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Contrary to earlier assurances, it is likely that increased water pollution as a result of dumping iron off the coast of Antarctica would hasten global warming by poisoning phytoplankton that absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide.

(A) increased water pollution as a result of dumping
(B) increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of
(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of
(D) pollution in the water that increase from dumping
(E) water pollution that increased from dumping


 


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A, D, and E have the wrong meaning because increased pollution is the cause of global warming but D and E state that water pollution is the cause. ELIMINATE

(A) increased water pollution as a result of dumping -' as a result of' is giving the wrong meaning.
(B) increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of -Wordy
(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of -CORRECT
(D) pollution in the water that increase from dumping -Wrong meaning
(E) water pollution that increased from dumping -Wrong meaning


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The correct answer is (C).

The sentence is about the increased water pollution as a result of dumping iron off the coast of Antarctica. The phrase "increased water pollution" is the most concise and accurate way to describe this phenomenon. The other options are either too wordy or inaccurate.

Option A: "increased water pollution as a result of dumping" is the most concise and accurate way to describe this phenomenon.
Option B: "increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of" is too wordy.
Option D: "pollution in the water that increase from dumping" is inaccurate because it does not specify what is increasing.
Option E: "water pollution that increased from dumping" is also inaccurate because it does not specify what is increasing.
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A is the right answer.

It is concise
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Contrary to earlier assurances, it is likely that increased water pollution as a result of dumping iron off the coast of Antarctica would hasten global warming by poisoning phytoplankton that absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide.

(A) increased water pollution as a result of dumping - "as a result" is not the best use here

(B) increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of - meaning issue

(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of - CORRECT

(D) pollution in the water that increase from dumping - "that" is unnecessary

(E) water pollution that increased from dumping - "that" is unnecessary
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Answer A
Contrary to earlier assurances, it is likely that increased water pollution as a result of dumping iron off the coast of Antarctica would hasten global warming by poisoning phytoplankton that absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide.

(A) increased water pollution as a result of dumping
Correct

(B) increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of
increased water pollution is better

(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of
resulting from the dumping is awkward

(D) pollution in the water that increase from dumping
water pollution is better
(E) water pollution that increased from dumping
increased from dumping is weird. increased water pollution is better
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Contrary to earlier assurances, it is likely that increased water pollution as a result of dumping iron off the coast of Antarctica would hasten global warming by poisoning phytoplankton that absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide.

(A) increased water pollution as a result of dumping - Correct
(B) increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of - Incorrect - splitting water pollution reduces clarity and slightly changes the meaning
(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of - Incorrect - use of "the dumping" (noun) is not appropriate in this context
(D) pollution in the water that increase from dumping - Incorrect - splitting water pollution reduces clarity and slightly changes the meaning
(E) water pollution that increased from dumping - Incorrect - only increased water pollution can be connected to the hasten global warming
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(A) increased water pollution as a result of dumping
-Suspected to be incorrect.
Rationale: This option indicates that "dumping iron" is what has caused an increase in water pollution.

(B) increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of
-Suspected to be incorrect.
Rationale: This option indicates that "the dumping of iron" increases pollution.

(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of
-Suspected to be correct.
Rationale: This option explains cause and effect; the dumping of iron off the coast of Antartica results in increased water pollution.

(D) pollution in the water that increase from dumping
-Suspected to be incorrect.
Rationale: The word "increase" should be changed to "increases" to match the subject.

(E) water pollution that increased from dumping
-Suspected to be incorrect.
Rationale: The word "increased" is past tense, which implies that water pollution has already occurred.
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Contrary to earlier assurances, it is likely that increased water pollution as a result of dumping iron off the coast of Antarctica would hasten global warming by poisoning phytoplankton that absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide.

(A) increased water pollution as a result of dumping
Incorrect. 'increased water pollution' acts as a noun and thus 'due to' is preferred to give the reason for the increase. 'As a result of' should not be used here as its preferred when we have to give reason for a clause.

(B) increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of
Incorrect. The action 'increasing' water pollution lacks an agent that is performing an action. Also it doesn't acts as a modifier, so agent is still missing which makes this choice incorrect.

(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of
Correct. 'Increased water pollution' acts as a noun and 'resulting from the dumping....' acts as a modifier. This sentence uses proper sentence construction.

(D) pollution in the water that increase from dumping
Incorrect. 'That' modifies water and thus changes the meaning of the sentence. We need a sentence that says water pollution is increasing, not that just the water is increasing.

