The 32 species that make up the dolphin family are closely related to whales and in fact include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is famous for its aggressive hunting pods.
A. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is
B. include the animal known as the killer whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and
C. include the animal known as the killer whale, growing up to 30 feet long and being
D. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet long and is
E. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is
OA after explanation..
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This is Q66 in the OG12. I've amended answer choice E to reflect its true wording.The 32 species that make up the dolphin family are closely related to whales and in fact include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is famous for its aggressive hunting pods.
A.include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is
B.include the animal known as the killer whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and
C.include the animal known as the killer whale, growing up to 30 feet long and being
D.include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet long and is
E.includes the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is
In E, includes (singular) does not agree with 32 species (plural). Eliminate E.
In B and D, as big as 30 feet long is an error of redundancy.
In C, growing incorrectly modifies 32 species. (An -ing modifier preceded by a comma should refer to the subject of the preceding clause.)
The correct answer is A.
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GMATGuruNY wrote:This is Q66 in the OG12. I've amended answer choice E to reflect its true wording.The 32 species that make up the dolphin family are closely related to whales and in fact include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is famous for its aggressive hunting pods.
A.include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is
B.include the animal known as the killer whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and
C.include the animal known as the killer whale, growing up to 30 feet long and being
D.include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet long and is
E.includes the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is
In E, includes (singular) does not agree with 32 species (plural). Eliminate E.
In B and D, as big as 30 feet long is an error of redundancy.
In C, growing incorrectly modifies 32 species. (An -ing modifier preceded by a comma should refer to the subject of the previous clause.)
The correct answer is A.
hello mitch
option A is the best choice. just for clarification, in option E IT after and is redundant along with the singular verb INCLUDES
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Hi
But doesn't A violate the rule that which is never used for living things, since whale is living here, it automatically eliminates choices a, d, e.
B says, growing as big as 30 feet long , here big and long should not be used together, so we are left with C.
Isn't the understanding correct here?
But doesn't A violate the rule that which is never used for living things, since whale is living here, it automatically eliminates choices a, d, e.
B says, growing as big as 30 feet long , here big and long should not be used together, so we are left with C.
Isn't the understanding correct here?
