With no natural predators

[ramendra.awesome]

With no natural predators and expanses of green suburban neighborhoods that allow no hunting, wildlife officials estimate the New Jersey deer population to have grown to exceed 175,000.

(A)With no natural predators and expanses of green suburban neighborhoods that allow no hunting, wildlife officials estimate the New Jersey deer population to have

(B)With no natural predators and with expanses of green suburban neighborhoods that do not allow hunting, wildlife officials' estimate of the deer population in New Jersey has

(C)With no natural predators and with expanses of green suburban neighborhoods where there is no hunting, the deer population in New Jersey, wildlife officials estimate, has

(D)Without natural predators and no hunting allowed in expanses of green suburban neighborhoods, New Jersey has a deer population that wildlife officials estimate to have

(E)Without natural predators and with expanses of green suburban neighborhoods where there is no hunting, wildlife officials in New Jersey estimate a deer population that has

Dear Instructor,

The above question appeared in official GMAT Prep. Please help me with this one.

Kindly help me understand how C is a better answer than D. The reason I preferred D over C was, C is trying to modify deer population using modifiers With no natural predators and with expanses of green suburban neighborhoods, while in my opinion population can not have expanses of green neighbourhoods.

Modifier 'Without natural predators and no hunting allowed in expanses of green suburban neighborhoods' correctly modify a placee such as New Jersey. Though I agree, use of without is a little awkward. It would have been better if they had said 'With no natural predators and no hunting allowed in expanses of green suburban neighborhoods', New Jersey <blah blah blah>.

Please help me understand the modifier use in C, and issues with D. Thank you very much!

-Ramendra Awasthi

[RonPurewal]

newjersey-deer-population-t2691.html

That thread is currently 37 posts long, so your answer is probably in there somewhere.

Please read the whole thread; if you still have questions, post in it.

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