942

[nationalfuel]

942.With only 5 percent of the world’s population, United States citizens consume 28 percent of its nonrenewable resources, drive more than one-third of its automobiles, and use 21 times more water per capita than Europeans do.
(A) With
(B) As
(C) Being
(D) Despite having
(E) Although accounting for

why is A wrong?

[Mani_mba]

I go with E.

"Although" provides more sense to the sentence.

Because, the phrases following the first phrase describe the unanticipated happenings that should not have happened with a very less US population.

[stubbornp]

can anyone plz advice where to use although,however??

[Vignesh.4384]

IMO E.

Only D and E come close.

It cannot be D because the first comma is followed by United States citizens consume 28 ....

[sprony]

I'll go with E.

A would be wrong, because the noun here is not 'United States', but 'United States Citizens'.

And the Citizen's don't have 5% of the world's population - the US does.

Also, there is a comparison drawn between US and European citizens, so 'Although' fits fine.

[GmatKiss]

IMO: [spoiler]E, but looks wordy [/spoiler]