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@scorpion.ks: I think as prevalent as is not correct... as "ten to thirteen times" clearly indicate that artist and people are not at the comparable at the same level. One of them is more than other and hence we cannot use " as ... as". Hence, I would reject "as prevalent as" choice

To add to scorpion.ks... D is indeed parallel... The parallel construction in the sentence is: for urban apartment...... and for clustered suburban houses.... Paralleism point ends here where we are trying to keep urban and suburban houses parallel... Hence choices B, C, D and E are all parallel and choice A is ruled out. Next rule is the tense rule (as correctly identified by scorpion.ks) which will rule out B, C and E. Option D is the only gramatically correct and parallel statement and hence the answer...

IMO E is the answer... below is the explanation: Charles Lindbergh, for his attempt at a solo transatlantic flight, was very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane, he therefore refused to carry even a pound of mail, despite being offered $1,000 to do so. (A) Charles Lindbergh, for his attempt at a solo transatlantic flight, was very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane, he therefore => All of them modify Charls.. Noun has to be close to it's modifiers... Incorrect (B) When Charles Lindbergh was attempting his solo transatlantic flight, being very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane, he => Incorrect © Since he was very reluctant to carry any extra weight on his plane when he was attempting his solo transatlantic flight, so Charles Lindbergh => Wordy (D) Being very reluctant to carry any extra weight on his plane when he attempted his solo transatlantic flight was the reason that Charles Lindbergh => he and his do not refer to Charls (E) Very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane when he attempted his solo transatlantic flight, Charles Lindbergh => Correct.. Correctly modifies Charls Lindberg in the underlined sentence as well as clause following it

OA is A.. This was an easy question... but only reason for posting this was to find out how you guys think about 'they'... as It seemed ambiguous to me, as it has 2 potential anteceedents.. 'Investoes' and 'Depressed property values'... Assuming that it'll not refer back to Investors is a bit non-techincal..as it can refer back to any of the 2 as per the rules... but yes.. this is the best of the given options..

While depressed property values can hurt some large investors，they are potentially devastating for homeowners, whose equity-in many cases representing a life’s savings-can plunge or even disappear. (A) they are potentially devastating for homeowners，whose (B) they can potentially devastate homeowners in that their © for homeowners they are potentially devastating，because their (D) for homeowners，it is potentially devastating in that their (E) it can potentially devastate homeowners，whose Pls drop in a line for your choice... OA to follow

I have another view point here. We need to be smart enough to apply these rules. 'Numbers of' is in-correct as told by every one but they also say that the correct form is 'A number of' or 'The number of' based on the usage. If you carefully see the choices in the answer.. none of them has the usage of 'A number of' or 'The number of' in the correct choices.. hence you can't evaluate the options based on 'numbers of' logic. A New Jersey's is one of the five highest number of reported B New Jersey's is one of the five highest numbers in reporting C New Jersey has a report of one of the five highest numbers of D New Jersey has one of the five highest numbers of reported E New Jersey reports one of the five highest number of Also, the usage of 'numbers of' here is not to count something. The actual word is number and it's plural is placed in the choices, because of the usage of "One of the". All I want to say here is that what rules say is not wrong.. but one needs to be smart in applying them.

Agreed with scorpion.ks.. comma is desirable but not necessary.. specially in short sentences where there are not too many clauses which have to be seperated by a comma

If you see the passage.. it states: In the years since the city of London imposed strict air-pollution regulations on local industry, the number of bird species seen in and around London has increased dramatically. Similar air-pollution rules should be imposed in other major cities If you read the colored sentence, it clearly states that the increase in bird species is noticed beacuse of pollition control measures, and the same is suggested for other cities. This clearly assumes that increase in bird species is desired

I am confused between A and D. I think it should be D. If this is OA, I shall try and explain my answer

2.) Because fish look through water, their eyes are very different from a mammal. A. From a Mammal => Incorrect.. compares eyes with Mamal B. From a mammal 's => Correct.. Comparision is with Mamal's (eyes) C. From that of a mammal => Incorrect. Could have been a better option than B if that was replaced by those. D. that of a mammal => Incorrect. Unidiomatic E. Than is a mammal’s => => Incorrect. Unidiomatic

Thanks for the explanation scorpion.ks.. This is one of the kind of question I have come across.

Here is a sample question where Because of is correct: Because of differences in the humans body's internal pressure and the ocean's, it is essential that a diver returning to the surface ascends slowly or they will suffer a painful condition known as the "bends." A. Because of differences in the human body's internal pressure and the ocean's, it is essential that a diver returning to the surface ascends slowly or they B· Because of the difference between the human body's internal pressure and the ocean's, it is essential that a diver returning to the surface ascend slowly or they C· Because of the difference in the human body's internal pressure and that of the ocean, it is essential that a diver returning to the surface ascends slowly or he D· Because of differences in the human body's internal pressure and that of the ocean, it is essential that a diver returning to the surface ascend slowly or they E· Because of the difference between the internal pressure of the human body and that of the ocean, it is essential that a diver returning to the surface ascend slowly or he So we cannot generalise that 'Because of' is always wrong...

OA is E. Dynamo, thanks for the explanation. I was not aware of "not.. nor" as an idiom

@ Scorpio and @Dynamo... thanks for explanations OA is indeed E

Answer is B. Agent of the cost should always follow the word 'cost' in the sentence. B correctly does that.