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by AbeNeedsAnswers » Mon May 18, 2020 7:06 pm

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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

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Source: — Sentence Correction |

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.
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