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by agautam7879 » Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:27 pm
With only 5 percent of the world's population, United States citizens consume 28 percent of its nonrenewable resources, drive more than one-third of its automobiles, and use 21 times more water per capita than Europeans do.
(A) With
(B) As
(C) Being
(D) Despite having
(E) Although accounting for

The answer has been stated as E but my problem is that although is a conjunction and should not be coming before the participle accounting ( the other thing is that the although should be followed by a subject and verb) - which is not the case here

Can some one help plz ...
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by vk_vinayak » Thu Aug 23, 2012 12:50 am
agautam7879 wrote:With only 5 percent of the world's population, United States citizens consume 28 percent of its nonrenewable resources, drive more than one-third of its automobiles, and use 21 times more water per capita than Europeans do.
(A) With
(B) As
(C) Being
(D) Despite having
(E) Although accounting for

The answer has been stated as E but my problem is that although is a conjunction and should not be coming before the participle accounting ( the other thing is that the although should be followed by a subject and verb) - which is not the case here

Can some one help plz ...
Most of the times Although acts as a conjunction and thus needs to be followed by a clause.

But, at times, it acts as adjective modifier as described in the option E.

another eg: Although exhausted from a long day's work, Josh still came to help me move my furniture.
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by GMATGuruNY » Thu Aug 23, 2012 1:27 pm
agautam7879 wrote:With only 5 percent of the world's population, United States citizens consume 28 percent of its nonrenewable resources, drive more than one-third of its automobiles, and use 21 times more water per capita than Europeans do.
(A) With
(B) As
(C) Being
(D) Despite having
(E) Although accounting for

The answer has been stated as E but my problem is that although is a conjunction and should not be coming before the participle accounting ( the other thing is that the although should be followed by a subject and verb) - which is not the case here

Can some one help plz ...
In some cases, a subordinate clause will omit a subject and a verb when their presence is clearly understood.
Such a clause is called a VERBLESS clause.
Typically, the omitted verb is a form of TO BE.

SC12 in the OG12:
Rising inventories, if [they are] not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, can lead to production cutbacks that would hamper economic growth.
In the OA here, the bracketed subject and verb are omitted, but their presence is clearly understood.

In the OA to the SC above, although accounting for only 5 percent of the world's population is an example of a verbless subordinate clause.
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