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The number of them carrying the Ebola virus will increase as more and more people consume tainted bushmeat, the meat of African wild animals, and come into contact with infected apes.


A. The number of them carrying the Ebola virus will increase as more and more people consume tainted bushmeat, the meat of African wild animals, and come into contact with infected apes.

B. The number of humans carrying the Ebola virus will increase as more and more people had consumed tainted bushmeat, the meat of African wild animals, and have come into contact with infected apes.

C. The number of humans carrying the Ebola virus will increase as more and more people consume tainted bushmeat, the meat of African wild animals, and come into contact with infected apes. --> correct

D. As a number of people consume tainted bushmeat, the meat of African wild animals, and come into contact with infected apes, the number of them carrying the Ebola virus will increase.

E. As more and more people consume tainted bushmeat, the meat of African wild animals, and are coming into contact with infected apes, the number of humans carrying the Ebola virus will increase.
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Shouldnt "The number of humans" be Singular since its "the number"? Here we have treated it as plural.
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