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The non underlined portion “higher” makes the modification clear. Pollution logically will decrease visibility. One can infer then, that “which” is modifying “lower rate(s)” and not “pollution”.

A and C are eliminate for the use of “are” (plural verb) for the subject “night sky”.

D and E - the SV agreement is not there. “Lower rates” and “makes” and “lower rate” / “make”.

Only B has the correct SV agreement.

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The night sky in most Indian villages are clearer due to lower rates of pollution, which makes the visibility of stars higher.

A. Indian villages are clearer due to lower rates of pollution, which makes the visibility

B. Indian villages is clearer due to lower rates of pollution, which make the visibility

C. Indian villages are clearer due to lower rate of pollution, which makes the visibility

D. Indian villages is clearer due to lower rate of pollution, which make the visibility

E. Indian villages is clearer due to lower rates of pollution, which makes the visibility

I picked E because I thought that "which makes..." modifies "The night sky...is clearer" (clear night sky -> high star visibility)

Could someone explain to me why my thinking is wrong from a grammatical point of view?

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The night sky in most Indian villages are clearer due to lower rates of pollution, which makes the visibility of stars higher.

A. Indian villages are clearer due to lower rates of pollution, which makes the visibility

B. Indian villages is clearer due to lower rates of pollution, which make the visibility

C. Indian villages are clearer due to lower rate of pollution, which makes the visibility

D. Indian villages is clearer due to lower rate of pollution, which make the visibility

E. Indian villages is clearer due to lower rates of pollution, which makes the visibility

I picked E because I thought that "which makes..." modifies "The night sky...is clearer" (clear night sky -> high star visibility)

Could someone explain to me why my thinking is wrong from a grammatical point of view?

Thanks a lot!

The issue is not with the which makes but with the subject verb agreement

we have rates of pollution as the subject (plural) so the verb should be plural so make (plural)

rates make (both plural)
rate makes (both singular)

so E is incorrect

As you see

night sky is clearer (so A and C is incorrect)
subject verb - rates make or rate makes

D has rate make
E has rates makes

so both are incorrect

it would take about 10-15 seconds to realize B is the answer

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The night sky in most Indian villages are clearer due to lower rates of pollution, which makes the visibility of stars higher.

A. Indian villages are clearer due to lower rates of pollution, which makes the visibility

B. Indian villages is clearer due to lower rates of pollution, which make the visibility

C. Indian villages are clearer due to lower rate of pollution, which makes the visibility

D. Indian villages is clearer due to lower rate of pollution, which make the visibility

E. Indian villages is clearer due to lower rates of pollution, which makes the visibility

I picked E because I thought that "which makes..." modifies "The night sky...is clearer" (clear night sky -> high star visibility)

Could someone explain to me why my thinking is wrong from a grammatical point of view?

Thanks a lot!

Which cannot modify a clause. It modifies the nearest noun (pollution) or the head of the noun phrase (rate of pollution) in this case. To modify a clause, you need present participle modifier (-infra modifier)

Rest, E has a SV error as detailed in the prior post. Hence E is incorrect.

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Is “due to” used correctly in this sentence?

Any opinions would be great.

Hmm, I haven’t bothered AndrewN in a while lol.

What are your thoughts? Is “because of” the right choice instead of “due to”?

It seems like the “night sky” is not “due to” the lower rates of pollution.

The night sky is clear because of the lower rates of pollution.

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Is “due to” used correctly in this sentence?

Any opinions would be great.

Hmm, I haven’t bothered AndrewN in a while lol.

What are your thoughts? Is “because of” the right choice instead of “due to”?

It seems like the “night sky” is not “due to” the lower rates of pollution.

The night sky is clear because of the lower rates of pollution.

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Good catch, Fdambro294. The sentence should indeed use because of, for the very reason you outlined. Due to should modify a noun, not a clause. For further reading on the topic, I like to suggest this excellent e-GMAT article. (I have linked to it in several of my posts.)

Thank you for thinking to ask me.

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Is “due to” used correctly in this sentence?

Any opinions would be great.

Hmm, I haven’t bothered AndrewN in a while lol.

What are your thoughts? Is “because of” the right choice instead of “due to”?

It seems like the “night sky” is not “due to” the lower rates of pollution.

The night sky is clear because of the lower rates of pollution.

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exactly what I was thinking. Can we ask the moderators to change this question? I t does not have a source yet.
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Is “due to” used correctly in this sentence?

Any opinions would be great.

Hmm, I haven’t bothered AndrewN in a while lol.

What are your thoughts? Is “because of” the right choice instead of “due to”?

It seems like the “night sky” is not “due to” the lower rates of pollution.

The night sky is clear because of the lower rates of pollution.

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exactly what I was thinking. Can we ask the moderators to change this question? I t does not have a source yet.

The question is already tagged as Source - others

What change would you further recommend?
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The night sky in most Indian villages are clearer due to lower rates of pollution, which makes the visibility of stars higher.

A. Indian villages are clearer due to lower rates of pollution, which makes the visibility

B. Indian villages is clearer due to lower rates of pollution, which make the visibility

C. Indian villages are clearer due to lower rate of pollution, which makes the visibility

D. Indian villages is clearer due to lower rate of pollution, which make the visibility
Subject-2 changed to Singular (Lower rate)

E. Indian villages is clearer due to lower rates of pollution, which makes the visibility

There are two S-V pairs.
Subject-1: The night sky - Singular
Subject-2: Lower rates - Plural
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