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Brazilian rain forest

by gmat740 » Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:15 am
Past assessments of the Brazilian rain forest have used satellite images to tally deforested areas, where farmers and ranchers have clear-cut and burned all the trees, but such work has not addressed either logging, which is the removal of only selected trees, as well as surface fires, burning down individual trees but do not denude the forest.

A. which is the removal of only selected trees, as well as surface fires, burning
B. which removes only selected trees, or surface fires that burn
C. which removes only selected trees, along with surface fires that burn
D. removing only selected trees, or surface fires, burning
E. removing only selected trees, as well as surface fires that burn

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IMO-C
B changes the meaning of the sentence (introduces “or”)
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Re: Brazilian rain forest

by real2008 » Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:34 am
gmat740 wrote:Past assessments of the Brazilian rain forest have used satellite images to tally deforested areas, where farmers and ranchers have clear-cut and burned all the trees, but such work has not addressed either logging, which is the removal of only selected trees, as well as surface fires, burning down individual trees but do not denude the forest.

A. which is the removal of only selected trees, as well as surface fires, burning
B. which removes only selected trees, or surface fires that burn
C. which removes only selected trees, along with surface fires that burn
D. removing only selected trees, or surface fires, burning
E. removing only selected trees, as well as surface fires that burn

Doubt:
IMO-C
B changes the meaning of the sentence (introduces “or”)
B should be the answer: it is the 'either or' idiom and parallelism usage case.

Past assessments of the Brazilian rain forest have used satellite images to tally deforested areas, where farmers and ranchers have clear-cut and burned all the trees, but such work has not addressed either logging, which removes only selected trees, or surface fires that burn down individual trees but do not denude the forest.
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by tohellandback » Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:15 am
IMO D,
it keeps the structure consistent.
removing and burning
The powers of two are bloody impolite!!
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by rahulg83 » Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:48 am
B it should be for correct idiomatic usage
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by rs2010 » Tue Jun 09, 2009 4:05 pm
D.

Logging itself cannot remove trees.
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by mehravikas » Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:55 pm
Whats the source of this question?

'B'
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by gmat740 » Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:37 am
Source is 1000 SC's
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by yogami » Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:50 am
Its B, D changes the meaning of the sentence by creating a list which makes logging and removal of selective trees as separate items in the list
200 or 800. It don't matter no more.
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Re: Brazilian rain forest

by perfectstranger » Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:23 am
gmat740 wrote:Past assessments of the Brazilian rain forest have used satellite images to tally deforested areas, where farmers and ranchers have clear-cut and burned all the trees, but such work has not addressed either logging, which is the removal of only selected trees, as well as surface fires, burning down individual trees but do not denude the forest.

A. which is the removal of only selected trees, as well as surface fires, burning- either.....or construction is needed OUT-
B. which removes only selected trees, or surface fires that burn- in this sentence introduction of , which...., is a non-essential clause that is when you remove the ,which...., the meaning of the sentence will not be changed . Read at this side''... either logging or surface fires that burn down individual trees'' . For me that modifies the whole either clause instead of surface fires which is wrong.-
C. which removes only selec ted trees, along with surface fires that burn- either.....or construction is needed OUT-
D. removing only selected trees, or surface fires, burning
E. removing only selected trees, as well as surface fires that burn - either.....or construction is needed OUT-
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by perfectstranger » Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:25 am
what's the OA?
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by gmat740 » Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:33 pm
OA- B
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by crackgmat007 » Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:20 am
Can someone explain why D is out? does D change the meaning by using an ing phrase?
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by goelmohit2002 » Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:07 am
crackgmat007 wrote:Can someone explain why D is out? does D change the meaning by using an ing phrase?
IMO We want to tell more about logging......a comma + ing modifier is not used to modify the immediately preceding noun....so D is wrong...we need relative pronoun to modify the same
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by crackgmat007 » Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:07 am
got it...tx.
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by mmslf75 » Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:13 am
goelmohit2002 wrote:
crackgmat007 wrote:Can someone explain why D is out? does D change the meaning by using an ing phrase?
IMO We want to tell more about logging......a comma + ing modifier is not used to modify the immediately preceding noun....so D is wrong...we need relative pronoun to modify the same
pefect!
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