The Namib Desert along the southwest coast of Southern

Question

The Namib Desert along the southwest coast of Southern Africa, and where the cold Antarctic Ocean currents create a steady thermal inversion, is one of the driest regions on earth. 

(A) and where the cold Antarctic Ocean currents create 
(B) and where the cold currents of the Antarctic Ocean creates 
(C) where the cold Antarctic Ocean currents has created 
(D) and an area where the cold Antarctic Ocean currents create 
(E) an area where the cold Antarctic Ocean currents create

banerjeea_98 · Answer

"E" for me....however, "E" makes it sound like "an area" refers to the "Southern Africa" instead of Nambi desert. It is fine ,however, but not sure if that's what the original sentence was meaning.

jpv · Answer

I picked (E) over (C) because in (C), "where" clearly refers to "SA" and thus this choice is wrong.

ywilfred · Answer

create vs creates --> need the plural form since the item creating the steady thermal inversion is the plural currents.

(B) is out.
(C) which uses the present perfect is inappropriate here as we are not comparing two actions with two different times.

Between (A), (D) and (E), (E) lacks the joiner 'and' and this makes the preceding sentence modify 'southwest coast of Southern Africa' appropriately.

E for me.

The Namib Desert along the southwest coast of Southern

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