In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the

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In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the worldâ€™s leading exporter of honey,  with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going  to the United States.

A. with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going
B. with the sale of nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it that goes
C. with the sale to foreign markets of nearly 90,000 tons a year, with almost half of it going
D. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it goes
E. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, with almost half going

SimaQ · Answer

C for me....

A)  ...to foreign markets, almost half of which going 
B)  ...to foreign markets, and almost half of it that goes 
D)  ...to foreign markets, and almost half of it goes 
E)  ...to foreign markets, with almost half going 

C)  .... of nearly 90,000 tons a year, with almost half of it going   Clear referent ....

laxieqv · Answer

a quite confusing one ....
I scale down to B and C coz they have sufficient antecedent of "it" which is "the sale" ..
C somehow sounds better ...B would be better if it used "half of it going"

I prefer C.

laxieqv · Answer

I would go for E if it said "almost half of it going " ...

ugo_castelo · Answer

between D and E. cause participial phrase "selling.." is better to describe the subject "Argentina". 

I pick "D"

OA please

anandsebastin · Answer

You're right, laxieqv, but still the wording in C still doesn't jive with me - " with the sale to foreign markets of nearly 90,000 tons a year, with  almost half of it going"

laxieqv · Answer

It doesn't sound euphonious to me as well ....that's why i was tentative ....but if not C ..then to which "it" refers?!!

asaf · Answer

Better choices: D & E.
E sounds better to me. So, E.

GMATT73 · Answer

Laxie, C is passive and wordy. (E) stands here because of the succint active phrasing and the implied use of "it." euphonious... hmm, sounds like somebody is studying up on GRE vocab :wink:

ivymba · Answer

Going with E 


"with the sale to foreign markets of" is wordy and like GMAT73 mentioned passive.

SimaQ · Answer

I did not choose E, because E means that half of foreign markets go to USA? What does that mean?.... 

Half of the markets of countries around the world go to USA?


I still stand for C

kripalkavi · Answer

A. with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going  - which going is akward. OUT 
B. with the sale of nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it that goes  - that is extra. OUT 
C. with the sale to foreign markets of nearly 90,000 tons a year, with almost half of it going  - should be  sale of nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets . OUT 
D. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it goes  - not parallel. Selling - goes. OUT 
E. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, with almost half going  - right by POE

SimaQ · Answer

Yes.... in C  foreign markets of nearly 90,000 tons a year  distorts the meaning of the sentence..... yeah then E should be correct....

jerrywu · Answer

OA is E

In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the

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