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小萧笑

The cottontail rabbit population in Orange County, California, has increased unchecked in recent years as a result of the removal of the native fox population and the clearing of surrounding woodlands.

 

(A) years as a result of the removal of

(B) years as a result of removing

(C) years, resulting from the removing of

(D) years, which is a result of removing

(E) years, which is a result of the removal of

I know the answer is (A) but the question uses "clearing" not "clearance". Should the question use "Clearance" to trigger people to use "removal"?

feierer

借用老帖子问个新问题。

我也有楼主的这个问题，可是更想问的是，如果这么说A选项也不是很完美，为什么不用C呢，the removing of, 和后面的 the clearing of平行啊？resulting from...的用法有什么不对吗？

小萧笑

anyway, I got it.
"THE" clearing makes it a noun but removing has no "the" in the front and

it can mean a gerund. Not parellel. Thanks.

小萧笑

why don't the question use "clearance" but clearing? Is it also not deadly wrong?
removing and clearing are parellel.
removal and clearance are parellel.
removal and clearing are NOT parellel.
that's my point.

wilsonch

romoving 和removal表达的不是一个意思

boussoler

我觉得平行不是绝对意义上的。如果句子没有其他致命错误，完全平行当然最好，但如果句子有致命错误，就要排除，平行也没有意义了。