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False cobra

by rahulvsd » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:15 am
An exemplary mimic, the harmless False Cobra has a hood that resembles those of the venomous Indian Cobra and thus is able to ward off predators.

(A) the harmless False Cobra has a hood that resembles those of the venomous Indian Cobra
(B) the harmless False Cobra has a hood resembling a venomous Indian Cobra's
(C) the hoods of the harmless False Cobra resemble a venomous Indian Cobra's
(D) the harmless False Cobra's hoods resemble the venomous Indian Cobras'
(E) the hoods of the harmless False Cobra resemble those of the venomous Indian Cobras

[spoiler]OA: B[/spoiler]
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by CappyAA » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:41 am
IMO B

We can rule out C, D, and E immediately. The "exemplary mimic" is describing the False Cobra - not the hoods of this cobra. So we are between A and B. A looks good except for "that resembles THOSE...". The first part of the sentence is singular (...has a hood...) yet the second part is plural (...that resembles those...). For A to be correct, "those" would have to be "that" instead.

B is correct. "the harmless False Cobra" is correctly modifying "exemplary mimic". And the parallelism is correct comparing the hood to the hood of the Indian Cobra.
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by bpdulog » Sun Nov 06, 2011 5:17 pm
Killed A because of plural issue.

Killed D because of Cobras'.

Killed B and C because of parallelism.
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by VivianKerr » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:34 pm
Modification error. "Hoods" cannot be "a mimic" so we can eliminate C, D, and E.

Between A and B, notice that "those" in A refers to the singular "hood." Logically, a snake does not have more than one hood. :-)
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