Sentence Correction

Severe and increasing numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system, deficiencies that seem to deny a proper defense to many clients who are charged with crimes.
(A) Severe and increasing numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system, deficiencies that seem
(B) Severe and increasing numerous critics point to deficiencies in the British legal system, deficiencies seeming
(C) Severe and increasingly numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system that seem
(D) Severely and increasingly numerous critics point to deficiencies in the British legal system seeming
(E) Severely and increasingly numerous critics are pointing to deficiencies in the British legal system that seem

Answer is C or E? Pl explain.

Correct Answer is C. Why E is wrong.

There is "severely" in E and it should be severe. It is parallel w/ numerous, not w/ incresingly.

Should be C....

jaspetrovic wrote:There is "severely" in E and it should be severe. It is parallel w/ numerous, not w/ incresingly.

The severe refers to critics and so does increasingly numerous
severely critics does not make sense

Thanks. OA is C

"severe" should modify critics . "severely" cannot modify critics.

We cannot say "severely critics"

Why increasingly and the clause beginning with that?

IMO: C severe parallel with numerous, both compliment for critics
severely cannot compliment for numerous

We use ADVERBS to modify:

1. ADJECTIVES (e.g. "increasingly numerous")

2. VERBS (e.g. my brother drives well)

3. ANOTHER ADVERB (e.g. My brother drives very carefully)

We use ADJECTIVES to modify nouns (e.g. "severe critics")

Good luck!!

C here too..

jaspetrovic reply makes sense.