Advanced SC doc Q22
Hi Amit,
‘Possible’ in non-underline stmt … and may in underline stmt … – its shows redundancy…. So Option A, B and C is out……
Option D: parallelism problem… Melting of polar ice caps and seal level that are rising…
Melting (Gerund) noun in +ing form…. where as rising is verb… so not parallel…
Option E: Correct… Melting of (noun)…… and a rise in (noun)….
Note that the part “the gradual warming…climate” is between commas, so it can be dropped and we can read remaining sentence.
Here is a quick way to differentiate between a gerund and a participle.
While I agree to the redundancy and the parallelism problens states in A,B,C and D, I also found the meaning of the sentence in D is distorted.
Conseqeunces include melting the (polar ice caps and sea levels that are rising)..Melting the sea levels that are rising is nonsensical.
Please correct me IF I am wrong!
B. may include the melting of polar ice caps and the rising sea level
melting(noun)
Technically, a verb+ing form is either a gerund (Something that acts as a Noun) or a participle (Verb form). Hence a verb+ing can function as a verb only if it is attached to another auxilliary verb (was / is / have).
Possible long-term consequences of the “greenhouse effect,†the gradual warming of the Earth’s climate, may include melting the polar ice caps and a rising sea level.
A. may include melting the polar ice caps and a rising sea level
B. may include the melting of polar ice caps and the rising sea level
C. may include polar ice caps that are melting and sea levels that are rising
D. include melting the polar ice caps and sea levels that are rising
E. include melting of the polar ice caps and a rise in sea level
Possible long-term consequences of the “greenhouse effect,†the gradual warming of the Earth’s climate, may include melting the polar ice caps and a rising sea level.
A. may include melting the polar ice caps and a rising sea level
B. may include the melting of polar ice caps and the rising sea level
C. may include polar ice caps that are melting and sea levels that are rising
D. include melting the polar ice caps and sea levels that are rising
E. include melting of the polar ice caps and a rise in sea level
I opted for B, but the answer is E. Please explain.
TIA
Hi Amit,
Hi Samita you are right. D is incorrect and issues mentioned by you are valid.