(E) water pollution that increased from dumping
Incorrect. This sentence changes the meaning a little bit by suggesting that only the amount of water pollution that was increased would result in something. Restrictive modifier 'that increased from dumping...' is incorrectly placed.
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Contrary to earlier assurances, it is likely that increased water pollution as a result of dumping iron off the coast of Antarctica would hasten global warming by poisoning phytoplankton that absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide.

(A) increased water pollution as a result of dumping
(B) increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of
(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of
(D) pollution in the water that increase from dumping
(E) water pollution that increased from dumping


 


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A. Compare with C, C is clear.
B. resulting from modifies water.
C. Correct
D. that modifies water
E. Altered the original meaning.
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(A) increased water pollution as a result of dumping
Not as good as option C.

(B) increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of
Seems to imply that the dumping resulted in water, rather than water pollution.

(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of
Correct Option

(D) pollution in the water that increase from dumping
Incorrect meaning. Same as Option B.

(E) water pollution that increased from dumping
No cause effect specified.

Answer Option C.
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As a result of dumping of - This is correct form.
Eliminate A,D,E
Between B and C. B is wordy so eliminate.
C is correct.
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Contrary to earlier assurances, it is likely that increased water pollution as a result of dumping iron off the coast of Antarctica would hasten global warming by poisoning phytoplankton that absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide.

(A) increased water pollution as a result of dumping
incorrect - the use of phrase "as a result of" changes the intended meaning. Moreover, option A sounds a bit awkward and wordy compared to option (C).
(B) increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of
incorrect - The gerund phrase "increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of" unnecessarily makes the sentence wordy and less clear.

(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of
Correct - The Verb-ing modifier ‘resulting’ modifies the preceding noun ‘increased water pollution’ and gives the reason for the increase in water pollution.

(D) pollution in the water that increase from dumping
incorrect - the verb "increase" should be in its base form "increases" to agree with "pollution."

(E) water pollution that increased from dumping
incorrect - use of past tense "increased" does not match the present tense of the main verb "is likely."
Answer C
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Contrary to earlier assurances, it is likely that increased water pollution as a result of dumping iron off the coast of Antarctica would hasten global warming by poisoning phytoplankton that absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide.

(A) increased water pollution as a result of dumping
(B) increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of
(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of
(D) pollution in the water that increase from dumping
(E) water pollution that increased from dumping
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dumping (verb) / the dumping (noun) of : both are correct
firstly we can safely rule out D and E because of both meaning and grammar.
D : increase must be in singular form "increases" since possible antecedents (either pollution or water) are in singular.
E : past tense "increased: also wrong since the increase is continuous, not yet stopped.

secondly
as a result of ~ because of
resulting from ~ caused by
either is supposed to be followed by a Noun
=> A out (as a result of dumping, dumping here is a V)

finally, between B,C
(B) increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of
(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of

"increasing pollution in the water" vs "increased water pollution"
I choose C "increased water pollution".
"pollution in the water" is fine but "water pollution" is shorter and better.
more importantly, I think in this sentence we should use "increased" rather than "increasing".
increased is a past participle modifying the noun "water pollution"
increased implies passive. the other activities caused water pollution to increase.
increasing in this case somehow could be misunderstood as either verb or modifier. ambiguous.

answer: C
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(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of

it is the correct usage and giving clear meaning without any ambiguity.
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Sentence: Contrary to earlier assurances, it is likely that increased water pollution as a result of dumping iron off the coast of Antarctica would hasten global warming by poisoning phytoplankton that absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide.

(A) increased water pollution as a result of dumping => Yes this is our ans as I don't see any grammar or meaning issue so we will keep it
(B) increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of => now this changes our meaning. here subject changes from increased water pollution to increasing water pollution which changes the meaning completely so not the ans
(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of => there is very fine line in the meaning between this choice and ans choice. this says that the increased pollution resulting only from dumping would hasten the global .... but thats not the case so not the ans.
(D) pollution in the water that increase from dumping => again only certain selected pollution is the cause of global .. so it changes the meaning so not the ans.
(E) water pollution that increased from dumping => here again it changes from increased water pollution to the water pollution which changes the meaning so not the ans.

hence ans is A
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Contrary to earlier assurances,
it is likely that
increased water pollution as a result of dumping iron off the coast of Antarctica
would hasten global warming
by poisoning phytoplankton
that absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide.

