222. Contrary to earlier conjectures, it may be that increased atmospheric carbon dioxide as a result of burning fossil fuels would cool the globe by reducing the amount of solar energy absorbed by snow.
(A) increased atmospheric carbon dioxide as a result of burning
(B) increased atmospheric carbon dioxide resulting from the combustion of
(C) increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere resulting from the combustion of
(D) carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that increase from burning
(E) atmospheric carbon dioxide that increased from burning
Solution:
Parallelism + Idiom**
As a result of can only modify clauses and not nouns. For instance, you can say
carbon dioxide levels increased as a result of...
but you can't say
the carbon dioxide as a result of ... did this.
(courtesy: Ron Purewal, MGMAT)
A is incorrect as Increased atmospheric carbon is a noun phrase and thus, cannot be modified by as a result of.
C can be eliminated for the use of two ing forms despite a cause-effect relationship. Besides, ion absence of a comma before resulting, it modifies its nearest noun which is atmosphere, meaning that atmosphere resulted from the combustion of fossil fuels.
D can be eliminated as it is passive.
E can be eliminated for the use of past tense.
Hence, B is the best choice.
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(A) increased atmospheric carbon dioxide as a result of burning
(B) increased atmospheric carbon dioxide resulting from the combustion of
(C) increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere resulting from the combustion of
(D) carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that increase from burning
(E) atmospheric carbon dioxide that increased from burning
Solution:
Parallelism + Idiom**
As a result of can only modify clauses and not nouns. For instance, you can say
carbon dioxide levels increased as a result of...
but you can't say
the carbon dioxide as a result of ... did this.
(courtesy: Ron Purewal, MGMAT)
A is incorrect as Increased atmospheric carbon is a noun phrase and thus, cannot be modified by as a result of.
C can be eliminated for the use of two ing forms despite a cause-effect relationship. Besides, ion absence of a comma before resulting, it modifies its nearest noun which is atmosphere, meaning that atmosphere resulted from the combustion of fossil fuels.
D can be eliminated as it is passive.
E can be eliminated for the use of past tense.
Hence, B is the best choice.
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