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1997 was the Year of the Flood, as record precipitation in Updated on: 19 Aug 2014, 19:59
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1997 was the Year of the Flood, as record precipitation in the US sent rivers and streams out of their banks in widely separated parts of the country, uprooted hundreds of thousands of people, killed at least ninety people, and wreaked total damages estimated at well over $5 billion.


A. sent rivers and streams out of their banks in widely separated parts of the country, uprooted hundreds of thousands of people, killed

B. sending rivers and streams out of their banks in widely separated parts of the country, uprooting hundreds of thousands of people, and killing

C. sent rivers and streams out from their banks in widely separated parts of the country, uprooted hundreds of thousands of people, killing

D. sending rivers and streams out of its banks in widely separated parts of the country, uprooting hundreds of thousands of people, and killing

E. in widely separated parts of the country sent rivers and streams out of their banks, uprooting hundreds of thousands of people, and killing
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1997 was the Year of the Flood, as record precipitation in 19 Aug 2014, 07:21
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A seems best here: sent rivers and streams out of their banks in widely separated parts of the country, uprooted hundreds of thousands of people, killed

though i like the later structure of option C, i feel that the construction "out from their banks" is not right .more than the official answer, i am worried about the source of this question.BTW what is the source?

NOTE: always put the source as it helps to evaluate the question
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1997 was the Year of the Flood, as record precipitation in 19 Aug 2014, 07:42
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Has to be A. Precipitation did 4 things: sent, uprooted, killed and wreaked.
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1997 was the Year of the Flood, as record precipitation in 19 Aug 2014, 08:32
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A for me too..
However, I have a question.
In such cases, how to determine whether a section is a part of the list or just modifying an element in the list?

In this case ,
C. sent rivers and streams out from their banks in widely separated parts of the country, uprooted hundreds of thousands of people, killing

How to determine whether killing... is a part of the list or is modifying "uprooted hundreds of thousands of people"
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Experts, daagh AjiteshArun E is grammatically and logically correct too. the basis to select A would be that the original underlined sentences' logical meaning triumphs over other options' logical meaning?
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In cases like these, how do we determine that uprooting and killing are part of the list or are the consequences of the first action - sending rivers and streams out of their banks in widely separated parts of the country?
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Experts, daagh AjiteshArun E is grammatically and logically correct too. the basis to select A would be that the original underlined sentences' logical meaning triumphs over other options' logical meaning?
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Hi Kriti

Let me attempt to answer your question.

(E), as you say, could be considered to be correct (although there are potential problems there), but there is a clear shift in meaning from the question. (E) states:

1997 was the Year of the Flood, as record precipitation in the US in widely separated parts of the country sent rivers and streams out of their banks, uprooting hundreds of thousands of people, and killing at least ninety people, and wreaked total damages estimated at well over $5 billion.

It implies that the "record precipitation" occurred in "widely separated parts of the country", whereas the question makes it clear that the "record precipitation" was simply "in the US". We are not sure if separate parts of the country had record participation. Secondly, there could also be a parallelism issue with "sent", "uprooting" and "killing". "Uprooting" and "killing" could be considered to be effects of "sent", but since "sent" itself is an effect of "record precipitation", it should also be included in the list of parallel items.

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Experts, daagh AjiteshArun E is grammatically and logically correct too. the basis to select A would be that the original underlined sentences' logical meaning triumphs over other options' logical meaning?

Hi Kriti

Let me attempt to answer your question.

(E), as you say, could be considered to be correct (although there are potential problems there), but there is a clear shift in meaning from the question. (E) states:

1997 was the Year of the Flood, as record precipitation in the US in widely separated parts of the country sent rivers and streams out of their banks, uprooting hundreds of thousands of people, and killing at least ninety people, and wreaked total damages estimated at well over $5 billion.

It implies that the "record precipitation" occurred in "widely separated parts of the country", whereas the question makes it clear that the "record precipitation" was simply "in the US". We are not sure if separate parts of the country had record participation. Secondly, there could also be a parallelism issue with "sent", "uprooting" and "killing". "Uprooting" and "killing" could be considered to be effects of "sent", but since "sent" itself is an effect of "record precipitation", it should also be included in the list of parallel items.

Hope this helps.
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I think meaning of E is fine: rain --> flood --> uprooting & killing
The modifier is off:

1997 was the Year of the Flood, as record precipitation in the US in widely separated parts of the country sent rivers and streams out of their banks, uprooting hundreds of thousands of people, and killing at least ninety people, and wreaked total damages estimated at well over $5 billion.
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1997 was the Year of the Flood, as record precipitation in 15 Apr 2021, 09:02
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Experts , please could you help?
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How do we not know that "killing atleast 90 people" is NOT the result of "uprooted hundreds of thousands of people"

1997 was the Year of the Flood, as record precipitation in the US sent rivers and streams out of their banks in widely separated parts of the country, uprooted hundreds of thousands of people, killed at least ninety people, and wreaked total damages estimated at well over $5 billion.
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Experts , please could you help?
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How do we not know that "killing atleast 90 people" is NOT the result of "uprooted hundreds of thousands of people"

1997 was the Year of the Flood, as record precipitation in the US sent rivers and streams out of their banks in widely separated parts of the country, uprooted hundreds of thousands of people, killed at least ninety people, and wreaked total damages estimated at well over $5 billion.
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"uprooting" and "killing" are different impacts of the heavy precipitation.

"Uprooting" cannot lead to killing. "Uprooting" is losing your house etc. That cannot kill.
Heavy precipitation can kill.

Something like this could work - "...uprooting thousands of people, many of whom died of starvation later ... "
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