I actually like A!
On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 4:21 PM, Dick Veit <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> B is ungrammatical ("agree that is caused...").
> The "in burning fossil fuels" in A and in the original is unidiomatic.
> D and E are more convoluted than necessary, though grammatical.
> C is the the most natural choice for me.
> This also would be good: a phenomenon that most scientists agree is
> caused by human beings burning fossil fuels,
>
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 3:56 PM, Jessica Thomasson <
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>> Answer C sounds most natural to me.
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>> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 3:53 PM, John Crow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> A former student of mine is studying for the GMAT and is struggling with
>>> the sentence structure section. She sent me a sample from the practice
>>> test. Not only did I miss it, but I disagree with the answer that was
>>> given. What is your take?
>>>
>>> The World Wildlife Fund has declared that global warming, *a phenomenon
>>> most scientists agree to be caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels*,will
>>> create havoc among migratory birds by altering the environment in ways
>>> harmful to their habitats. A. a phenomenon most scientists agree to be
>>> caused by human beings in burning fossil fuels, B. a phenomenon most
>>> scientists agree that is caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings, C.
>>> a phenomenon that most scientists agree is caused by human beings' burning
>>> of fossil fuels, D. which most scientists agree on as a phenomenon caused
>>> by human beings who burn fossil fuels, E. which most scientists agree to be
>>> a phenomenon caused by fossil fuels burned by human beings,
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