Vaishali2004 wrote:
Can someone please help me understand how can deer population have expanses of green suburban neighborhoods?
And, based on option D can't we infer that there are no natural predators in New Jersey for deer population?
In the correct version, "with" is used to communicate the meaning "because there are."
So, "With no natural predators and with expanses of green suburban neighborhoods where there is no hunting, the deer population in New Jersey, wildlife officials estimate, has grown ..." means, essentially, "Because there are no natural predators and there are expanses of green suburban neighborhoods where there is no hunting, the deer population in New Jersey, wildlife officials estimate, has grown ...."
Regarding (D), yes, "without natural predators ... the deer population ... has grown" does an OK job of communicating that, since there are no natural predators the deer population has grown. However, "Without natural predators and no hunting allowed" seems to communicate the illogical meaning "Without natural predators and (without) no hunting allowed."
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