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Tomato

by dreamv » Sun Feb 26, 2012 12:00 am
Though now eaten in large quantities around the world and harmless, the tomato is a member of the generally toxic nightshade family, including belladonna, and was once thought to be poisonous itself as a result.

A.Though now eaten in large quantities around the world and harmless, the tomato is a member of the generally toxic nightshade family, including belladonna, and was once thought to be poisonous itself as a result.

B.The tomato, though now eaten in large quantities around the world and harmless, is a member of the generally toxic nightshade family, which includes belladonna, and it was therefore once thought to be poisonous itself.

C.Once thought to be poisonous itself, the tomato is harmless and now eaten in large quantities around the world, and is a member of the generally toxic nightshade family, including belladonna.

D.Though now eaten in large quantities around the world and known to be harmless, the tomato was once considered poisonous because it is a member of the generally toxic nightshade family, which includes belladonna.

E.A member of the generally toxic nightshade family, including belladonna, the tomato was once considered poisonous even though it is harmless and now eaten in large quantities around the world.
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by [email protected] » Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:03 pm
A) 'As a result' is not used correctly here. The cause is not properly defined.
B) 'and harmless' is not directly refering to Tomato. 'it was therefore once' is not correct. 'it' can refer to tomato, or nightshade family, or belladona. Unclear anticedent for the pronoun.
C) ', and is a member...' is not correctly modifying tomato
D) Correct. Correctly modifies tomato by placing 'Though now eaten in large quantities around the world and known to be harmless' close to tomato and correctly modifies nightshade family by placing 'which includes belladonna' next to it at the end of the sentence
E) 'including belladonna, the tomato...' looks like the tomato is also being examplified along with belladonna

IMO D

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by avik.ch » Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:48 pm
A. parallelism error - eaten in large quantities around the world and harmless
including belladonna - seems to modify the subject -"tomato".

B. parallelism error - eaten in large quantities around the world and harmless

C. "including belladonna" seems to modify the subject.
parallelism error -- is harmless and now eaten in large quantities

D. Correct parallel structure : now eaten(past participle) in large quantities around the world and known(past participle) to be harmless
Which includes belladona - here "which" refer to family.

E - "including belladona" is ambigious - i dont know what is referring to : "tomato" or "A member of ....."
Same paralleism error.

Hope this helps !!

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by GmatKiss » Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:20 pm
Though now eaten in large quantities around the world and harmless, the tomato is a member of the generally toxic nightshade family, including belladonna, and was once thought to be poisonous itself as a result.

A.Though now eaten in large quantities around the world and harmless, the tomato is a member of the generally toxic nightshade family, including belladonna, and was once thought to be poisonous itself as a result. - AWKWARD

B.The tomato, though now eaten in large quantities around the world and harmless, is a member of the generally toxic nightshade family, which includes belladonna, and it was therefore once thought to be poisonous itself. - AWKWARD

C.Once thought to be poisonous itself, the tomato is harmless and now eaten in large quantities around the world, and is a member of the generally toxic nightshade family, including belladonna. - BAD CONSTRUCTION

D.Though now eaten in large quantities around the world and known to be harmless, the tomato was once considered poisonous because it is a member of the generally toxic nightshade family, which includes belladonna. PARALLEL and PRECISE

E.A member of the generally toxic nightshade family, including belladonna, the tomato was once considered poisonous even though it is harmless and now eaten in large quantities around the world. - PASSIVE

IMO: D

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by dreamv » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:27 pm
Thank you guys. OA is D. It really helps.

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