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While they remove carbon dioxide from the air, conserve soil [#permalink]
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87. While they remove carbon dioxide from the air, conserve soil and water, and house thousands of species, forests also supply potentially valuable pharmaceuticals, and, as sources of building material and firewood, that provide employment for millions worldwide.
A. pharmaceuticals, and, as sources of building material and firewood, that provide
B. pharmaceuticals, and sources of building material and firewood, are providers of
C. pharmaceuticals and, as sources of building material and firewood that are provide
D. pharmaceuticals and as sources of building material and firewood, for providing
E. pharmaceuticals and, as sources of building material and firewood, provide
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Re: Remove Carbon Dioxide [#permalink]
21 Sep 2009, 23:37
I would say E
kinda like "forest also SUPPLY x and (,modifier,) provide Y
E. pharmaceuticals and, as sources of building material and firewood, provide
Whats OA?
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Re: Remove Carbon Dioxide [#permalink]
21 Sep 2009, 23:46
OA is E
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Re: Remove Carbon Dioxide [#permalink]
29 May 2011, 10:10
Simple and good question - after "and" .. ", as source of building .., " confused me , Then I realised it is modifier and can be ignored ...
So answer is E parallelism - supply and provide
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Re: Remove Carbon Dioxide [#permalink]
29 May 2011, 10:24
87. While they remove carbon dioxide from the air, conserve soil and water, and house thousands of species, forests also supply potentially valuable pharmaceuticals, and, as sources of building material and firewood, that provide employment for millions worldwide.
A. pharmaceuticals, and, as sources of building material and firewood, that provide - comma twice looks awkward, 'that' changes the meaning
B. pharmaceuticals, and sources of building material and firewood, are providers of - comma after pharmaceuticals is ambiguous
C. pharmaceuticals and, as sources of building material and firewood that are provide - that are provide?
D. pharmaceuticals and as sources of building material and firewood, for providing - for providing?, also you need comma after 'and'
E. pharmaceuticals and, as sources of building material and firewood, provide - makes most sense
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Re: Remove Carbon Dioxide [#permalink]
29 May 2011, 16:51
+1 E This sentence requires parallelism for the verbs: supply and provide (both have to be working verbs).
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Re: Remove Carbon Dioxide [#permalink]
29 Jun 2011, 07:23
I ,initially marked the answer as C, but later realized it should be E
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Re: Remove Carbon Dioxide [#permalink]
29 Jun 2011, 09:12
forests supply and provide. So E contains this and should be the correct answer.
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Re: Remove Carbon Dioxide [#permalink]
30 Jun 2011, 00:06
E for me too.... We cannot have comma before 'and'.... This will eliminate options A and B... C has the incorrect usage 'that are provide'... D is incorrect because of "for providing"... supply has to be parallel with provide... Left with E.... 
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Re: While they remove carbon dioxide from the air, conserve soil [#permalink]
17 Jul 2012, 19:44
87. While they remove carbon dioxide from the air, conserve soil and water, and house thousands of species, forests also supply potentially valuable pharmaceuticals, and, as sources of building material and firewood, that provide employment for millions worldwide. A. pharmaceuticals, and, as sources of building material and firewood, that provide B. pharmaceuticals, and sources of building material and firewood, are providers of C. pharmaceuticals and, as sources of building material and firewood that are provide D. pharmaceuticals and as sources of building material and firewood, for providing E. pharmaceuticals and, as sources of building material and firewood, provide I think this particular problem is more related with the meaning of the sentence. Forests supplies pharmaceuticals. and 'as sources of building material and firewood' forests provide employment for millions worldwide. The above combination conveys the meaning clearly. A. pharmaceuticals, and, as sources of building material and firewood, that provide 'and' creates a fragment sentence B. pharmaceuticals, and sources of building material and firewood, are providers of meaning distortion C. pharmaceuticals and, as sources of building material and firewood that are provide meaning distortion D. pharmaceuticals and as sources of building material and firewood, for providing parallelism, 'for providing' meaning distortion E. pharmaceuticals and, as sources of building material and firewood, provide correct
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