Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 6, Nov 13th 2010

Question (Sentence Correction):

Rules banning cancer-causing substances from food apply to new food additives and not to natural constituents of food because their use as additives is entirely avoidable.


(A) their use as additives is

(B) as additives, their use is

(C) the use of such additives is

(D) the use of such additives are

(E) the use of them as additives is


Solution (Posted on 14th):

A) their - ambiguous; can refer to rules or additives.

B) as additives is a wordy, they are used as additives itself - quite clearly known.

C) CORRECT

D) the use - singular; are - plural

E) them - ambiguous

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