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12 Days of Christmas 🎅 GMAT Competition with Lots of Questions & FunA substance derived from tartaric acid, which has proved to be a popular food additive in many parts of the world, is produced as a byproduct of wine fermentation and collected by winemakers to be sold as raw material for the processed food industry.
(A) A substance derived from tartaric acid, which has proved to be a popular food additive in many parts of the world,
(B) A derivative, which has proved to be a popular food additive in many parts of the world, of tartaric acid
(C) A tartaric acid derivative, which has proved to be a popular food additive in many parts of the world,
(D) Tartaric acid, a derivative of which has proved to be a popular food additive in many parts of the world,
(E) Tartaric acid has a derivative which has proved to be a popular food additive in many parts of the world, that
(A) A substance derived from tartaric acid, which has proved to be a popular food additive in many parts of the world,
-- 'which' is a misplaced modifier here
(B) A derivative, which has proved to be a popular food additive in many parts of the world, of tartaric acid
-- the modifier makes the sentence structure incorrect
(C) A tartaric acid derivative, which has proved to be a popular food additive in many parts of the world,
-- looks ok(D) Tartaric acid, a derivative of which has proved to be a popular food additive in many parts of the world,
-- Changes meaning
(E) Tartaric acid has a derivative which has proved to be a popular food additive in many parts of the world, that
-- 'which' should be changed to 'that' to make this correct
Option C