the categorize meaning errors on gmat into 2 kinds.
type 1. easy one. you read only one choice and you see the illogical error immediately
the first star is in summer ( this is from og books)
type 2. hard one. if you read only one choice, you can not realize the illogical meaning. you need to read 2 choices to realize that one meaning is inferior.
remember "type 2, 2 choices).
come back to our problem.
Ms. Chambers is among the forecasters who predict that the rate of addition to arable lands will drop while those of loss rise.
(A) those of loss rise --
(B) it rises for loss --
(C) those of losses rise --
(D) the rate of loss rises --
(E) there are rises for the rate of loss --
reading choice E, we can not find illogical meaning. so, we meet type 2.
reading choice E and D, we see the the inferior.
in choice D, "drop" and "rises" are in contrast.
in choice E, "drop" , and "there are rises" are in contrast. this is inferior.
remember type 2 of meaning error . you can realize this meaning error or inferior meaning only when you compare 2 choices. without comparison , you can not find out inferior meaning.