With nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles and 35.8 per cent of plas

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2.  With nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles and 35.8 per cent of plastic mass, the North Pacific Ocean is the most polluted ocean in the world.

A. With nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles and 35.8 per cent of plastic mass, the North Pacific Ocean is the most polluted ocean in the world.
B. The North Pacific Ocean is the most polluted ocean in the world with nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles and 35.8 per cent of plastic mass,
C. With nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles along with 35.8 per cent of plastic mass, North Pacific Ocean is the most polluted ocean in the world
D. With nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles and 35.8 per cent of plastic mass, the North Pacific Ocean constitutes as the more polluted ocean in the world
E. The North Pacific Ocean is the most polluted ocean in the world, it containing nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles and 35.8 per cent of plastic mass

Konstantin1983 · Accepted Answer

With nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles and 35.8 per cent of plastic mass  - this refers to North Pacific Ocean, whereas in B the same info refers to the "world" making sentence meaningless.Hence A is a correct one. I hope it is clear

chetan2u · Answer

C. With nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles along with 35.8 per cent of plastic mass, North Pacific Ocean is the most polluted ocean in the world
hi,
if I write   I, along with my friends,went to market.. here my friends modifies 'I' and is nonessential info... 
similarily in this sentence first it will modify plastic particles .. and most importantly requires comma and makes 35.8%of plastic mass' non essential info..
therefore C is wrong...
hope it helps

scofield1521 · Answer

B says: The North Pacific Ocean is the most polluted ocean in the world with nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles and 35.8 per cent of plastic mass, I says ocean is made up of 38 per cent of plastic particles and 35.8 per cent of plastic mass - that changes the meaning!! I hope it helps! :ninja

miro · Answer

How is the meaning different from Option A. If I am reading this correctly, Option A is suggesting the same thing.

miro · Answer

What is the source?

I found a link to the article written two days ago from where the original statement is taken.

jugglerG2 · Answer

In option B, plastic content % ambiguously refers to 'world' hence IMO best answer should be A.

vishwaprakash · Answer

With nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles and 35.8 per cent of plastic mass, the North Pacific Ocean is the most polluted ocean in the world.

Analysis of original Statement :

"With nearly .... ","North Pacific ocean is ....
With phrase correctly modifying North pacific ocean.

No errors

POE.
A. With nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles and 35.8 per cent of plastic mass, the North Pacific Ocean is the most polluted ocean in the world.

B. The North Pacific Ocean is the most polluted ocean in the world with nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles and 35.8 per cent of plastic mass,
Incorrect - Meaning is daunted , percentage seems to modify World.

C. With nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles along with 35.8 per cent of plastic mass, North Pacific Ocean is the most polluted ocean in the world
Incorrect - Repeated "With". Meaning changed

D. With nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles and 35.8 per cent of plastic mass, the North Pacific Ocean constitutes as the more polluted ocean in the world
Incorrect : "the North Pacific Ocean constitutes as the more polluted ocean in the world"

E. The North Pacific Ocean is the most polluted ocean in the world, it containing nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles and 35.8 per cent of plastic mass
Incorrect "Connection error"

apoorv601 · Answer

A
A. With nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles and 35.8 per cent of plastic mass, the North Pacific Ocean is the most polluted ocean in the world. -   with modifies the whole second clause 
B. The North Pacific Ocean is the most polluted ocean in the world with nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles and 35.8 per cent of plastic mass,   With modifies only "world"--there should be a comma before with  
C. With nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles along with 35.8 per cent of plastic mass, North Pacific Ocean is the most polluted ocean in the world -  Repeat with not correct  
D. With nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles and 35.8 per cent of plastic mass, the North Pacific Ocean constitutes as the more polluted ocean in the world   constitutes is used incorrectly 
E. The North Pacific Ocean is the most polluted ocean in the world, it containing nearly 38 per cent of plastic particles and 35.8 per cent of plastic mass   no connection with subject

arnabs · Answer

Hi,
does "along with" always have to be preceded by a comma??

oishik · Answer

In C it is 'NP ocean', it should be 'the NP ocean'
so A is a better choice

sarthaknav · Answer

I don't think  NP ocean  is incorrect.
 NP ocean  vs.  the NP ocean  - this is not a typical GMAT error
The reason for elimination of C is the use of  along with

Apples along with mangoes  - CORRECT
 With Apples along with Mangoes  - INCORRECT

thangvietname · Answer

e is wrong because "it" is unclear pronoun. 
it can not refer to the subject of previous clause.

very hard to realize this point

rsaahil90 · Answer

Hello,

Can you please elaborate on how the "with" phrase modifies the entire clause.

Thanks

GMATINSECT · Answer

BY POE 
I came down to A & C , Eliminated C because of "along" .Then it was A for me.

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