Cherrapunji, an Indian town situated on the Eastern Himalaya's souther

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Cherrapunji, an Indian town situated on the Eastern Himalaya's southern slopes,  has an average reported rainfall of 450 or even more than 450 inches of rainfall a year, making it one of the wettest places on Earth .

A. has an average reported rainfall of 450 or even more than 450 inches of rainfall a year, making it one of the wettest places on Earth

B. are one of the wettest on Earth with an average reported rainfall of at least 450 inches a year

C. have an average rainfall of at least 450 inches a year, making it one of the wettest places on Earth

D. is one of the wettest places on Earth with an average reported rainfall of at least 450 inches a year

E. has been known to average at least 450 inches of reported rainfall a year, making it one of the wettest places on Earth

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juri01m · Answer

Hello, I managed to narrow it down to A, D & E through S-V agreement.

Any advice on how to spot the correct answer among A, D & E?

Oppenheimer1945 · Answer

A. has an average reported rainfall of 450 or even more than 450 inches of rainfall a year, making it one of the wettest places on Earth
- wordy 
B. are one of the wettest on Earth with an average reported rainfall of at least 450 inches a year
- SV issue
C. have an average rainfall of at least 450 inches a year, making it one of the wettest places on Earth
- SV issue
D. is one of the wettest places on Earth with an average reported rainfall of at least 450 inches a year
- concise
E. has been known to average at least 450 inches of reported rainfall a year, making it one of the wettest places on Earth
- known to average (wierd)

Momsspaghetti · Answer

A. has an average reported rainfall of 450 or even more than 450 inches of rainfall a year,  making it  one of the wettest places on Earth -  making it modifies the subject of the prior sentence .  IT is redundant.

B.  are  one of the wettest on Earth with an average reported rainfall of at least 450 inches a year -  are? SVA

C.  have  an average rainfall of at least 450 inches a year, making it one of the wettest places on Earth -  have? SVA and making it same as A.

D.  is  one of the wettest places on Earth with an average reported rainfall of at least 450 inches a year.  Correct Choice

E.  has been known  to average at least 450 inches of reported rainfall a year,  making it  one of the wettest places on Earth.  Has been wrong tense    and making it same as A.

Sushil117 · Answer

A. has an average reported rainfall of 450 or even more than 450 inches of rainfall a year, making it one of the wettest places on Earth
"450 or even more than 450" is redundant.

B. are one of the wettest on Earth with an average reported rainfall of at least 450 inches a year
While this option removes the redundancy, sva is flawed

C. have an average rainfall of at least 450 inches a year, making it one of the wettest places on Earth
Same as b

D. is one of the wettest places on Earth with an average reported rainfall of at least 450 inches a year
Seems fine

E. has been known to average at least 450 inches of reported rainfall a year, making it one of the wettest places on Earth
Stating a fact requires simple present. No need to say sun has been known to rise in the east or Harry Mquire has been known to be the goat of football
Furthermore, "known to average" sounds more like the town has an active control over the amount of rainfall.
D is stating a fact in simple present.

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DP448AX · Answer

Okay, option D is coincise but, in my opinion, it slightly changes the meaning of the sentence. i think that the core mening is that since it rains 450 inches---> it is one of the wettest places. 
however, option D says that it is one of the wettest places with 450 inches of rain. This means that there may be places with more than 450 inches of rain that are less wet than this.

the quality of this sentence is not high. Indeed i would go with E but it is very weird

Bunuel · Answer

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Cherrapunji, an Indian town situated on the Eastern Himalaya's southern slopes,  has an average reported rainfall of 450 or even more than 450 inches of rainfall a year, making it one of the wettest places on Earth .

A. has an average reported rainfall of 450 or even more than 450 inches of rainfall a year, making it one of the wettest places on Earth

This answer choice is stylisically flawed.  450 or even more than 450  is redundant. Look for a more concise answer choice.

What helps us identify this question as a redundancy question as well as identify this mistake is the following Stop Sign:

x or (even) more than x

B. are one of the wettest on Earth with an average reported rainfall of at least 450 inches a year

Although this answer choice corrects the redundancy of the original sentence, it is grammatically incorrect. The singular subject  Cherrapunji  does not agree with the plural verb  are .

What helps us identify this mistake is the following Stop Sign:

A long, complex subject / A long distance between the subject and the verb

C. have an average rainfall of at least 450 inches a year, making it one of the wettest places on Earth

Although this answer choice corrects the redundancy of the original sentence, it is grammatically incorrect. The singular subject  Cherrapunji  does not agree with the plural verb  have .

What helps us identify this mistake is the following Stop Sign:

A long, complex subject / A long distance between the subject and the verb

D. is one of the wettest places on Earth with an average reported rainfall of at least 450 inches a year

Stylistically, this answer choice is the best of the five answer choices as it is the most concise. This was achieved thanks to a change in sentence structure and the omission of the unnecessary phrase  making it .

E. has been known to average at least 450 inches of reported rainfall a year, making it one of the wettest places on Earth

Although this answer choice corrects the redundancy of the original sentence and is grammatically correct, the addition of the phrase  has been known  to changes the meaning of the original sentence.

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