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Downzoning, zoning that typically results in the reduction of housing density, allows for more open space in areas where little water or services exist.
(A) little water or services exist
(B) little water or services exists
(C) few services and little water exists
(D) there is little water or services available
(E) there are few services and little available water
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can't decide between A and D 
I'll go with A: more concise
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I ll go for B..when "or" has been used then..IMO verb shud be singular..
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I go with D only because of the fact that use of "available" seems correct
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little water or few services exist would be the right phrase.
Hence C.
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^ C ^
A, B and D are out easily.
E is wordy and confusing.
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torn between a and c.
c seems to change the meaning with the substitution of 'and' for 'or'
i am concerned about modifying services with 'little'
i'll go with a so it is more concise.
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selene wrote: ^ C ^
A, B and D are out easily.
E is wordy and confusing.
The compound subject 'few services and little water' requires a plural verb (since they are joined by and). But 'exists' is a singular verb. Thats why I didnt pick C.
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Can exist go along with service.
I will pick 'D'. Services available makes more sense to me than Services exists.
'C' - changes the original meaning by replacing 'or' with 'and'
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Whats wrong with A? D also seems right, but I thought D was more wordy than A.
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I am not for 'A' because of the following 2 reasons
1) Not sure if 'exist' can qualify service
2) If it can qualify, then I will go for 'B' as services should be followed by exists (plural form)
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E for me too!
(A) little water or services exist - How can service exists?
(B) little water or services exists - ditto
(C) few services and little water exists - ditto
(D) there is little water or services available
(E) there are few services and little available water - lengthy but the only one that makes full sense.
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OA is E
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Yuhooo!!
Today was qte bad... did PR paper test and made all silly mistakes.... seven easy questions wrong! Atleast this wud be a good note to end the day!
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Can anyone justify 'E'
is it because few services.
I am not sure how 'E' is better than 'D'. Moreover 'E' changes the meaning by replacing or with and
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I think its E because ' services ' are countable while ' water' ' is not.
We generally use few for countable and little for uncountable.
Only E stands right in this regard.
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In my earlier post I told that it was between C and E.
I thought E was wordy but C has a sbj-verb agreement problem. So it should be better E.
(A) little water or services exist ---> "little water or little services" is wrong we cannot use little with services. it is a plural and countable noun
(B) little water or services exists ---> same as A
(C) few services and little water exists --->we need a plural verb form
(D) there is little water or services available ---> same as A and B
(E) there are few services and little available water ---> correct
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Late but E.
there are, few services, little water,
myc2004 wrote: OA is E
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