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The surface temperature of the globe has risen

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by bhumika.k.shah » Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:49 pm
According to scientists at the University of Alaska, while the surface temperature of the globe has risen over the last century by about one degree Fahrenheit, the surface temperature in Alaska, Siberia, and northwestern Canada has increased in the previous thirty years by about five degrees.


(A) the surface temperature in Alaska, Siberia, and northwestern Canada has increased in the previous thirty years by about five degrees

(B) the surface temperature in Alaska, Siberia, and northwestern Canada has increased over the last thirty years by about five degrees

(C) there was an increase in the last thirty years by about five degrees in Alaska, Siberia, and northwestern Canada

(D) it had increased in Alaska, Siberia, and northwestern Canada by about five degrees over the previous thirty years

(E) it has increased in Alaska, Siberia, and northwestern Canada over the previous thirty years by about five degrees
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by bhumika.k.shah » Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:49 pm
While i did get this answer right, i would like to know whether i did get it right for all the right reasons :)
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by harsh.champ » Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:28 am
bhumika.k.shah wrote:While i did get this answer right, i would like to know whether i did get it right for all the right reasons :)

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Can you also tell which option choice was the correct one??

I think (E) is the correct option,rest of the options either being too wordy or improper usage.

1.Mainly (in the previous) should be replaced with over.
2.Option B and D being too wordy.

Plz tell whether I am right or wrong..:)
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by harshavardhanc » Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:07 am
harsh.champ wrote: Can you also tell which option choice was the correct one??

I think (E) is the correct option,rest of the options either being too wordy or improper usage.

1.Mainly (in the previous) should be replaced with over.
2.Option B and D being too wordy.

Plz tell whether I am right or wrong..:)

are you sure if the "it" (in options D and E) refers to the temperature? Or is it referring to "globe", which is nearer to "it" ?
Regards,
Harsha
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by bhumika.k.shah » Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:15 am
harsh.champ wrote:
bhumika.k.shah wrote:While i did get this answer right, i would like to know whether i did get it right for all the right reasons :)

___________________________________

Can you also tell which option choice was the correct one??

I think (E) is the correct option,rest of the options either being too wordy or improper usage.

1.Mainly (in the previous) should be replaced with over.
2.Option B and D being too wordy.

Plz tell whether I am right or wrong..:)
In E we dont know what 'it' stands for.

What made me choose option B is parallelism ...
the surface temperature of .......the surface temperature in

Thus Eliminating options C,D and E

Now can u guess the correct answer? :)
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