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by aj5105 » Sat May 30, 2009 9:17 pm
Socially and environmentally responsible investing is on the rise: last year in the United States, over $2 trillion was invested in funds that screen companies according to a variety of criteria such as adherence to labor standards, protection of the environment, and observance of human rights.

A. according to a variety of criteria such as

B. according to a variety of such criteria, as by

C. according to such a variety of criteria as by

D. in accordance with such a variety of criteria as

E. in accordance with a variety of criteria, such as by

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by Jatinder » Sat May 30, 2009 10:00 pm
I guess A...
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what's OA?
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by willkillgmat » Sun May 31, 2009 5:37 am
The answer choice should be 'A' because it has examples as a list (adherence to labor standards, protection of the environment, and observance of human rights) and we use such as for the list.
E is wrong because it uses such as 'by' which is wrong because does not follow parallelism for the the other items in the list.

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by aj5105 » Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:18 pm
[spoiler]@ Jatinder : I got confused too,brother
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Anybody else wants to try?

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by sudeep_ar » Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:19 pm
IMO E