Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes the eater ill, but only recently has it been established that the illness is caused by a toxin present in the quail's body only under certain conditions.
(A) Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes
(B) Europeans have long known quail eating is sometimes able to make
(C) Eating quail has long been known to Europeans to sometimes make
(D) It has long been known to Europeans that quail eating will sometimes make
(E) It has long been known to Europeans that quail, when it is eaten, has sometimes made
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Europeans have long known that eating
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A.. good
B... two sentence..that is reqd or some thing to join
verb make or makes..eliminate.C,D,
E...wierd.
B... two sentence..that is reqd or some thing to join
verb make or makes..eliminate.C,D,
E...wierd.
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IMO Aaspirant2011 wrote:Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes the eater ill, but only recently has it been established that the illness is caused by a toxin present in the quail's body only under certain conditions.
(A) Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes
(B) Europeans have long known quail eating is sometimes able to make.......awkward construction
(C) Eating quail has long been known to Europeans to sometimes make..........passive
(D) It has long been known to Europeans that quail eating will sometimes make.......original meaning is distorted
(E) It has long been known to Europeans that quail, when it is eaten, has sometimes made......meaning altered , wordier
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IMO Aaspirant2011 wrote:Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes the eater ill, but only recently has it been established that the illness is caused by a toxin present in the quail's body only under certain conditions.
(A) Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes
(B) Europeans have long known quail eating is sometimes able to make
(C) Eating quail has long been known to Europeans to sometimes make
(D) It has long been known to Europeans that quail eating will sometimes make
(E) It has long been known to Europeans that quail, when it is eaten, has sometimes made
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(B) Europeans have long known quail eating is sometimes able to make
---> use of able to is wrong, moreover in GMAT, able to almost always wrong, generally CAN is used instead of ABLE TO
(C) Eating quail has long been known to Europeans to sometimes make
--->Eating quail SINGULAR make PLURAL VERB, doesn't agree
(D) It has long been known to Europeans that quail eating will sometimes make
--->quail eating SINGULAR make PLURAL VERB, doesn't agree
(E) It has long been known to Europeans that quail, when it is eaten, has sometimes made
wordy and unclear and also the use of past tense MADE doesn't seems correct
Hence A
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VERB Makes go along with noun QUAIL EATING or EATING QUAILHSPA wrote:Hello phonix,
is the verb " makes " going on to which subject eater or Europeons??
Eating quail makes...
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in this s/c the verb makes agrees to the subject eating( a gerund) a gerund will always have singular verbHSPA wrote:Hello phonix,
is the verb " makes " going on to which subject eater or Europeons??
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atulmangal wrote:IMO A
(B) Europeans have long known quail eating is sometimes able to make
---> use of able to is wrong, moreover in GMAT, able to almost always wrong, generally CAN is used instead of ABLE TO
(C) Eating quail has long been known to Europeans to sometimes make
--->Eating quail SINGULAR make PLURAL VERB, doesn't agree
(D) It has long been known to Europeans that quail eating will sometimes make
--->quail eating SINGULAR make PLURAL VERB, doesn't agree
(E) It has long been known to Europeans that quail, when it is eaten, has sometimes made
wordy and unclear and also the use of past tense MADE doesn't seems correct
Hence A
hey atul IMO in D the verb is will make and is correct wrt to sub verb agreement......
however as u said a only suits the bill
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Thanks for correcting me Bro...i haven't seen the word WILL...anyways D is still incorrect as...the meaning...eating will make...doesn't make sense...European know that eating quail causes illness...thephoenix wrote:atulmangal wrote:IMO A
(B) Europeans have long known quail eating is sometimes able to make
---> use of able to is wrong, moreover in GMAT, able to almost always wrong, generally CAN is used instead of ABLE TO
(C) Eating quail has long been known to Europeans to sometimes make
--->Eating quail SINGULAR make PLURAL VERB, doesn't agree
(D) It has long been known to Europeans that quail eating will sometimes make
--->quail eating SINGULAR make PLURAL VERB, doesn't agree
(E) It has long been known to Europeans that quail, when it is eaten, has sometimes made
wordy and unclear and also the use of past tense MADE doesn't seems correct
Hence A
hey atul IMO in D the verb is will make and is correct wrt to sub verb agreement......
however as u said a only suits the bill
Thanks again for the correction
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IMHO (A)
Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes the eater ill, but only recently has it been established that the illness is caused by a toxin present in the quail's body only under certain conditions.
(A) Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes
(B) Europeans have long known quail eating is sometimes able to make - ackward
(C) Eating quail has long been known to Europeans to sometimes make
(D) It has long been known to Europeans that quail eating will sometimes make - future illnes but recently established?
(E) It has long been known to Europeans that quail, when it is eaten, has sometimes made - I'ts the action of eating quail that makes ppl ill
Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes the eater ill, but only recently has it been established that the illness is caused by a toxin present in the quail's body only under certain conditions.
(A) Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes
(B) Europeans have long known quail eating is sometimes able to make - ackward
(C) Eating quail has long been known to Europeans to sometimes make
(D) It has long been known to Europeans that quail eating will sometimes make - future illnes but recently established?
(E) It has long been known to Europeans that quail, when it is eaten, has sometimes made - I'ts the action of eating quail that makes ppl ill
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@ Atulmangal : Can you mention in both the cases below where do you see SUbject Verb agreemlnt or you wrote this in haste ? Certinaly, this is somethiung you dont want ..
quail eating will sometimes make .. where do you see S-V agreement in this ?
D is wrong for two reaons : 1> Future tense is incorrect 2> 'quail eating ' is incorrect . It should be 'eating quail ' .
Eating fish is good for health .
Fish eating is good for health . (incorrect)
quail eating will sometimes make .. where do you see S-V agreement in this ?
Answer should be A for this question. @ original poster, can you put your doubts specifically ?(C) Eating quail has long been known to Europeans to sometimes make
--->Eating quail SINGULAR make PLURAL VERB, doesn't agree
(D) It has long been known to Europeans that quail eating will sometimes make
--->quail eating SINGULAR make PLURAL VERB, doesn't agree
D is wrong for two reaons : 1> Future tense is incorrect 2> 'quail eating ' is incorrect . It should be 'eating quail ' .
Eating fish is good for health .
Fish eating is good for health . (incorrect)