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The production of meats
demands significantly more land resources
than the production of an equivalent amount of fresh produce.


The production of meats demands is correct since The production is singular. B & D options are incorrect

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(A) The production of meats demands significantly more land resources than the production of an equivalent amount of fresh produce.
The production of meats demands significantly more land resources than the production of an equivalent amount of fresh produce demands/does.
Since demands/does is missing
Incorrect

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(B) The production of meats demand significantly more land resources than the production of an equivalent amount of fresh produce.
The production of meats demand is incorrect since the production of meats is singular while demand is plural

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(C) The production of meats demands significantly more land resources than do the production of an equivalent amount of fresh produce.
Since demands is singular verb, use of do (plural) is incorrect

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(D) The production of meats demand significantly more land resources than does the production of an equivalent amount of fresh produce.
The production of meats demand is incorrect since the production of meats is singular while demand is plural

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(E) The production of meats demands significantly more land resources than does the production of an equivalent amount of fresh produce.
Use of The production of meats demands is correct
Use of does (singular verb) is correctly parallel with demands.
Correct

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The production of meats demands significantly more land resources than the production of an equivalent amount of fresh produce.


(A) The production of meats demands significantly more land resources than the production of an equivalent amount of fresh produce.

(B) The production of meats demand significantly more land resources than the production of an equivalent amount of fresh produce.

(C) The production of meats demands significantly more land resources than do the production of an equivalent amount of fresh produce.

(D) The production of meats demand significantly more land resources than does the production of an equivalent amount of fresh produce.

(E) The production of meats demands significantly more land resources than does the production of an equivalent amount of fresh produce.




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AB: Improper parallelism, missing verb for second subject

BD: Incorrect agreement with production: demand -> demands

C: Incorrect agreement with production: do -> does

E: Correct
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