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South Korea has witnessed the world’s most dramatic growth [#permalink]
 16 Jul 2004, 12:28
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South Korea has witnessed the world’s most dramatic growth of Christian congregations; church membership is expanding by 6.6 percent a year, fully two-thirds of the growth coming from conversions rather than the population increasing.
(A) coming from conversions rather than the population increasing
(B) coming from conversions rather than increases in the population
(C) coming from conversions instead of the population’s increasing
(D) is from conversions instead of population increases
(E) is from conversions rather than increasing the population
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D it is as "growth coming from" sounds absurd
and in E "increasing <B>the</B> population" is incorrect
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"South Korea has witnessed the world’s most dramatic growth of Christian congregations; church membership is expanding by 6.6 percent a year, fully two-thirds of the growth coming from conversions rather than the population increasing."
I'd say the answer is "A". "Conversions" [a noun] has to be paralllel to another noun [population].
Eliminate "B", "E", C" because of lack of parallelism.
What is the OA?
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OA I'll tell later. Paul asked to give some time for fun 
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Let us wait and watch...we should give others a chance to give it a shot!
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D is the best.
need a verb after "growth" A, B, C out. Instead of is good here, as it modifies population (a noun) correctly.
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No guys, the OA is different. BTW I fall for D too 
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this one was tricky. Commas made it that way
the underlined sentence is an apposite to the opening (after semi-colon). ...membership expanding...a year. Done. Then, ...growth coming (refers to expanding membership).
it this were an independent sentence, this would have been:
Membership is expanding. Growth is coming from conversions rather than increases in the population.
need to maintain parallism too. Expanding...Coming...
B it is.
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It's A Who can explain why 
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I am sure that "A" is wrong.
...coming from conversions rather than the population increasing ...
this is no-way parallel.
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B sounds right to me as well...There is no paralellism in A, at least I can not see 
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ok, I found this question in one of the TOEFL practice test and the answer given is B.
Boksana, what the source of your question?
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The sourcse is Megabank SC885 by Bigb. DJ, could you please send me the link of your source or if you have the file send it to my e-mail account
boksana71@yahoo.com
Thanks in advance
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I think it's B too.
"instead of" is surely out. And B follows parallelism.
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It is A because 'growth is coming from the poulation increasing" looks proper than "growth is coming from the increases in the population". (looking for parallelism)
boksana wrote: South Korea has witnessed the world’s most dramatic growth of Christian congregations; church membership is expanding by 6.6 percent a year, fully two-thirds of the growth coming from conversions rather than the population increasing.
(A) coming from conversions rather than the population increasing
(B) coming from conversions rather than increases in the population
(C) coming from conversions instead of the population’s increasing
(D) is from conversions instead of population increases
(E) is from conversions rather than increasing the population
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Awaiting response,
Thnx & Rgds,
Chandra
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B was my choice but later got convinced by a few who feel D is the answer.
Used the search tool...got this
http://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=7079
Take alook and see why B has been described as the answer.
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