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If industrial pollution continues to deplete the ozone [#permalink] New post 04 Oct 2005, 18:15
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If industrial pollution continues to deplete the ozone layer, the resulting increase in ultraviolet radiation will endanger human health, causing a rise in the incidence of skin cancer and eye disease, and perhaps even threatening global ecological systems.

(A) and perhaps even threatening
(B) and may even threaten
(C) and even a possible threat to
(D) as well as possibly threatening
(E) as well as a possible threat to
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Re: SC - Industrial pollution [#permalink] New post 04 Oct 2005, 20:07
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If industrial pollution continues to deplete the ozone layer, the resulting increase in ultraviolet radiation will endanger human health, causing a rise in the incidence of skin cancer and eye disease, and perhaps even threatening global ecological systems.

(A) and perhaps even threatening
(B) and may even threaten
(C) and even a possible threat to
(D) as well as possibly threatening
(E) as well as a possible threat to


I think it's C for this one.
A - doesn't maintain parallelism between a rise and threatening
B - again, parallelism is lost
C - maintains the structure - causing a rise and even a possible threat to
D - I was initially going for D. I can't point what's wrong here.
E - again, I was a little confused.
For D and E, somehow the "as well as" part put me off! Anyone want to point out why I am right/wrong?
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 [#permalink] New post 04 Oct 2005, 20:07
A and D keep the correct parallelism ....that makes me confused about which one to choose. Perhaps, I go for A coz D eliminates the word " even", which somewhat shifts the emphasis of the impact " threatening global ecological systems"
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 [#permalink] New post 04 Oct 2005, 22:00
B is the onle paralle AC. lets highlight the sentence:

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If industrial pollution continues to deplete the ozone layer, the resulting increase in ultraviolet radiation will endanger human health , (causing a rise in the incidence of skin cancer and eye disease), and and may even threaten global ecological systems.
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 [#permalink] New post 04 Oct 2005, 22:09
I think D maintains parallelism -
causing a rise in X, as well as threatening Y
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 [#permalink] New post 05 Oct 2005, 00:45
A -> awkward
C -> awkward
D,E - > 'as well as' is redundant

B is the best choice. Also, "will endanger... and threaten" is parallel.
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 [#permalink] New post 05 Oct 2005, 02:15
I'd pick B.

First of all, I think the sentence need the conjunction and.
-will endanger human health and ................
I think C has the wrong word order.
A- threatening is no parallell to endanger
So, B it is.
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 [#permalink] New post 05 Oct 2005, 04:18
OA is B!
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 [#permalink] New post 22 Jul 2007, 23:30
HIMALAYA wrote:
B is the onle paralle AC. lets highlight the sentence:

Quote:
If industrial pollution continues to deplete the ozone layer, the resulting increase in ultraviolet radiation will endanger human health , (causing a rise in the incidence of skin cancer and eye disease), and and may even threaten global ecological systems.


I agree.

(Causing a rise in the incidence of skin cancer and eye disease) is a participial phrase that modifies referent noun increase.

(the resulting increase in ultraviolet radiation) (is) (causing a rise in the incidence of skin cancer and eye disease)
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