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More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
(A) More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
(B) With 20 percent of the world's fresh water, that is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal has more than 300 rivers that drain into it.
(C) Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, it holds more of the world's fresh water than all that of the North American Great Lakes combined, 20 percent.
(D) While more than 300 rivers drain into it, Siberia's Lake Baikal holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, which is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
(E) More than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water.
The issue I faced is that I found errors with every option. My errors from option (B) to (E) were legitimate. I want to share why I thought (A) was wrong and would appreciate if someone could tell me where is my thinking wrong.
In option (A) the "which" part is between two commas- so i read the sentence ignoring the which part and it did not make sense to me. My understanding was the part between the commas is additional info- sentence should make sense without it. In this case the "more" after the comma modifies the part before the comma.
I would really help if someone could clarify.
Thanks!
(A) More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
(B) With 20 percent of the world's fresh water, that is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal has more than 300 rivers that drain into it.
(C) Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, it holds more of the world's fresh water than all that of the North American Great Lakes combined, 20 percent.
(D) While more than 300 rivers drain into it, Siberia's Lake Baikal holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, which is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
(E) More than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water.
The issue I faced is that I found errors with every option. My errors from option (B) to (E) were legitimate. I want to share why I thought (A) was wrong and would appreciate if someone could tell me where is my thinking wrong.
In option (A) the "which" part is between two commas- so i read the sentence ignoring the which part and it did not make sense to me. My understanding was the part between the commas is additional info- sentence should make sense without it. In this case the "more" after the comma modifies the part before the comma.
I would really help if someone could clarify.
Thanks!
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