The case/ as was the case

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The case/ as was the case

by fengjig » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:57 am
A new genetically engineered papaya was produced not by seed companies who have been motivated by profit, which was the case with most genetically modified crops previously approved for commercial use, but university and United States Department of Agriculture researchers who allowed growers to use it free of charge.

(A) produced not by seed companies who have been motivated by profit, which was the case with most genetically modified crops previously approved for commercial use, but
(B) produced not by profit-motivated seed companies, the case with most genetically modified crops previously approved for commercial use, but
(C) produced not by profit-motivated seed companies, as was the case with most genetically modified crops previously approved for commercial use, but by
(D) not produced by profit-motivated seed companies, which was the case with most genetically modified crops previously approved for commercial use, but was produced by
(E) not produced by seed companies who have been motivated by profit, the case with most genetically modified crops previously approved for commercial use, but by

What is wrong with E. Thx
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by tohellandback » Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:13 am
IMO C
there are many things wrong with E IMHO:
the case modifies profit- wrong

verb not b X but by Y is better than
not verb by X but by
The powers of two are bloody impolite!!

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Re: The case/ as was the case

by goelmohit2002 » Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:42 am
fengjig wrote:A new genetically engineered papaya was produced not by seed companies who have been motivated by profit, which was the case with most genetically modified crops previously approved for commercial use, but university and United States Department of Agriculture researchers who allowed growers to use it free of charge.

(A) produced not by seed companies who have been motivated by profit, which was the case with most genetically modified crops previously approved for commercial use, but
(B) produced not by profit-motivated seed companies, the case with most genetically modified crops previously approved for commercial use, but
(C) produced not by profit-motivated seed companies, as was the case with most genetically modified crops previously approved for commercial use, but by
(D) not produced by profit-motivated seed companies, which was the case with most genetically modified crops previously approved for commercial use, but was produced by
(E) not produced by seed companies who have been motivated by profit, the case with most genetically modified crops previously approved for commercial use, but by

What is wrong with E. Thx
IMO only "C" maintains the parallelism not X but Y.

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by pops » Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:04 am
IMO C is the best choice..E has more than one problem..
1) wordiness... profit motivated company
2) parallelism..

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by rahulg83 » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:47 am
I eliminated E for one more error

...not produced by seed companies who have been motivated by profit, the case with most genetically modified crops previously approved for commercial use, but by ...

who is modifying companies, should be 'that' instead..
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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:20 pm
rahulg83 wrote:I eliminated E for one more error

...not produced by seed companies who have been motivated by profit, the case with most genetically modified crops previously approved for commercial use, but by ...

who is modifying companies, should be 'that' instead..
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Good catch !!!

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