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GWD-20-15 [#permalink] New post   13 Nov 2006, 10:29
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The city has proposed a number of water treatment and conservation projects the cost of which raises water bills high enough so that even environmentalists are beginning to raise alarms.

A. the cost of which raises water bills high enough so that
B. at a cost raising water bills so high that
C. at a cost which raises water bills high enough so
D. whose cost will raise water bills so high that
E. whose cost will raise water bills high enough so that



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Re: GWD-20-15 [#permalink] New post   13 Nov 2006, 10:31
B for me
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Re: GWD-20-15 [#permalink] New post   13 Nov 2006, 10:37
I chosed B too, but the answer is D
I'm really confused.... ;(
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Re: GWD-20-15 [#permalink] New post   13 Nov 2006, 11:01
D is more relevant than B

B - cost raising water bills here changes the meaning ....

All others use enough which is redundant.
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Re: GWD-20-15 [#permalink] New post   13 Nov 2006, 16:09
D....It is the cost of the project that raises the bills.
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Re: GWD-20-15 [#permalink] New post   13 Nov 2006, 17:07
hey guys,
thank you for your reply^^
but the use of " whose " in D to connect the two subsentence isn't sufficiency?
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Re: GWD-20-15 [#permalink] New post   13 Nov 2006, 18:09
Iawfy wrote:
The city has proposed a number of water treatment and conservation projects the cost of which raises water bills high enough so that even environmentalists are beginning to raise alarms.

A. the cost of which raises water bills high enough so that
B. at a cost raising water bills so high that
C. at a cost which raises water bills high enough so
D. whose cost will raise water bills so high that
E. whose cost will raise water bills high enough so that


For me only D makes sense. IMO "whose" is appropriate here
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Re: GWD-20-15 [#permalink] New post   13 Nov 2006, 19:20
100% sure D
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Re: GWD-20-15 [#permalink] New post   13 Nov 2006, 20:31
D too
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Re: GWD-20-15 [#permalink] New post   15 Nov 2006, 10:50
but I still can't figure out how come use "whose" over here is appropriate? which part of the sentence does "whose" modify?

A million thanks for helping



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