Global warming is said to be responsible for extreme weather changes, which, like the heavy rains that caused more than $ 2 billion in damages and led to flooding throughout the state of California, and the heat wave in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, which was also the cause of a great amount of damage and destruction.
Meaning Analysis
- Global warming is said to be responsible for extreme weather changes,
The sentence opens by saying that global warming is blamed for drastic changes in weather conditions. Let’s read further:
- which, like the heavy rains that
- caused more than $ 2 billion in damages
- and led to flooding throughout the state of California, and
This part presents an example of the drastic weather changes mentioned earlier. It says that some heavy rains resulted in huge losses and flooding in California. The key-word and at the end of this portion suggests that there is some more information coming our way. So let’s continue reading:
- the heat wave in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States,
- which was also the cause of a great amount of damage and destruction.
This portion presents another example of the extreme weather changes. The example is of heat wave in some specific regions in the US. This heat wave also caused large scale destruction.
To sum up, the sentence talks about global warming, sharing that it is blamed for drastic changes in weather. It then goes on to present two examples of these drastic weather changes and the extent of the damages they led to.
Error Analysis
1. Idiom Error
Use of like to present examples is incorrect. The correct idiom for the same is such as.
2. SV Must Exist Error
The subject which doesn’t have a corresponding verb.
POE
Choice A
Incorrect
This choice has the errors pointed out in the error analysis.
Choice B
Incorrect
1. SV Must Exist Error
This choice repeats the SV Must Exist error present in Choice A.
2. Idiom Error
This choice also repeats the Idiom error present in Choice A.
Choice C
Incorrect
1. Idiom Error
This choice too repeats the idiom error of Choice A.
2. Meaning Errors
- This choice distorts the meaning presented in the original sentence. Per choice A, the heavy rains are one of the examples of extreme weather changes and heavy flooding was an effect of these rains. However, per the current choice, the heavy flooding is one of the examples of extreme weather changes.
- The original choice does not mention the site of the heavy rains. It just says that the heavy rainscaused flooding in the state of California. But this choice says that the rains in California caused flooding.
- Per the original sentence, heavy rains caused the damages of more than $2 billion. However, per this choice, the heavy flooding caused the damages.
Choice D
Incorrect
1. Meaning Errors
- This answer choice distorts the intended meaning as it reverses the cause-and-effect relationship between the heavy rains and the flood. The original sentence logically says that the heavy rains led to floods in California. However, this choice illogically says that the heavy flooding led to rains in the state. This is clearly meaning error.
- The original choice does not mention the site of the heavy rains. It just says that the heavy rains causes flooding in the state of California. But this choice mentions the site of heavy rains as California, distorting the original meaning.
- Per the original sentence, heavy rainscaused the damages of more than $2 billion. Per this choice, the heavy flooding did so.
2. Modifier Error
The verb-ing modifier causing… illogically modifies the preceding noun entity the state of California, conveying that the state of California caused more than $2 billion in damages. However, per the intended meaning, we know that it’s the flooding that caused the damage and not the state of California.
Choice E
Correct
This choice not only corrects both the errors present in the original sentence, but also, conveys the intended meaning clearly. Therefore, this option is the correct answer.
