scheol79 wrote:
Nearly two tons of nuclear-reactor fuel have already been put into orbit around the Earth, and the chances of a collision involving such material increase greatly as the amount of both space debris and satellites continue to rise.
(A) as the amount of both space debris and satellites continue to rise
(B) as the rise continues in both the amount of satellites and space debris
(C) as the amount of space debris and the number of satellites continue to rise
(D) with the continually increasing amount of space debris and the number of satellites
(E) with the amount of space debris continuing to increase along with the number of satellites
(A) as the amount of both space debris and satellites continue to rise - Countable satellites so amount cant refer to satellites.
(B) as the rise continues in both the amount of satellites and space debris - Space debris should have amount and Satellites should have number.
(C) as the amount of space debris and the number of satellites continue to rise - Seems about right.
(D) with the continually increasing amount of space debris and the number of satellites - the list is parallel after "the" - So, continually increasing amount of space debris and the number of satellites are parallel. here, the number of satellites should increase but they do not as continually increasing is not referring to the number of satellites.
(E) with the amount of space debris continuing to increase along with the number of satellites - Along with usually makes one subject primary. Here, along with makes space debris primary whereas in original sentence, the Space debris and number of satellites are equal in importance.
This is what my explanation is. I am trying to find the usages of with which i can refer to. Does anybody has any idea regarding that?