I choose D.

A. annual increase and each year together is redundant
B. It should have been average annual increase. annual average increase changes the meaning.

C. the use of what it averages out is awkward

E. average annual increase each year.... is redundant.

so D is the correct choice.

A is wrong because "averaging" modifies Turkey's economy. It changes the meaning and should be left out. B is wrong because it is stated the "year which is about eight percent". C and E are wrong because there is no connection between the first and the second clause. They need a connection to give some meaning to the whole sentence. Therefore D must be. The underlined part in D, which is phrase, modifies the main clause of the sentence.

I choose D.
A - Incorrect. Use of 'increase'
B - Incorrect. Too long. Wordy.
C - Incorrect.
E - Incorrect. Use of 'increase'

D

all other choices are wordy ( "average an annual increase" )

Good explanation nakib! OA is D!
I didnt even see the redundancy of annual and each year!! Good one!

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.


Thanks,
GyM
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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

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.

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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Raunaq said:


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.


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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