kiran120680 wrote:
In the year 2016, Maricopa county in Arizona, which includes Phoenix and its suburbs, growing by 222 people a day on average overtaking Harris county in Texas as the county with the highest annual population growth.
A. suburbs, growing by 222 people a day on average overtaking Harris county in Texas as
B. suburbs, grew by 222 people a day on average, overtaking in Texas as Harris county
C. suburbs growing daily on average by 222 people a day and overtaking in Texas as Harris county
D. suburbs, grew by 222 people a day on average, overtaking Harris county in Texas as
E. suburbs grew on average by 222 people a day to overtake in Texas as Harris county
A. suburbs, growing by 222 people a day on average overtaking Harris county in Texas as -
No main verb B. suburbs, grew by 222 people a day on average, overtaking in Texas as Harris county -
if you go by meaning based approach it looks like maricopa county grew by 222 people by overtaking IN Texas , its changing the intended meaning -
Definitely OUTC. suburbs growing daily on average by 222 people a day and overtaking in Texas as Harris county.
same error as B,"overtaking in Texas as Harris county " D. suburbs, grew by 222 people a day on average, overtaking Harris county in Texas as -
CORRECT main verb is present and intended meaning is correctly conveyedE. suburbs grew on average by 222 people a day to overtake in Texas as Harris county[/quote] -
Weird meaning ,
looks like sentence is saying "Maricopa county grew only to overtake Harris county"