Quote:
(A) increased water pollution as a result of dumping
as a result of dumping is verbose.
Option E is a better choice and is more concise and correct in meaning.

Quote:
(B) increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of
increasing pollution in the water is verbose and incorrect
from the dumping of iron off is verbose and incorrect. Usage of the is incorrect

Quote:
(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of
from the dumping of iron off is verbose and incorrect. Usage of the is incorrect

Quote:
(D) pollution in the water that increase from dumping
Since water pollution is increasing continually. Usage of increased is incorrect in Options A, C & E.
Option D is more concise and correct in meaning than option B.

[quote](E) water pollution that increased from dumping/quote]
water pollution .... would hasten global warming ..... is correct
Concise and correct


IMO D
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Contrary to earlier assurances, it is likely that increased water pollution as a result of dumping iron off the coast of Antarctica would hasten global warming by poisoning phytoplankton that absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide.

(A) increased water pollution as a result of dumping
the increase of Water Pollution is happening in present due to which the global warming in taking place.

(B) increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of
Awkward sentence structure
(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of
Past tense of increase is wonrg
(D) pollution in the water that increase from dumping
Correct choice with the clear meaning conveyed.

(E) water pollution that increased from dumping
Again meaning choice and past tense usage of increase.
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Contrary to earlier assurances, it is likely that increased water pollution as a result of dumping iron off the coast of Antarctica would hasten global warming by poisoning phytoplankton that absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide.

(A) increased water pollution as a result of dumping - increased water pollution would hasten global warming , as a results of an action -> sounds ok, keep it
(B) increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of - resulting from incorrectly modifies water,, as a result is more concise than resulting from resulting
(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of - dumping of iron off -> not precise
(D) pollution in the water that increase from dumping - that increase incorrectly modifies water
(E) water pollution that increased from dumping - did the iron increased the water pollution or whether the result of dumping increased the water pollution

Answer : A
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(A) "increased water pollution as a result of dumping" is not incorrect grammatically, but it lacks clarity in describing the cause and effect relationship between dumping iron off the coast of Antarctica and the resulting increased water pollution. This choice establishes that the water pollution has already increased, which is not the case.

(B) "increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of" suffers from awkward phrasing and redundancy. "increasing pollution" is unnecessary, and it disrupts the flow of the sentence.

(C) "increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of" maintains the clarity, cause-and-effect relationship, and grammatical correctness required to make the sentence accurate and coherent. Hence correct choice

(D) "pollution in the water that increase from dumping" has subject-verb agreement issues. The correct form should be "pollution that increases" instead of "pollution that increase."

(E) "water pollution that increased from dumping" is not the best choice because it suggests that water pollution already increased and does not convey the cause-and-effect relationship with the dumping of iron off the coast of Antarctica.
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Contrary to earlier assurances, it is likely that increased water pollution as a result of dumping iron off the coast of Antarctica would hasten global warming by poisoning phytoplankton that absorb large quantities of carbon dioxide.

(A) increased water pollution as a result of dumping
(B) increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of
(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of
(D) pollution in the water that increase from dumping
(E) water pollution that increased from dumping

Explanation:
The original underlined sentence looks grammatically correct except for the concise and precise sentence structure. 'As a result of dumping' is not very precise way to convey the intended meaning of the sentence. However, we can keep this choice to analyze with rest of the options.

(A) increased water pollution as a result of dumping
Keep this option for now.

(B) increasing pollution in the water resulting from the dumping of
This choice changes the structure and wording of the original phrase. The original phrase 'increased water pollution,' clearly conveys that the pollution levels have gone up as a result of the dumping of iron while this choice uses 'increasing pollution,' which suggests that pollution levels are in the process of increasing but have not yet reached their peak. INCORRECT

(C) increased water pollution resulting from the dumping of
This option conveys the meaning correctly and verb tense used is also correct. Overall this is a better choice than option A. CORRECT

(D) pollution in the water that increase from dumping
The sentence structure and verb tense are incorrect here. The intended meaning is also changed in this choice. the use of 'pollution in the water that increase' conveys the information that out of different types of pollution in the water, the one that increased from dumping iron is being discussed here. INCORRECT

(E) water pollution that increased from dumping
The use of the phrase "that increased," changes the intended meaning of the original sentence. This choice doesn't talk about the current level of water pollution as intended by the original sentence i.e. increased water pollution. INCORRECT

Option C is the correct answer
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