cruiser wrote:
Although people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their death rates from heart disease are far lower in France.
(A) people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States, their
(B) people in France and the United States consume fatty foods at about the same rate, the
(C) fatty foods are consumed by people in France at a comparable rate to the United States’s, their
(D) the rate of fatty foods consumed in France and the United States is about the same, the
(E) the rate of people consuming fatty foods is about the same in France and the United States, the
The sentence makes a comparison between the rate at which fatty foods are consumed by people in France and the United States and the death rates from heart disease in both the countries and also contrasts the rate of consumption of fatty foods and the death rates.
Option A: Although
people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States,
their death ratesThe option contrasts people with their death rates. The sentence should contrast the rate at which people consume fatty foods with death rates from heart disease. So,
Option A can be eliminated.Option B: Although
people in France and the United States consume fatty foods at about the same rate,
the death rates This option contrasts the rate at which people consume fatty foods with ‘the death rates’.
So, Option B is correct.Option C: Although
fatty foods are consumed by people in France at a comparable rate to the United States’s,
their death rates Option C is not stylistically graceful. The pronoun ‘their’ after the comma could refer to fatty foods or people. It is an ambiguous pronoun and if it is supposed to refer to ‘fatty foods’, the meaning of the sentence is changed. The option also contains an apostrophe after the noun ‘United States’; this usage is not graceful.
So, Option C can also be eliminated.Option D: Although
the rate of fatty foods consumed in France and the United States is about the same,
the death ratesWhile Option D might be grammatically correct, it doesn’t convey the intended meaning. The contrast should not be between the rate of fatty foods and death rates. So,
Option D can also be eliminated.Option E: Although
the rate of people consuming fatty foods is about the same in France and the United States,
the death ratesThe contrast in this option is between the rate of people and death rates. The contrast should be between the rate at which people consume fatty foods and death rates.
So, Option E can also be eliminated. Option B is the most appropriate one.
Jayanthi Kumar.
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