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by okigbo » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:20 pm
With only 5% of the world's population, US citizens consume 28% of its nonrenewable resources, drive more than 1/3 of its automobiles and use 21 times more water per capital than Europeans do

a. With
b. As
c. Being
d. Despite having
e. Although accounting for[/spoiler][/b]
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by kiennguyen » Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:40 am
IMO A
C is not parallel
the others are wordy or wrong
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by jchristopher7 » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:39 am
D. Despite having...

I think the sentence is trying to illustrate that the U.S. population is relatively small, but accounts for significant amounts of consumption.
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by crackgmat007 » Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:35 pm
kiennguyen wrote:IMO A
C is not parallel
the others are wordy or wrong
With...., X - type of constructions mean that X is possessing something stated in 'With...'


E for me. (updated)
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by magnolia » Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:36 pm
E...
All other choices indicate that US citizens posses world's 5% population :P
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by sunnyjohn » Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:44 pm
IMO:E
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by Ludacrispat26 » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:55 pm
IMO: E

I highly doubt that it's B, as that failed spoiler attempt says.

A- Misplaced modifier.

B- Doesn't account for the fact that this large representation by US citizens is contrary to what would usually be believed

C- Sounds awkward/"being" is usually bad

D- US citizens don't "have" 5 % of the world's population, they are 5% of the world's population

E- Ding ding ding! We get what we wanted in B and at the same time get a usable verb phrase (accounting for)


What's this source/what's the OA?
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by okigbo » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:23 am
OA is B. Question is from OG
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by okigbo » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:24 am
Sorry, I meant OA is E.
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by Ludacrispat26 » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:48 am
okigbo wrote:Sorry, I meant OA is E.
Yeah, this makes sense.
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by [email protected] » Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:45 am
It should be E....
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