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More than 2.6 million cubic yards of PCB-contaminated sediment have now been dredged from the bed of the Hudson River, and the chances of people being sickened by the chemicals decrease daily as the amount of both tainted soil and industrial polluters continue to drop.
A) as the amount of both tainted soil and industrial polluters continue to drop
B) as the drop continues in both the amount of industrial polluters and tainted soil
C) as the amount of tainted soil and the number of industrial polluters continue to drop
D) with the continually decreasing amount of tainted soil and the number of industrial polluters
E) with the amount of tainted soil continuing to decrease along with the number of industrial polluters
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(C) for me. Time taken 01:00.
Between "as" versus "with", I believe that the usage of "as" is more apt here, because "as" here presents the "reason" for the decrease in chances for people being sick. "With" here is correct. "With phrase" can either act as an adjectival modifier or an adverbial modifier, it does not seem to be doing either here. So, we can drop (D) and (E) in a single strike.
Between (A), (B), and (C): (A) and (B) "amount" is used to depict the "number of polluters", which is a countable number. "Amount" is used for uncountable nouns. You don't say: I have a huge amount of pencils. You say, I have a many pencils/a number of pencils.
Only (C) clears that distortion by placing "the number of" before "industrial polluters". Thus, the correct choice in my opinion. Let's wait for the OA.
Between "as" versus "with", I believe that the usage of "as" is more apt here, because "as" here presents the "reason" for the decrease in chances for people being sick. "With" here is correct. "With phrase" can either act as an adjectival modifier or an adverbial modifier, it does not seem to be doing either here. So, we can drop (D) and (E) in a single strike.
Between (A), (B), and (C): (A) and (B) "amount" is used to depict the "number of polluters", which is a countable number. "Amount" is used for uncountable nouns. You don't say: I have a huge amount of pencils. You say, I have a many pencils/a number of pencils.
Only (C) clears that distortion by placing "the number of" before "industrial polluters". Thus, the correct choice in my opinion. Let's wait for the OA.
