12345678 wrote:
OA is E..
thanks eileen1017 got my mistake...
@bkk
even E has 'has remained' instead of 'having'. den acc to u even E shud b wrong so how come u select E??
Dear 1234, BKK makes a splendid point. There's a fundamental difference in the way that the choices D and E are constructed.
In D, disregarding the SV agreement problem for a moment (it should be economies to match the plural subjects comprising Britain, Germany, France) -- if you just concentrate on the prepositional phrase -
For the last five years the Dutch economy has grown faster than the economy of Britain, France, and Germany, with the unemployment rate that has remained well below that of the other three countries.
---> This suggests that - the Dutch economy
has grown faster than (the economy... Germany),
with the unemployment rate that has remained well below that of the other three countries.
In other words - it has grown faster with a certain TYPE of unemployment rate that has remained below etc... this produces an illogical and absurd meaning.
For the last five years the Dutch economy has grown faster than the economy of Britain, France, and Germany, with the unemployment rate REMAINING well below that of the other three countries.
The participle REMAINING on the other hand makes it clear that --- the REASON why the Dutch economy has grown faster is that the unemployment rate has remained below .... with the unemployment rate REMAININIG well below etc...
D. the economy of Britain, France, and Germany, with the unemployment rate that has remained
E. the economies of Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has remained