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magnetic field

by [email protected] » Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:47 am
Researchers have announced that the magnetic fields emitted by one manufacturer’s security surveillance system, of which type there are 200,000 worldwide, can interfere with pacemakers and that this interaction can bring on missed or irregular heartbeats, nausea, breathlessness, dizziness, and even fainting.

A. of which type there are 200,000 worldwide, can interfere with pacemakers and that

B. of which, worldwide, there are 200,000 of that type, and which can interfere with pacemakers, and

C. of which type there are 200,000 worldwide, they can interfere with pacemakers and

D. 200,000 of which type exist worldwide, interfering with pacemakers, and

E. 200,000 of that type existing worldwide and can interfere with pacemakers, and

OA-D

Can someone explain the reason why others are correct and D is right.
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by m&m » Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:11 am
Not sure about the OA in this case...

Construction of sentence is:

have announced that the magnetic fields emitted ...

the gramatical ending should be "can interfere" - so I would have picked A...

though I prefer the modifying "200,000 of which type exist worldwide" in D....

But if I had to pick A would be best.

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by vcgmat » Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:02 am
according to me,
that the magnetic fields emitted ....... introduces a subordinate clause.
"interfering with pacemakers ..." modifies "the magnetic fields emitted ..."
Hence answer is D

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