OG: The market for so-called functional beverages, drinks that promise

This topic has expert replies
Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
Posts: 394
Joined: Sun Jul 02, 2017 10:59 am
Thanked: 1 times
Followed by:5 members

Timer

00:00

Your Answer

A

B

C

D

E

Global Stats

The market for so-called functional beverages, drinks that promise health benefits beyond their inherent nutritional value, nearly doubled over the course of four years, in rising from $2.68 billion in 1997 to be $4.7 billion in 2000.

A. in rising from $2.68 billion in 1997 to be
B. in having risen from $2.68 billion in 1997 to
C. as it rose from $2.68 billion in 1997 to be
D. with its rise from $2.68 billion in 1997 to
E. rising from $2.68 billion in 1997 to

E

Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts
Posts: 13
Joined: Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:44 am
Followed by:2 members

Timer

00:00

Your Answer

A

B

C

D

E

Global Stats

Correct idiom: from x ...to y.
A and C are incorrect for using from ...to be.

B: in having risen - awkward and does not make any sense.
D: its - ambiguous pronoun

E: Uses correct idiom. The phrase modifies the verb doubled in the main clause. Hence correct.