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The expedition did not enter the water-filled clearing because it believed that  to do it endangers  the rare Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

A. to do it endangers
B. doing it endangers
C. to do this would endanger
D. doing so would endanger
E. to do it would endanger

daagh · Accepted Answer

The expedition did not enter the water-filled clearing because it believed that  to do it endangers  the rare Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

A. to do it endangers --  1. Can't use present tense for endanger. 2. No precise referent for 'it'. 
 
B. doing it endangers --  same objections as for A. 
 
C. to do this would endanger --  use of the dangling demonstrative pronoun 'this' is faulty. 
 
D. doing so would endanger - the best choice 
 
E. to do it would endanger --  No precise referent for the pronoun 'it'. 
 
 Nice question that pinpoints the difference among 'it', 'this', and 'so'.

nishthagupta · Answer

Tested Topic: DO it VS Do so

Here, we need do so because need to refer back to the verb. Ans:d

ArtVandaley · Answer

Clear D.

Here in all option choices except d, it or this is used to refer to the action of entering.

A pronoun can't represent action.

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DavidTutorexamPAL · Answer

answer D: doing so would endanger 
this is the correct idiom

unraveled · Answer

The expedition did not enter the water-filled clearing because it believed that  to do it endangers  the rare Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

The expedition believed in something that entering the water filled clearing would endanger the Spanish moss. So the sentence is an if-then construction of simple past – simple past/would verb type.

A. to do it endangers – WRONG. Simple present is wrong. ‘To do’ is another wrong construction.
B. doing it endangers - – WRONG. Simple present is wrong.
C. to do this would endanger – WRONG. ‘To do’ is wrong construction.
D. doing so would endanger – CORRECT. The “would + verb” construction is properly used.
E. to do it would endanger - – WRONG. ‘To do’ is wrong construction.

Answer (D).

prasunsaha3434 · Answer

D.

'Doing so' is the correct idiom to apply here.

Prasannathawait · Answer

IMO it's D. 
Because Doing so correctly matches with the action of not entering the expedition.

The expedition did not enter the water-filled clearing because it believed that to do it endangers the rare Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

D. doing so would endanger

anirudh1993 · Answer

The expedition did not enter the water-filled clearing because it believed that to do it endangers the rare Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

A. to do it endangers
B. doing it endangers
C. to do this would endanger
 D. doing so would endanger 
E. to do it would endanger

D sounds right.

Bunuel · Answer

Official Explanation

Correct Answer: D

The best answer is D. Choice D appropriately used the adverb so to refer back to the verb accord

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