Q75. A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses to discourage poachers; the question is whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are trimmed.
A) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are
B) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one once their horns are
C) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see rhinoceroses once the animals' horns have been
D) if tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses once the animals' horns are
E) if tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one after the animals' horns have been
my questions are about the objections the OG raises to disqualify wrong answers, specifically:
1) "Their could refer to tourists or rhinoceroses": but I don't actually understand how their could possibly refer to tourists when rhinoceroses satisfies two conditions: a) rhinoceroses is the noun CLOSEST to the pronoun and b) rhinoceroses are understood by readers to have horns, not tourists. An example of that is: tourists visited several historical sights. they are avid travelers.
Are we going to say here that "they" is ambiguous because it could refer to "historical sights"??!
2) "See should be to see": which I find hard to understand since on other occasions, the same OG seems to suggest that "to" does not have to be explicitly mentioned since it's "implied" in parallel structures as the one we have here: to visit....and see ("to before see is implied and doesn't have to be explicitly written"). Again, I don't understand why OG says it's a mistake to not have "to" before the verb see.
3) "the verb following after should be present-perfect to reflect trimming must occur before tourists arrive": my question here is: does "after the horns are trimmed" suggest otherwise? does it suggest that trimming might occur after tourists arrive. While I do understand that "are trimmed" on its own could be ambiguous, I think the word "after" makes it clear that trimming will be finished prior to the tourists' visit!
Thanks everybody for your help in advance!!You can't imagine how much these SC questions are bugging me!!
A) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are
B) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one once their horns are
C) whether tourists will continue to visit game parks to see rhinoceroses once the animals' horns have been
D) if tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses once the animals' horns are
E) if tourists will continue to visit game parks to see one after the animals' horns have been
my questions are about the objections the OG raises to disqualify wrong answers, specifically:
1) "Their could refer to tourists or rhinoceroses": but I don't actually understand how their could possibly refer to tourists when rhinoceroses satisfies two conditions: a) rhinoceroses is the noun CLOSEST to the pronoun and b) rhinoceroses are understood by readers to have horns, not tourists. An example of that is: tourists visited several historical sights. they are avid travelers.
Are we going to say here that "they" is ambiguous because it could refer to "historical sights"??!
2) "See should be to see": which I find hard to understand since on other occasions, the same OG seems to suggest that "to" does not have to be explicitly mentioned since it's "implied" in parallel structures as the one we have here: to visit....and see ("to before see is implied and doesn't have to be explicitly written"). Again, I don't understand why OG says it's a mistake to not have "to" before the verb see.
3) "the verb following after should be present-perfect to reflect trimming must occur before tourists arrive": my question here is: does "after the horns are trimmed" suggest otherwise? does it suggest that trimming might occur after tourists arrive. While I do understand that "are trimmed" on its own could be ambiguous, I think the word "after" makes it clear that trimming will be finished prior to the tourists' visit!
Thanks everybody for your help in advance!!You can't imagine how much these SC questions are bugging me!!
