Between 2000 and 2010, the $10.7 billion ski and snowboarding industry, with centers in 38 states and which employs 187,000 people directly or indirectly, lost $1.07 billion in revenue, owing to the warming trend that forces half the nation’s ski areas to open late and almost half to close early.
A. Between 2000 and 2010, the $10.7 billion ski and snowboarding industry, with centers in 38 states and which employs 187,000 people directly or indirectly, lost
B. The $10.7 billion ski and snowboarding industry, with centers in 38 states and employing 187,000 people directly or indirectly between 2000 and 2010, lost
C. Between 2000 and 2010, the $10.7 billion ski and snowboarding industry, which has centers in 38 states and which employs 187,000 people directly or indirectly, losing
D. The $10.7 billion ski and snowboarding industry between 2000 and 2010, with centers in 38 states and employing 187,000 people directly or indirectly, losing
E. The $10.7 billion ski and snowboarding industry, which has centers in 38 states and employs 187,000 people directly or indirectly, lost, between 2000 and 2010,
OA E
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Ski and snowboarding industries which are characterized by the number of centers and people they employ. So, this industry lost a specific amount of money between 200o and 2010 because of a warming trend that makes them open late or close early
OPTION A- INCORRECT.
The prepositional phrase modifier 'with' is not in correlation with the relative clause modifier. Both should either be a prepositional phrase modifier or a relative clause modifier.
OPTION B- INCORRECT.
There is a modifier ' error. The modifier 'between does not modify the verb 'lost''. It gives the sentence another meaning.
OPTION C- INCORRECT
There's a subject verb error. The main clause doesn't contain any ver. Even the verb 'Lost' in the main sentence has been changed to a non verb form 'losing'
OPTION C- INCORRECT
There's also a subject verb error. The modifier used in this sentence instead of modifying the verb 'lost', it modifies the industry. There by applying that the industry that the author is talking about wasv established in between 2000 & 2010
OPTION E- CORRECT
There's a correct modifier for the verb 'lost' and the subject and verb agrees with the intended meaning of the sentence.
OPTION A- INCORRECT.
The prepositional phrase modifier 'with' is not in correlation with the relative clause modifier. Both should either be a prepositional phrase modifier or a relative clause modifier.
OPTION B- INCORRECT.
There is a modifier ' error. The modifier 'between does not modify the verb 'lost''. It gives the sentence another meaning.
OPTION C- INCORRECT
There's a subject verb error. The main clause doesn't contain any ver. Even the verb 'Lost' in the main sentence has been changed to a non verb form 'losing'
OPTION C- INCORRECT
There's also a subject verb error. The modifier used in this sentence instead of modifying the verb 'lost', it modifies the industry. There by applying that the industry that the author is talking about wasv established in between 2000 & 2010
OPTION E- CORRECT
There's a correct modifier for the verb 'lost' and the subject and verb agrees with the intended meaning of the sentence.
