wahi00 wrote:
The yield of natural gas from Norway's Troll gas field is expected to increase annually until the year 2005 and then to stabilize at six billion cubic feet a day, which will allow such an extraction rate at least for 50 years' production.
Which Rule: "which"
only refers to nouns, but it can not be used to refer to people.
wahi00 wrote:
A. 2005 and then to stabilize at six billion cubic feet a day, which will allow such an extraction rate at least for
"which" is illogically modifying "day." "day" will not allow a certain extraction rate,
the fact that the yield is going to increase annually until 2005 is what will lead to a certain extraction rate.
Illogical. Bad modifier.wahi00 wrote:
B. 2005 and then to stabilize at six billion cubic feet a day, an extraction rate that will allow at least
Correct. We have parallel structure to increase and then to stabilize. The meaning is also made clear.wahi00 wrote:
C. 2005 and then stabilizing at six billion cubic feet a day, with such an extraction rate at the least allowing
We have a parallel structure, an (C) breaks it. "The yield is expected
to increase until the year 2005
and then stabilizingWe should identify the
and, which is a parallel marker, and make sure that "stabilizing" is in the same form as "to increase." See answer choice (B).
wahi00 wrote:
D. 2005, then stabilizing at six billion cubic feet a day, allowing such an extraction rate for at least
The meaning isn't clear with this answer choice.
I have no problem with this answer choice not using "to stabilize." This answer choice is simply taking a different structural approach, which happens to be incorrect.
The middle clause, "then stabilizing..... feet a day" doesn't have a logical referent. What is stabilizing? The Yield? The year 2005?
Illogical!Further, this structure would infer that the middle clause is a non-essential modifier. By reading the sentence without the modifier, let's see if that would make sense.
wahi00 wrote:
The yield of natural gas from Norway's Troll gas field is expected to increase annually until the year 2005, then stabilizing at six billion cubic feet a day, allowing such an extraction rate for at least 50 years' production.
What is "allowing" the extraction rate? Annual increases until 2005? No, that's illogical. The meaning of the sentence is dependent on the information in this middle clause. We need the "six billion cubic feet a day" information in order for this sentence to make sense.
This sentence structure is incorrect and breaks the meaning of the sentence.wahi00 wrote:
E. 2005, then stabilizing at six billion cubic feet a day, which will allow such an extraction rate for at least
Same error as
AIllogical. Bad modifier.