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The cottontail rabbit population in Orange County, California, has increased unchecked in recent years as a result of the removal of the native fox population and the clearing of surrounding woodlands.

(A) years as a result of the removal of

(B) years as a result of removing

(C) years, resulting from the removing of

(D) years, which is a result of removing

(E) years, which is a result of the removal of

I know the answer is (A) but the question uses "clearing" not "clearance". Should the question use "Clearance" to trigger people to use "removal"?

就是A C 兩個需要比較

先說removal比removing好  因為有名詞型態 就不用Ving

問題是不平行?  那來看一下removing有沒有問題

The removal is one time thing  一直removing 確實有點怪

而一直clearing   若有錢有人去做  沒人會反對吧?

再看as a result of vs. resulting from

X as a result of Y -> 語氣上強調 Y cause X, 句子重心為Y

X resulting from Y -> "resulting" is modifier, cause Y是用來輔助說明X, 句子的重心在X   

(用法上  resulting from通常也緊接在X後面)

C的resulting from會貌似modify "years" 

句意上  從中文看都是一樣的  但英文兩者會傳達出不同的語氣  所以用原句比較不會distorting

我的理由也不盡完美   有請大牛  謝謝指教！

8楼解释的很好，我补一句。, resulting from是可以的，作伴随状语表结果，修饰前面整句句子。但是，这样就和原句的意思有略微的差别了。

这题我只能从the removal of比the removing of要好来入手。因为这里是the + n.的结构，所以有名词的还是用名词比用动名词要好。