612. Rules banning cancer-causing substances from food apply to new food additives and not to natural constituents of food because their use as additives is entirely avoidable.
(A) their use as additives is
(B) as additives, their use is
(C) the use of such additives is
(D) the use of such additives are
(E) the use of them as additives is
Solution:
Pronouns + Redundancy
In A, their does not have a clear antecedent. It could refer to constituents as well as to additives.
In B, because along with as leads to the redundancy error.
In D, subject-verb agreement is violated through use(singular) are(plural)
In E, them as additives is awkward. them does not have a clear antecedent.
C is the best choice.
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(A) their use as additives is
(B) as additives, their use is
(C) the use of such additives is
(D) the use of such additives are
(E) the use of them as additives is
Solution:
Pronouns + Redundancy
In A, their does not have a clear antecedent. It could refer to constituents as well as to additives.
In B, because along with as leads to the redundancy error.
In D, subject-verb agreement is violated through use(singular) are(plural)
In E, them as additives is awkward. them does not have a clear antecedent.
C is the best choice.
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