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When deprived of carbohydrates

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by yashvardhan90 » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:07 am
When deprived of carbohydrates, its preferred fuel, the body is forced to burn fats and protein for energy, thus causing the formation of fatigue-inducing toxins.

(A) When deprived of carbohydrates, its preferred fuel the body is forces to burn fats and protein for energy, thus causing
(B) When deprived of carbohydrates, which are the body's preferred fuel, it is thus forced to burn fats and protein for energy, which causes
(C) When deprived of its preferred fuel, which are carbohydrates, the body is forced to burn fats and protein for energy, and thus causes
(D) The body is forced to burn fats and protein for energy when deprived of carbohydrates, its preferred fuel, which thus causes
(E) The body's preferred fuel is carbohydrates, and when deprived of them it is thus forced to burn fats and protein for energy, causing

I get that a VERB-ing is needed in here to show a cause and effect relationship,
but how can the modifier "When deprived of carbohydrates" modifying "the body"
"When deprived of carbohydrates" is a modifier, isn't it ?

Also please explain how can the use of "thus" change meaning
for example in option C : and thus causes --- is this correct, is "and thus causes" equivalent to ",causing"
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by Sun Light » Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:02 am
yashvardhan90 wrote:When deprived of carbohydrates, its preferred fuel, the body is forced to burn fats and protein for energy, thus causing the formation of fatigue-inducing toxins.

(A) When deprived of carbohydrates, its preferred fuel the body is forces to burn fats and protein for energy, thus causing
(B) When deprived of carbohydrates, which are the body's preferred fuel, it is thus forced to burn fats and protein for energy, which causes
(C) When deprived of its preferred fuel, which are carbohydrates, the body is forced to burn fats and protein for energy, and thus causes
(D) The body is forced to burn fats and protein for energy when deprived of carbohydrates, its preferred fuel, which thus causes
(E) The body's preferred fuel is carbohydrates, and when deprived of them it is thus forced to burn fats and protein for energy, causing

I get that a VERB-ing is needed in here to show a cause and effect relationship,
but how can the modifier "When deprived of carbohydrates" modifying "the body"
"When deprived of carbohydrates" is a modifier, isn't it ?

Also please explain how can the use of "thus" change meaning
for example in option C : and thus causes --- is this correct, is "and thus causes" equivalent to ",causing"

When deprived of carbohydrates, its preferred fuel, the body is forced to burn fats and protein for energy, thus causing the formation of fatigue-inducing toxins.

(A) When deprived of carbohydrates, its preferred fuel, the body is forced to burn fats and protein for energy, thus causing

I got the answer by using POE. “When deprived of carbohydrates” seems to be a subordinating phrase / conditional.

The use of ‘thus’ seems unnecessary. The sentence would be perfect with the adverbial modifier “ , causing the formation of fatigue-inducing toxins.” modifying the entire clause thus establishing a cause and effect relationship.



(B) When deprived of carbohydrates, which are the body's preferred fuel, it is thus forced to burn fats and protein for energy, which causes

Antecedent of ‘it’ cannot be ‘fuel, we require body and not body’s.
The second ‘which’ is incorrect. ‘which’ refers to energy .. doesn’t make sense.

(C) When deprived of its preferred fuel, which are carbohydrates, the body is forced to burn fats and protein for energy, and thus causes

The usage of “ ,and ” is incorrect. “ , and” is used to link two independent clauses or to complete a list. Here, it links up verb ‘causes’ to the subject ‘body’: this is incorrect. One should not use “ , and “ to connect two verbs that has the same subject.

Also the biggest issue with C is meaning clarity.

As per C:- “The body causes the formation of fatigue-inducing toxins“ Incorrect Meaning.


(D) The body is forced to burn fats and protein for energy when deprived of carbohydrates, its preferred fuel, which thus causes

Incorect use of ‘which’.

(E) The body's preferred fuel is carbohydrates, and when deprived of them it is thus forced to burn fats and protein for energy, causing

‘them’ & ‘it’ both are problematic.


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