt » Tue May 01, 2007 12:06 pm
I believe it is D).

This is a parallel structure.

...causing X, Y and Z. where X, Y and Z all have to have similar gramatical structure. X is hundreds of deaths. Y cannot be injuring thousands because that is not in parallel with X. Y must be thousands of injuries.
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by john83.amar » Sun Aug 31, 2014 12:18 am
I think the correct answer is D
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by john83.amar » Sun Aug 31, 2014 12:19 am
I think the correct answer is D
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