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Because of skyrocketing land costs in recent times and as public transportation facilities in both private and public domains became vastly improved, many middle income people  now switching to suburban localities, which are providing pollution free residential communities at affordable prices.

(A) Because of skyrocketing land costs in recent times and as public transportation facilities in both private and public domains became vastly improved, many middle income people

(B) Because land costs are skyrocketing in recent times and as public transportation facilities in both private and public domains are becoming vastly improved, many middle income people

(C) In recent times, because of land costs skyrocketing and as public transportation facilities in both private and public domains have become vastly improved, many middle income people

(D) While land costs have skyrocketed in recent times and public transportation facilities in both private and public domains have become vastly improved, many middle income people are

(E) With land costs skyrocketing since recent times and with public transportation facilities in both private and public domains becoming vastly improved, many middle income people are

Q#18 SC 19032014

gauravkaushik8591 · Answer

Experts please explain!

IMO E (except the part that 'since recent times' sounds a little ungrammatical)

gmatter0913 · Answer

IMO D for the below reasons.

A. No main verb for the main subject 'many middle income people'. Moreover, I thought using 'because' and 'as' in the same dependent clause of the sentence is wrong.
B. No main verb for the main subject 'many middle income people'. Moreover, I thought using 'because' and 'as' in the same dependent clause of the sentence is wrong.
C. No main verb for the main subject 'many middle income people'. Moreover, I thought using 'because' and 'as' in the same dependent clause of the sentence is wrong.
D. Correct construction
E. Though the construction is fine, I am not very sure if the participle form is conveying the meaning clearly.

Between D and E, I thought D was very clear.

Experts, please help?

gauravkaushik8591 · Answer

D changes the meaning by using the word 'while'. First clause and second clause are causal and not just happening parallely and independently

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gmatter0913 · Answer

I agree with you. Yes D doesn't have causality. Missed it!!
I don't like the sentence E too.

Hope daagh clarifies this?

b2bt · Answer

Please give you explanations in the spoilers. They are very important to us newbies

I am also confused between D and E The structure of D is While XYZ and ABC happened, people are ... The structure of E is With XYZ and ABC happening, people are...

neha24 · Answer

i find this question wrong 
"while" normally introduces either contrast or signifies some events that are happening at the same time .neither is happening in option D

anujag24 · Answer

After POE, answer is D.

Consider the simple meaning analysis to eliminate the choices. The intended meaning of the sentence is contrast between rising land costs and affordable public transportation cost and the reason of sale of residential communities at suburban localities is affordable public transportation cost.

If we use the above meaning analysis, then we can reduce to choice D and E. Choice E lacks the main verb; hence, Choice D is the answer.

Correct me if I am wrong?

PiyushK · Answer

Because of skyrocketing land costs in recent times and as public transportation facilities in both private and public domains became vastly improved, many middle income people now switching to suburban localities, which are providing pollution free residential communities at affordable prices.

(A) 
(subordinate conjunction) Because of skyrocketing land costs in recent times and 
(subordinate conjunction) as public transportation facilities in both private and public domains became vastly improved, 
(Main clause expected ) many middle income people  ( verb is missing for main clause sentence is FRAGMENTED)

(B) 
(subordinate conjunction)Because land costs are skyrocketing in recent times and 
(subordinate conjunction)as public transportation facilities in both private and public domains are becoming vastly improved, 
(Main clause expected ) many middle income people  ( verb is missing for main clause sentence is FRAGMENTED)

(C) In recent times, 
(subordinate conjunction) because of land costs skyrocketing and as public transportation facilities in both private and public domains have become vastly improved, 
(Main clause expected ) many middle income people  ( verb is missing for main clause sentence is FRAGMENTED)

(D) 
(subordinate conjunction) While land costs have skyrocketed in recent times and public transportation facilities in both private and public domains have become vastly improved, 
(Main clause) many middle income people  are (VERB IS PRESENT)   sentence looks ok overall.

(E) 
(Prepositional introductory phrase-1) With land costs skyrocketing since recent times and 
(Prepositional introductory phrase-2) with public transportation facilities in both private and public domains becoming vastly improved, 
(Main clause) many middle income people are  (Meaning error in this option)

With X and With Y, many middle income people are now switching to suburban localities.
With is not appropriate to express a reason; object of prepositional phrase do not belongs to middle income people in option E. Thus, Option D is correct.

mvictor · Answer

(E) With land costs skyrocketing since recent times and with public transportation facilities in both private and public domains  becoming   vastly improved, many middle income people are

this gerund made me go with answer D. It has a correct structure, While X have increased, B are now moving..
cause and effect

daagh · Answer

First of all, the passage was not meant to show ‘cause and effect’, but simultaneity. The ‘while’ was meant to denote ‘at the same time.’

But D does not denote simultaneity in spite of the word ‘while’, because, the middle income people are seen to be switching in a progressive tense, but the simultaneous events of skyrocketing and improving are marked in present perfect tense; this shift of tense is unacceptable and unparallel. D per se is wrong. If D were to be correct, it should be

While land costs are skyrocketing in recent times and public transportation facilities in both private and public domains are becoming vastly improved, many middle income people are…….. Now while may mean both simultaneity and causality

That is the reason E is the best among the choices

The OA is a typo. It should be E.

Swaroopdev · Answer

Hi Daagh,

I choose  D  because when we use 'the recent times' in a sentence it shows the action which happened in the past

Also in this sentence the use of 'recent times' and 'Now' after underlined part shows that the first two actions happened in the past which is continued until a point and now many people are switching to urban cities.

But in the option  E  all three actions are happening at the same time and that kills whole purpose of using both 'Recent times' and 'Now'.

Im relatively new to this so please correct me if I'm wrong.

Regards.

daagh · Answer

Swaroopdev
Hi
‘Recent times’ does not denote past action It denotes that the beginning was in the past but that the action is still on going on . That is the reason that not a past tense verb, but a present perfect has been used in the context in D ; E is still better because, present participles are used in the context, indicating the timelessness of the events, but the present tense of the main clause namely ‘are switching’ finally decides the timing of the events.

rvinodhini · Answer

Mods,

Can you update the OA ..it still shows D... I got this question as part of my daily practice mail today and this could affect my score estimation..

sairam595 · Answer

Hi daagh,

Original Sentence starts with because of (providing some reason)

We need to Preserve meaning of the original sentence unless the original sentence doesn't make sense completely.

How can we go with Choice E, which has complete shift in meaning of original one

arpita1995 · Answer

Hi Daagh, the sentence starts with "because of "- I'm looking for guidance as to how should I interpret that we are not meant to show cause and effect, but simultaenity

Megha274 · Answer

D . skyrocketed, become, improved 
E . skyrocketing, becoming, improved

IMO D (D is more clear)

AstroNut · Answer

ANSWER: E

The confusion is between D and E, even if we ignore the "while" in option D, option D is wrong as it implies that botu events "price increase" and "improvement in transportation" are complete. No further price increase or improvement in transportation would happen which changes the meaning of initial sentence. Option E keeps the meaning intact.

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