devendra.c
Yes, the part after "and" is an independent clause. That means it doesn't have to be parallel to anything--it is its own statement. However, that is also the problem. At this point in the sentence, we want a modifier to add detail about where Argentina's honey sales go, but D gives us a whole new statement. Looking past most of the modifiers to the larger structure, we get something likethis:
Argentina has become the leading exporter of honey, and almost half of it goes to the United States.
This isn't a completely illogical thing to say, but in that case, "it" means honey in general. We might wonder whether it's half of Argentina's honey or half of all the honey in the world that goes to the US. But even if that felt clear, it would still seem odd to put this whole new clause in place when the intervening modifier gets into detail about export quantities. Since this last part adds details about those exports, it makes sense as an additional modifier
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Yes, the part after "and" is an independent clause. That means it doesn't have to be parallel to anything--it is its own statement. However, that is also the problem. At this point in the sentence, we want a modifier to add detail about where Argentina's honey sales go, but D gives us a whole new statement. Looking past most of the modifiers to the larger structure, we get something likethis:
Argentina has become the leading exporter of honey, and almost half of it goes to the United States.
This isn't a completely illogical thing to say, but in that case, "it" means honey in general. We might wonder whether it's half of Argentina's honey or half of all the honey in the world that goes to the US. But even if that felt clear, it would still seem odd to put this whole new clause in place when the intervening modifier gets into detail about export quantities. Since this last part adds details about those exports, it makes sense as an additional modifier
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Statistics : Posted by DmitryFarber • on 01 Jul 2015, 11:55 • Replies 43 • Views 69556
