The market for so-called functional beverages, drinks that promise health benefits beyond their inherent nutritional value, nearly doubled over the course of four years, in rising from $2.68 billion in 1997 to be $4.7 billion in 2000.
(A) in rising from $2.68 billion in 1997 to be
(B) in having risen from $2.68 billion in 1997 to
(C) as it rose from $2.68 billion in 1997 to be
(D) with its rise from $2.68 billion in 1997 to
(E) rising from $2.68 billion in 1997 to
The market for so-called functional beverages doubled over the cause of four years. Result?
Rising from $2.68 billion in 1997 to $4.7 billion in 2000- correctly modifies the preceding clause.
The correct idiomatic usage is from x to y.
E is correct.