To meet the rapidly rising market demand for fish and seafood, suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment by nearly half and raising them on special diets.
(A) their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment
(B) their natural growth rate, their feed allotment cut
(C) growing them naturally, cutting their feed allotment
(D) they grow naturally, cutting their feed allotment
(E) they grow naturally, with their feed allotment cut
My reasoning:
I have analyzed in the following way:
1. "As fast as" needs a clause after it.
=> This eliminates A, B, and C.
2. "Comma + Verbing" modifies the preceding clause. In every clause there must be a subject and a verb.
=> A and C do not have clause before "comma + verbing".
Does the option E lacks parallelism? Or, is there any other wrong in option E?
Please explain.
Thanks.
(A) their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment
(B) their natural growth rate, their feed allotment cut
(C) growing them naturally, cutting their feed allotment
(D) they grow naturally, cutting their feed allotment
(E) they grow naturally, with their feed allotment cut
My reasoning:
I have analyzed in the following way:
1. "As fast as" needs a clause after it.
=> This eliminates A, B, and C.
2. "Comma + Verbing" modifies the preceding clause. In every clause there must be a subject and a verb.
=> A and C do not have clause before "comma + verbing".
Does the option E lacks parallelism? Or, is there any other wrong in option E?
Please explain.
Thanks.
