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B. Wow! a bit tough I guess.

A would have been better with "...makes it less likely that ic will..."
D. "exceeding" is wrong tense. "makes" sd be present for singular subject.
C. is too wordy

long time between B and E. then chose B since various is different thatn variety.

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SC - food industry 29 Aug 2004, 09:11
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E for me.

1st Elimanation criteria .. 'makes' - wrong.
2nd 'To exceed' is the correct usage.
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SC - food industry 29 Aug 2004, 11:31
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The food industry claims that..... and that.....
So, we can eliminate D and E.

In A, it should be ...... makes it less likely that individual consumer will....
So, A can be eliminated.

C corrects the error made by choice A.

So its a toss up between B and C. Although C is wordy, I feel C is the right choice.
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SC - food industry 29 Aug 2004, 15:27
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C -> parallel structure ( that ... and that ....)
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SC - food industry 29 Aug 2004, 20:33
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Went for B and got it wrong. Did not note 'that.. and that' is a parallel.
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SC - food industry 29 Aug 2004, 21:39
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The OA is C. I marked B and here is my doubt.
In the third choice in the ' that the availability of a variety of sweeteners makes it less likely that individual customers wll exceed' - what does 'it' refer to. I wasn't sure of this 'it' and so i felt that B was clear.
Can anyone explain what the 'it' refers to.
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SC - food industry 29 Aug 2004, 23:24
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The OA is C. I marked B and here is my doubt.
In the third choice in the ' that the availability of a variety of sweeteners makes it less likely that individual customers wll exceed' - what does 'it' refer to. I wasn't sure of this 'it' and so i felt that B was clear.
Can anyone explain what the 'it' refers to.
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Hi anuramm, this is a classical case like "It is raining outside" where it refers to nothing.
Standard English allow "it" and "there" without referrent. however, can someone ratify, please ?

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i think it depends if you intend to use it as a pronoun modifying a certain item.
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How can we claim that the food industry intends to claim the two facts with that... and that...Can't it be just one facts. I got B by the way.
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How can we claim that the food industry intends to claim the two facts with that... and that...Can't it be just one facts. I got B by the way.
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Hey Bhai,
Clarification:
for eg.:
(1) he claimed that he was a genius and that he was nominated for the nobel prize,

you could also say:

(2) he claimed that he was a genius and was nominated for the nobel prize

In (1) the underlined part is a result of the italicized part.. This does not hold true for (2) though.

I got C.



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