I had to rule out A after watching the movie Dunkirk, which had a scene of
"human beings in burning fossil fuels" after an oil fire ignited crew
members of sinking ship.

So C for me. But I really don't like C.

The trouble with these kinds of questions is the need to come up with a
right answer and at least three distractors. That straight jacket makes it
clear that none of the solutions, including the right one, are fully
optimal.

They aren't optimal because the multiple choice question design does not
easily allow the answer to this question: what would a good copy editor do
with that sentence?



On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 9:32 AM, MARTHA KOLLN <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> I'd pick C.
>
> Martha
>
> P.S.  Nice to hear  from you!
>
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 03:53 PM, *Assembly for the Teaching of English
> Grammar <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>>* wrote:
>
> 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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