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In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the [#permalink] New post   11 Dec 2006, 17:08
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In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the world’s leading exporter of honey,
with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going to the
United States.

A. with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going

B. with the sale of nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it
that goes

C. with the sale to foreign markets of nearly 90,000 tons a year, with almost half of it
going

D. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it goes

E. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, with almost half going

Please do no just answer, explain your reasoning



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Re: In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the [#permalink] New post   11 Dec 2006, 17:46
C... misplaced modifier... 90000 should be close to almost half of it...
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Re: In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the [#permalink] New post   11 Dec 2006, 19:01
anindyat wrote:
Why not E ?
I think "selling" is required.


Absolutely...

You need a participle phrase (which is the -ing form)

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Re: In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the [#permalink] New post   11 Dec 2006, 20:41
E. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, with almost half going

1. Subordinate clause that provides additional information about Argentina's world position in honey exports.
2. Parallelism: selling - going
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Re: In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the [#permalink] New post   11 Dec 2006, 20:59
In the entire sentence, I could not find a subordinate clause. Part that is joined by "selling" is a participle modifying the subject of the sentence - Argentina. A clause is a group of related words containing a subject and a verb. Subordination involves turning one of the clauses into a subordinate element through the use of a Subordinating Conjunction (athough, because etc) or a Relative Pronoun (who, which etc)

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Re: In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 11 Dec 2006, 21:08
Swagatalakshmi wrote:
In the entire sentence, I could not find a subordinate clause. Part that is joined by "selling" is a participle modifying the subject of the sentence - Argentina. A clause is a group of related words containing a subject and a verb. Subordination involves turning one of the clauses into a subordinate element through the use of a Subordinating Conjunction (athough, because etc) or a Relative Pronoun (who, which etc)

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I stand corrected on the 'clause'. As you explained, it is not a clause, but a participal phrase. But the phrase is subordinate nonetheless as it adds additional information regarding Argentina's position. Refer the Manhattan SC guide (Chapter on parallelism).

Originally posted by kripalkavi on 11 Dec 2006, 21:01.
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Re: In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the [#permalink] New post   11 Dec 2006, 21:06
kripalkavi wrote:
Swagatalakshmi wrote:
In the entire sentence, I could not find a subordinate clause. Part that is joined by "selling" is a participle modifying the subject of the sentence - Argentina. A clause is a group of related words containing a subject and a verb. Subordination involves turning one of the clauses into a subordinate element through the use of a Subordinating Conjunction (athough, because etc) or a Relative Pronoun (who, which etc)

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Refer the Manhattan SC guide (Chapter on parallelism).


No thanks - Manhattan guide is not a grammar book. Refer to any standard grammar book for definition of a clause and the rules of subordination.
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Re: In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the [#permalink] New post   12 Dec 2006, 03:08
Go for E

a - incorrect tenses - sold, going

b,c - wordy - with the sale of

d - incorrect tenses - selling, goes
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Re: In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the [#permalink] New post   13 Dec 2006, 02:50
E looks best for me, but shouldn't there be an it at the end?

"Half of what?", GMAC might ask.



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