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Gas hydrates, chemical compounds of water and natural gas, are increasingly being
studied for their potential to be huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor
instability, and significant contributors to global warming.
A. to be huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and
B. to be huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and even as
C. as huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and
D. as huge reservoirs of energy, and the possible cause of sea floor instability,
E. as huge reservoirs of energy, as possible causes of sea floor instability, and even
as
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going with D
A. to be huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and
B. to be huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and even as
C.as huge reservoirsof energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and
D. as huge reservoirs of energy, and the possible cause of sea floor instability,
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E - straight parallelism
D is incorrect because the ", and" spoils the parallelism and the phrase "significant contributors to global warming" cannot act as an absolute phrase in this structure.
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Gas hydrates are increasingly being studied for their potential as X, as Y, and even as Z.
I'm with E
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Yurik79 wrote: Why C is wrong?
Let's plug C into the original sentence. We get.
Gas hydrates, chemical compounds of water and natural gas, are increasingly being studied for their potential as huge reservoirs of energy, possibly causing sea floor instability, and significant contributors to global warming.
Besides the lack of parallelism, the meaning is distorted.
The sentence with C in it indicates incorrectly that, 'sea floor instability' is caused by the studies
The phrase 'significant contributors' is incorrect.
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Why not B guys?
I thought "potential to be" was the correct idiom rather than "potential as".
A is incorrect because it is missing the 'as'.
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"potential as" and "potential to be" are both idiomatic
New England's potential as an energy giant depends on whether public and private universities can combine forces.
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buckkitty wrote: "potential as" and "potential to be" are both idiomatic
New England's potential as an energy giant depends on whether public and private universities can combine forces.
I see. Thanks buckkitty.
In that case I go for E as well.
OA please?
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