<p>About 35 percent of the worlds orange juice is produced by Florida,(comparing it with) nearly 50 percent produced by Brazil, the worlds largest orange producer.</p>
<p>(A) comparing it with
(B) but
(C) whereas
(D) although
(E) compared with</p>
<p>This is the question for today. It's obvious that A is wrong but for the others I have no clue.
Can someone explain the why BCD are wrong? and for question like this, how do you guys figure out the answer ? Thanks.</p>
<p>Well, there is no difficulty in crossing off the B,C and D.</p>
<p>Put B and read the sentence. The sentence after the conjunction BUT is actually a fragment. So it’s wrong. SENTENCES JOINED BY A CONJUNCTION MUST NOT BE SENTENCE FRAGMENTS.</p>
<p>C and D also have the same problem. E is the only choice which makes sense by comparing the 35% produced by Florida to 50% produced by Brazil. A is wrong because it really is “odd”. It doesn’t make any sense.</p>