aimkp wrote:
Ideally, groups focused on environmental justice should be concerned with how new government projects will impact local populations. Specifically whether the projects would pose an unjust burden for lower-income and minority communities.
B. will impact local populations, specifically whether the projects would pose an unjust burden
C. will impact local populations and pose an unjust burden
D. will impact local populations and, specifically, pose an unjust burden
Here is my reasoning
not to choose C and D:
1.
"pose" cannot be parallel with
"focused" because of difference in tense.
2.
"pose" can be parallel with
"be concerned". Then this sentence's meaning would be:
groups focused on environmental justice should pose an unjust burden... Doesn't make sense at all because groups are posing burdens!
3.
"pose" can be parallel with
"impact". And in this case: the sentence would be:
groups ... should be concerned with how new government projects will pose an unjust burden...Sounds like it makes sense right?
But it changes the meaning! The intended meaning is that they want to know
whether projects will pose burden -->
yes or no question. Now, this italicized sentence wants to know
how the projects will pose a burden.
"whether" and "how" are totally different!Some people might argue that in this case, "pose" has a different subject ("projects" and "new government projects"). But in my opinion, they essentially mean the same thing, so we cannot just eliminate this answer solely based on this.
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