Unlike the African elephant, whose trunk contains two fingers used to grasp and eat roots, grasses, fruit, and bark, the Asian elephant's trunk has only one finger, so it cannot grab food as precisely as its African counterpart.
A) Unlike the African elephant, whose trunk contains two fingers used to grasp and eat roots, grasses, fruit, and bark, the Asian elephant's trunk has only one finger, so it
B)Unlike the African elephant's trunk, which contains two fingers used to grasp and eat roots, grasses, fruit, and bark, the Asian elephant's trunk has only one finger, thus the Asian elephant
C)Compared to that of the African elephant, which has two fingers used by them to grasp and eat roots, grasses, fruit, and bark, the trunk of the Asian elephant has only one finger, and
D)Dissimilar to the African elephant, which has a trunk with two fingers that are used to grasp and eat roots, grasses, fruit, and bark, the Asian elephant has a one-fingered trunk,
E)The African elephant, which has a trunk with two fingers used to grasp and eat roots, grasses, fruit, and bark, is unlike the Asian elephant, which has a trunk with only one finger and hence
my doubt: i came across this question and the PROCLAIMED answer is E; however i have TWO issues with E
issue 1: "unlike" CANNOT be ADVERBIAL as is done in option E . so the basic structure in E "The african elephant is UNLIKE the asian elephant" SEEMS WRONG.
issue 2: my second concern is regarding the parallelism of option E .the defaulted parallelism in E can lead to following parallelism in bold:
The African elephant, which has a trunk with two fingers used to grasp and eat roots, grasses, fruit, and bark, is unlike the Asian elephant, which has a trunk with only one finger AND hence (the african elephant) cannot grab food as precisely as its African counterpart.
ALTHOUGH option E intends to make the following things in parallel: ....Asian elephant, which has a trunk with only one finger and hence cannot grab food as precisely as its African counterpart.
Guru kindly tell me how to resolve these issues
thanks and best regards
A) Unlike the African elephant, whose trunk contains two fingers used to grasp and eat roots, grasses, fruit, and bark, the Asian elephant's trunk has only one finger, so it
B)Unlike the African elephant's trunk, which contains two fingers used to grasp and eat roots, grasses, fruit, and bark, the Asian elephant's trunk has only one finger, thus the Asian elephant
C)Compared to that of the African elephant, which has two fingers used by them to grasp and eat roots, grasses, fruit, and bark, the trunk of the Asian elephant has only one finger, and
D)Dissimilar to the African elephant, which has a trunk with two fingers that are used to grasp and eat roots, grasses, fruit, and bark, the Asian elephant has a one-fingered trunk,
E)The African elephant, which has a trunk with two fingers used to grasp and eat roots, grasses, fruit, and bark, is unlike the Asian elephant, which has a trunk with only one finger and hence
my doubt: i came across this question and the PROCLAIMED answer is E; however i have TWO issues with E
issue 1: "unlike" CANNOT be ADVERBIAL as is done in option E . so the basic structure in E "The african elephant is UNLIKE the asian elephant" SEEMS WRONG.
issue 2: my second concern is regarding the parallelism of option E .the defaulted parallelism in E can lead to following parallelism in bold:
The African elephant, which has a trunk with two fingers used to grasp and eat roots, grasses, fruit, and bark, is unlike the Asian elephant, which has a trunk with only one finger AND hence (the african elephant) cannot grab food as precisely as its African counterpart.
ALTHOUGH option E intends to make the following things in parallel: ....Asian elephant, which has a trunk with only one finger and hence cannot grab food as precisely as its African counterpart.
Guru kindly tell me how to resolve these issues
thanks and best regards
