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Contrary to popular opinion, it may be that increasing fatal automobile accidents as a result of producing faster cars would be beneficial to society at large.

(A) increasing fatal automobile accidents as a result of producing
(B) increased fatal automobile accidents resulting from the production of
(C) increasing fatal accidents in automobiles resulting from the production of
(D) fatal automobile accidents that had increased from producing
(E) fatal automobile accidents that increased from producing
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Originally posted by er.arun88 on 12 May 2017, 07:37.
Last edited by abhimahna on 22 Jul 2017, 02:58, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Contrary to popular opinion, it may be that increasing fatal [#permalink] New post   12 May 2017, 09:20
er.arun88 wrote:
Can some help me in this:

Contrary to popular opinion, it may be that increasing fatal automobile accidents
as a result of producing faster cars would be beneficial to society at large.


(A) increasing fatal automobile accidents as a result of producing
(B) increased fatal automobile accidents resulting from the production of
(C) increasing fatal accidents in automobiles resulting from the production of
(D) fatal automobile accidents that had increased from producing
(E) fatal automobile accidents that increased from producing



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Hi,
A) Incorrect usage of 'increasing'
C) 'In Automobiles' is awkward in meaning
D) Incorrect Usage of 'Had'
E) Doesn't reflect the cause effect relationship properly
B) Is the best choice
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Re: Contrary to popular opinion, it may be that increasing fatal [#permalink] New post   12 May 2017, 10:20
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Options D and E are a straight no.

There are two words that need our attention.
1) Increasing vs Increased
2) producing vs production of

1) Increasing vs increased : because of the word would in the non underlined part of the sentence, we need the past tense Increased.
Removing the fluff, we have increased fatal automobile accidents...would be beneficial to society at large

2) producing vs production of
We do not need the verb, producing. So it would be appropriate to use production of.

Option C changes the meaning. Increasing fatal accidents in automobiles : for some reason there is an increase in accidents inside an automobile.

Hence, option B.
Please correct me if I am wrong.

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Re: Contrary to popular opinion, it may be that increasing fatal [#permalink] New post   13 May 2017, 01:41
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Contrary to popular opinion, it may be that increasing fatal automobile accidents
as a result of producing faster cars would be beneficial to society at large.


(A) increasing fatal automobile accidents as a result of producing (Use of increasing is wrong because would is used in the sentence)
(B) increased fatal automobile accidents resulting from the production of (Correct)
(C) increasing fatal accidents in automobiles resulting from the production of (Same as A)
(D) fatal automobile accidents that had increased from producing (Usage of past perfect is wrong)
(E) fatal automobile accidents that increased from producing (Sentence does not show the cause of fatal automobile accidents)

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Re: Contrary to popular opinion, it may be that increasing fatal [#permalink] New post   26 May 2017, 12:53
As a result of production of faster cars is the correct expression instead of 'producing faster cars'
So eliminate all except B and C
C can be eliminated because of the changed meaning of the expression- increasing fatal accidents in automobiles, it doesn't mean the same as 'increased fatal automobile accidents '
The former expression can imply electrical issues or engine issues.

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Re: Contrary to popular opinion, it may be that increasing fatal [#permalink] New post   18 Jul 2017, 07:43
Hey y'all,

Can someone please explain me, How " increased fatal automobile accidents" (which sounds like participial phrase out in the nowhere) is the subject of "that" clause in option B

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Re: Contrary to popular opinion, it may be that increasing fatal [#permalink] New post   22 Jul 2017, 01:41
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Hey y'all,

Can someone please explain me, How " increased fatal automobile accidents" (which sounds like participial phrase out in the nowhere) is the subject of "that" clause in option B

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Hi MadaraU,

Meaning -
May be the fact is that XYZ would be PQR
this fact is contrary to opinion

Following sentence is that fact:

subject (increasing fatal automobile accidents resulting from the production of faster cars)
Verb (would be)
object (beneficial to society at large)

Break down the subject:

NOUN - Accidents
which accidents? - Automobile
of what kind? - increasing & fatal
which accidents? - those accidents that result from the production of faster cars

Hope this makes sense now :)
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Re: Contrary to popular opinion, it may be that increasing fatal [#permalink] New post   08 Oct 2017, 15:20
er.arun88 wrote:
Contrary to popular opinion, it may be that increasing fatal automobile accidents as a result of producing faster cars would be beneficial to society at large.

(A) increasing fatal automobile accidents as a result of producing
(B) increased fatal automobile accidents resulting from the production of
(C) increasing fatal accidents in automobiles resulting from the production of
(D) fatal automobile accidents that had increased from producing
(E) fatal automobile accidents that increased from producing



Hi egmat

I am having difficulty understanding the meaning of this sentence, specially the use of "would be" in this context.
Also
In this sentence is "increased" used as a participial or a verb?

Could you please provide your wonderful analytical approach for this question?

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Re: Contrary to popular opinion, it may be that increasing fatal [#permalink] New post   09 Oct 2017, 09:28
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er.arun88 wrote:
Can some help me in this:

Contrary to popular opinion, it may be that increasing fatal automobile accidents
as a result of producing faster cars would be beneficial to society at large.

(A) increasing fatal automobile accidents as a result of producing
(B) increased fatal automobile accidents resulting from the production of
(C) increasing fatal accidents in automobiles resulting from the production of
(D) fatal automobile accidents that had increased from producing
(E) fatal automobile accidents that increased from producing

Kudos please if you find the post useful :wink:


Hi,
A) Incorrect usage of 'increasing'
C) 'In Automobiles' is awkward in meaning
D) Incorrect Usage of 'Had'
E) Doesn't reflect the cause effect relationship properly
B) Is the best choice


B is the correct answer

we need -ed modifier here so increased is the right word
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Re: Contrary to popular opinion, it may be that increasing fatal [#permalink] New post   17 Sep 2018, 00:51
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er.arun88 wrote:
Contrary to popular opinion, it may be that increasing fatal automobile accidents as a result of producing faster cars would be beneficial to society at large.

(A) increasing fatal automobile accidents as a result of producing
(B) increased fatal automobile accidents resulting from the production of
(C) increasing fatal accidents in automobiles resulting from the production of
(D) fatal automobile accidents that had increased from producing
(E) fatal automobile accidents that increased from producing


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D and E incorrectly use the past and past perfect tenses, implying that the increase has occurred and is finished. The sentence as written implies that an increase may continue to occur. Choices A and C imply a degree of conscious agency which is inappropriate for the sentence. They imply that someone or something may quite deliberately increase fatal accidents. Choice B is the correct answer.
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