sat writing question

Test Preparation
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<p>surface mining is safer, quicker, and cheaper than depp mining, but <em>the greater is its toll in human misery</em>.</p>

<p>a. the greater is its toll in human misery
b. it has a greater human misery toll
c. in its human misery toll it is greater
d. there is the greater toll in human misery
e. its toll in human misery is great</p>

<p>the answer is obvious but i'm unsure of why (according to cb's explanations) "it" is ambiguous but "its" is not.</p>

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<p>Um, I'm not sure about the ambiguity, but if you're struggling between two choices, the answer is more like the shorter one.</p>

<p>Plus, "greater human misery toll" is kind of stretched, whereas in answer (e), the subject of the clause is clearly the toll.</p>

<p>And it just sounds better than the other choices :).</p>

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<p>yeah, it's parallel</p>