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I choose D.
A - Incorrect. Use of 'increase'
B - Incorrect. Too long. Wordy.
C - Incorrect.
E - Incorrect. Use of 'increase'
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Turkey’s economy has grown prodigiously over the past ten years, averaging an annual increase each year that is about eight percent—one of the highest growth rates in the world.

(A) averaging an annual increase each year that is about eight percent
(B) with an annual average each year which is about eight percent
(C) eight percent is what it averages out to each year
(D) with an average annual increase of about eight percent
(E) the average of the annual increase each year is about eight percent


D

all other choices are wordy ( "average an annual increase" )
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Good explanation nakib! OA is D!
I didnt even see the redundancy of annual and each year!! Good one!
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Turkey's economy has grown prodigiously over the past ten years, averaging an annual increase each year that is about eight percent —one of the highest growth rates in the world.

(A) averaging an annual increase each year that is about eight percent

(B) with an annual average each year which is about eight percent

(C) eight percent is what it averages out to each year

(D) with an average annual increase of about eight percent - Correct Meaning & most concise

(E) the average of the annual increase each year is about eight percent - Run on Sentence


Answer D.


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Hi ,
Need help for option A.
if i removed "each year" from option A, then this option may have been considered rt?
A ) averaging an annual increase that is about eight percent
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Turkey's economy has grown prodigiously over the past ten years, averaging an annual increase each year that is about eight percent —one of the highest growth rates in the world.

(A) averaging an annual increase each year that is about eight percent
(B) with an annual average each year which is about eight percent
(C) eight percent is what it averages out to each year
(D) with an average annual increase of about eight percent
(E) the average of the annual increase each year is about eight percent

comma + with (adverbial modifier) = LINK 1 & LINK 2 & LINK 3 & LINK 4 & LINK5 & LINK 6

I choose D. but I still want to say about D
D is best.
with+noun+noun modifier work as adverb, modifying the whole previous sentence. with +increase dose not refer to economy and someperson can say that the meaning is unclear. however, from the context we can infer the reference of "with+increase". moreover, D is best choice which dose not need to be perfect.
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daagh need your help here.

If I remove "each year" from Option A, will it be correct then?
My concern is : Isn't "averaging..." providing more information about the earlier part of the sentence rather than modifying the noun "Turkey's economy"?
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Turkey's economy has grown prodigiously over the past ten years, averaging an annual increase each year that is about eight percent —one of the highest growth rates in the world.

(A) averaging an annual increase each year that is about eight percent
(B) with an annual average each year which is about eight percent
(C) eight percent is what it averages out to each year
(D) with an average annual increase of about eight percent
(E) the average of the annual increase each year is about eight perc
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daagh need your help here.

If I remove "each year" from Option A, will it be correct then?
My concern is : Isn't "averaging..." providing more information about the earlier part of the sentence rather than modifying the noun "Turkey's economy"?

1. If you remove 'each year' from A, perhaps, it is ok grammatically, but still, it suffers in style because 'increase that is of eight percent" is less concise than 'increase of eight percent'.

2. Yes, the adverbial 'comma plus averaging' phrase does modify the subject and its prodigious growth and that is a better than merely referring to the subject alone. If you want to refer to only 'Turkey's economy', then the whole sentence has to be recast as follows.

Quote:
Averaging an annual increase each year that is about eight percent —one of the highest growth rates in the world, Turkey's economy has grown prodigiously over the past ten years--
This is an adjectival modification referring to the subject, but there is no need to split hairs over it.
However, my curiosity is whether there is any great need to tinker with choice A, when D is good enough and much more straight and concise.
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is the use of 'with' in option D 'with an average annual increase of about eight percent' correct ? it seems to imply economy improving 'with' something else in parallel.
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is the use of 'with' in option D 'with an average annual increase of about eight percent' correct ? it seems to imply economy improving 'with' something else in parallel.

Hello Sks0106,

We hope this finds you well.

Having gone through the question and your query, we believe we can help resolve your doubt.

The use of "with" is entirely correct in Option D; in this context, it conveys a sense of ownership or belonging with regards to the subject "Turkey's economy".

We hope this helps.
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ExpertsGlobal5 - Can you pls review my analysis and share your thoughts ?

Turkey's economy has grown prodigiously over the past ten years, averaging an annual increase each year that is about eight percent —one of the highest growth rates in the world.

(A) averaging an annual increase each year that is about eight percent
(B) with an annual average each year which is about eight percent
(C) eight percent is what it averages out to each year
(D) with an average annual increase of about eight percent
(E) the average of the annual increase each year is about eight percent

Option A, B, E are wrong as we have annual and each year, and both are redundant.

Modifier "one of the highest growth rates in the world" should modify 8%;hence, option C is wrong as we have year at the end of the sentence rather than 8%.
We are left with only option D.

In option A, averaging modifies Turkey's economy. is this understanding correct ?
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ExpertsGlobal5 - Can you pls review my analysis and share your thoughts ?

Turkey's economy has grown prodigiously over the past ten years, averaging an annual increase each year that is about eight percent —one of the highest growth rates in the world.

(A) averaging an annual increase each year that is about eight percent
(B) with an annual average each year which is about eight percent
(C) eight percent is what it averages out to each year
(D) with an average annual increase of about eight percent
(E) the average of the annual increase each year is about eight percent

Option A, B, E are wrong as we have annual and each year, and both are redundant.

Modifier "one of the highest growth rates in the world" should modify 8%;hence, option C is wrong as we have year at the end of the sentence rather than 8%.
We are left with only option D.

In option A, averaging modifies Turkey's economy. is this understanding correct ?

Hello PanpaliaAnshul,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, your reasoning is indeed correct, but redundancy is typically not a very solid reason to eliminate an answer choice.

Option B incorrectly uses "which" rather than "that" to refer to information that is vital to the core meaning of the sentence, and Option E joins two independent clauses with a comma rather than a semicolon or a "comma + conjunction" construction.

Only Option A can be eliminated entirely due to redundancy.

We hope this helps.
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Regarding the logic in answer choice (A):

‘Turkey’s economy has grown…….. , averaging an annual increase each year that is about eight percent …..’

The end-clause participial modifier, separated from the rest of the sentence by a (comma), is written with the intent to modify the fact that ‘Turkey’s economy has grown….’ quickly over the past 10 years.

However, from a logical standpoint, perhaps the modifier is a bit imprecise.

While it is true that the logical relationship between a “comma + VERBing” modifier and the preceding clause can not be broken down by looking at an independent clause version, doing so illustrates the potential issue.

*’Turkey’s economic growth has AVERAGED an annual increase of 8%.’

——-> it’s not that Turkey’s “economic growth” or Turkeys “economy” AVERAGED an increase: rather, Turkey’s economy INCREASED at an AVERAGE of 8%.

Perhaps if the participle “increasing” instead of “averaging” were used, the modifier would be a bit more clear.

Other potential errors:
(1) Redundancy: we can use “annual” or “each year” as a modifier of the average annual increase, but not both

(2) Compared with the official answer D, the phrase “an annual increase….that is about 8%” is less concise than the phrase “an average annual increase of about 8%”

(3) Potential Ambiguity regarding the relative pronoun “that”:

‘….., averaging an annual increase EACH YEAR that is about 8%……’

The logical referent noun of ‘that is about 8%’ is ‘annual increase’

However, ‘each year’ is an intervening, adverbial modifier that describes the participle ‘averaging.’

Question: HOW OFTEN does the averaging occur? Each year

In addition to the issue of redundancy, it seems problematic to have ‘each year’ intervene between the relative pronoun and its referent noun.

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