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Though the law will require emissions testing of all diesel

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Though the law will require emissions testing of all diesel [#permalink] New post   16 Sep 2006, 20:00
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Though the law will require emissions testing of all diesel vehicles, from
tractor trailers to excursion buses, it will have no effect on sport utility
vehicles, almost all of which are gasoline powered, and will not be sub-
jected to emissions-control standards as stringent as they are for
diesel-powered vehicles.

A.powered, and will not be subjected to emissions-control standards as stringent as they are for
B.powered, and therefore not subjected to emissions-control standards that are as stringent as those of
C.powered and therefore not subject to emissions-control standards as
stringent as those for
D.powered, which are not subject to emissions-control standards as
stringent as they are for
E.powered and therefore they are not subject to emissions-control
standards as stringent as those of



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Re: Though the law will require emissions testing of all diesel [#permalink] New post   16 Sep 2006, 22:22
C it is

A.powered, and will not be subjected to emissions-control standards as stringent as they are for
<tense, we dont require 'will' here.
B.powered, and therefore not subjected to emissions-control standards that are as stringent as those of
'those of' unidiomatic. subjected is wrong
C.powered and therefore not subject to emissions-control standards as
stringent as those for
ok
D.powered, which are not subject to emissions-control standards as
stringent as they are for
which modifies gasoline powered
E.powered and therefore they are not subject to emissions-control
standards as stringent as those of
'those of' unidiomatic.
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Re: Though the law will require emissions testing of all diesel [#permalink] New post   16 Sep 2006, 22:55
C.powered and therefore not subject to emissions-control standards as
stringent as those for

E unnecessarily has pronoun "they".
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Re: Though the law will require emissions testing of all diesel [#permalink] New post   17 Sep 2006, 08:52
mahesh004 wrote:
C it is

A.powered, and will not be subjected to emissions-control standards as stringent as they are for
<tense, we dont require 'will' here.
B.powered, and therefore not subjected to emissions-control standards that are as stringent as those of
'those of' unidiomatic. subjected is wrong
C.powered and therefore not subject to emissions-control standards as
stringent as those for
ok
D.powered, which are not subject to emissions-control standards as
stringent as they are for
which modifies gasoline powered
E.powered and therefore they are not subject to emissions-control
standards as stringent as those of
'those of' unidiomatic.


Thanks Mahesh...Never knew "those of" is unidiomatic
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Re: Though the law will require emissions testing of all diesel [#permalink] New post   17 Sep 2006, 19:25
jerrywu wrote:
Though the law will require emissions testing of all diesel vehicles, from
tractor trailers to excursion buses, it will have no effect on sport utility
vehicles, almost all of which are gasoline powered, and will not be sub-
jected to emissions-control standards as stringent as they are for
diesel-powered vehicles.

A.powered, and will not be subjected to emissions-control standards as stringent as they are for
B.powered, and therefore not subjected to emissions-control standards that are as stringent as those of
C.powered and therefore not subject to emissions-control standards as
stringent as those for
D.powered, which are not subject to emissions-control standards as
stringent as they are for
E.powered and therefore they are not subject to emissions-control
standards as stringent as those of


My vote is for C. Errors identified, correct usage is subject to, and we need "as those for" for correct comparison



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