With no natural predators

[sspati]

With no natural predators and expenses of green suburban neighborhoods that allow no hunting, wildlife officials estimate the New Jersey deer population to have grown to exceed 175,000

A. With no natural predators and expenses of green suburban neighborhoods that allow no hunting, wildlife officials estimate the New Jersey deer population to have

B. With no natural predators and with expenses of green suburban neighbourhoods that do not allow hunting, wildlife officials' estimate of the deer population in New Jersey has

C. With no natural predators and with expenses of green suburban neighborhoods where there is no hunting, the deer population in New Jersey, wildlife officials estimate, has

D. Without natural predators and no hunting allowed in expense of green suburban neighborhoods, New Jersey has a deer pupulation that wildlife officials estimate to have

E. Without natural predators and with expenses of green neighborhoods where there is no hunting, wildlife officials in New Jersey estimate a deer population that has

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Official Answer later. Please support your choice which explanation
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[Raam]

My choice is 'D'. It is the only sentence in which the phrase "Without natural predators and no hunting allowed in expense of green suburban neighborhoods" that defines 'New Jersy' is placed close to the noun 'New Jersy'. In all the other sentences, the phrase stands to qualify a noun different from 'New Jersy' which is not corret.
Anyways, Official Answer please!!!

[arangarajan]

agree with D.. case of misplaced modifier.

[sspati]

Official Answer is C.

[throwingapie]

I dont think it can be "D". Cuz its not New Jersey that has is affected by "no natural predators". Its the deer population.

[SOJO]

C it is .

D means natural predator of New Jersey.

[karmaholic]

Agree with C. D is close ..but it modifies New Jersey and not the deer population.
Moreover "estimate to have" sounds wierd.. it'll be better to have "estimate" or "estimate that"..
Cheers!

[bulls-eye]

C is the right choice....in D the "to have" is wrong as it refers to to polpulation ( singular) ....

[ice cold]

"C" it is. Rest have a problem of misplaced modifier

[800needed]

Only C fits here, the whole first part of the sentence modify deer population.