Among farmers, most of the reported problems encountered with irrigation water stems from an excess of certain micronutrients-compounds also found in rainwater, soil, and liquid mineral supplements that are necessary for proper plant growth but are toxic in immoderate amounts.
(A) stems from an excess of certain micronutrients-compounds also found in rainwater, soil, and liquid mineral supplements that
(B) stems from an excess of certain micronutrients-compounds that are also found in rainwater, soil, and liquid mineral supplements, and they
(C) stem from an excess of certain micronutrients-compounds also found in rainwater, soil, and liquid mineral supplements, and
(D) stem from an excess of certain micronutrients-compounds that are also found in rainwater, soil, and liquid mineral supplements and that
(E) stem from an excess of certain micronutrients-compounds also found in rainwater, soil, and liquid mineral supplements, and they
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IMO D
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Op B and Op E---> easily eliminate because of ambiguous pronoun "THEY"
Op A ---> tricky one
The word "THAT" after "liquid mineral supplements" suggests that, its the liquid mineral supplements that are necessary for proper plant growth....well logically seems okay but the intended meaning which the author wanna assert is its micronutrients-compounds that are necessary for proper plant growth but are toxic in immoderate amounts. see, its tough to eliminate but the use of word "BUT" in the non underlined portion indicates a need for contrast...so drop this choice.
Op C:-- Again a tricky..
This sentence, if u dissect...as AND is a parallelism indicator, u actually get
most of the reported problems encountered with irrigation water stems... AND most of the reported problems encountered with irrigation water are....u got the flaw...
Op D---> correct answer
Here u get THAT and THAT parallelism...if u dissect u get
micronutrients-compounds that are....AND micronutrients-compounds that are....both sides parallel
Hence D
First, i like this question and thanks for sharing
Op B and Op E---> easily eliminate because of ambiguous pronoun "THEY"
Op A ---> tricky one
The word "THAT" after "liquid mineral supplements" suggests that, its the liquid mineral supplements that are necessary for proper plant growth....well logically seems okay but the intended meaning which the author wanna assert is its micronutrients-compounds that are necessary for proper plant growth but are toxic in immoderate amounts. see, its tough to eliminate but the use of word "BUT" in the non underlined portion indicates a need for contrast...so drop this choice.
Op C:-- Again a tricky..
This sentence, if u dissect...as AND is a parallelism indicator, u actually get
most of the reported problems encountered with irrigation water stems... AND most of the reported problems encountered with irrigation water are....u got the flaw...
Op D---> correct answer
Here u get THAT and THAT parallelism...if u dissect u get
micronutrients-compounds that are....AND micronutrients-compounds that are....both sides parallel
Hence D
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A,B out.
E- they - out
Bet C and D, C uses and as parallel indicator while D uses that.
when i read C the last non underlined part doesnt make much snese. it shud actaully refer to the nutrients (nutrients are necessary for proper plant growth but are toxic in immoderate amounts.)
where as D uses that wisely and makes it all clear.
D.
E- they - out
Bet C and D, C uses and as parallel indicator while D uses that.
when i read C the last non underlined part doesnt make much snese. it shud actaully refer to the nutrients (nutrients are necessary for proper plant growth but are toxic in immoderate amounts.)
where as D uses that wisely and makes it all clear.
D.
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You can easily throw out ABC because of the presence of the singular verb "stems"
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Yes OA: D
But I did not get the meaning of D...
how can this sentence make sense "most of the reported problems encountered with irrigation water stem from an excess of certain micronutrients-compounds that are also found in rainwater, soil, and liquid mineral supplements and that are necessary for proper plant growth but are toxic in immoderate amounts."
Should'nt the "and" be omitted to make sense?
But I did not get the meaning of D...
how can this sentence make sense "most of the reported problems encountered with irrigation water stem from an excess of certain micronutrients-compounds that are also found in rainwater, soil, and liquid mineral supplements and that are necessary for proper plant growth but are toxic in immoderate amounts."
Should'nt the "and" be omitted to make sense?
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The clause following and now refers to "compounds",maintaining parallelism.Even if you were to remove "and: the sentence would be coorect,only it would it change the original meaning,I suppose.RadiumBall wrote:Yes OA: D
But I did not get the meaning of D...
how can this sentence make sense "most of the reported problems encountered with irrigation water stem from an excess of certain micronutrients-compounds that are also found in rainwater, soil, and liquid mineral supplements and that are necessary for proper plant growth but are toxic in immoderate amounts."
Should'nt the "and" be omitted to make sense?
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AND is necessary in Op D...
In total 3 different events are attached to micronutrients-compounds...the last two events are in contrast so BUT is used before last element
the structure is
X THAT ARE AND THAT ARE....
OR
micronutrients-compounds THAT ARE..AND micronutrients-compounds THAT ARE
If u eliminate AND in OP D, Like in Op A does then,
The word "THAT" after "liquid mineral supplements" suggests that, its the liquid mineral supplements that are necessary for proper plant growth....well logically seems okay but the intended meaning which the author wanna assert is its micronutrients-compounds that are necessary for proper plant growth but are toxic in immoderate amounts. see, its tough to eliminate but the use of word "BUT" in the non underlined portion indicates a need for contrast...
In total 3 different events are attached to micronutrients-compounds...the last two events are in contrast so BUT is used before last element
the structure is
X THAT ARE AND THAT ARE....
OR
micronutrients-compounds THAT ARE..AND micronutrients-compounds THAT ARE
If u eliminate AND in OP D, Like in Op A does then,
The word "THAT" after "liquid mineral supplements" suggests that, its the liquid mineral supplements that are necessary for proper plant growth....well logically seems okay but the intended meaning which the author wanna assert is its micronutrients-compounds that are necessary for proper plant growth but are toxic in immoderate amounts. see, its tough to eliminate but the use of word "BUT" in the non underlined portion indicates a need for contrast...
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Hi atul,
if we look at option C then ",and are necessary for proper plant growth but are toxic in immoderate amounts." C is also wrong because the bold part is not an IC...........am i right?????
if we look at option C then ",and are necessary for proper plant growth but are toxic in immoderate amounts." C is also wrong because the bold part is not an IC...........am i right?????
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Well buddy, i know what u r pointing to, i saw this rule in Knewton Videoaspirant2011 wrote:Hi atul,
if we look at option C then ",and are necessary for proper plant growth but are toxic in immoderate amounts." C is also wrong because the bold part is not an IC...........am i right?????
COMMA + FANBOYS should connect only two IC's
But then in some question i didn't find this rule applicable or may be its possible i interpret that wrong, but in both the cases when i raised this point no one answered so i tried to apply other approached also...that's why, even watching that same thing which u indicated, i stop myself from stating that point.
@RadumBall - Don't you have the Original explanation?
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RadiumBall wrote:Yes OA: D
But I did not get the meaning of D...
how can this sentence make sense "most of the reported problems encountered with irrigation water stem from an excess of certain micronutrients-compounds that are also found in rainwater, soil, and liquid mineral supplements and that are necessary for proper plant growth but are toxic in immoderate amounts."
Should'nt the "and" be omitted to make sense?
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C is wrong becauseaspirant2011 wrote:Hi atul,
if we look at option C then ",and are necessary for proper plant growth but are toxic in immoderate amounts." C is also wrong because the bold part is not an IC...........am i right?????
doesnt have a verb and the and at the end of the underlined portion is followed by verb "are" which ruins the parallelismcompounds also found in rainwater, soil, and liquid mineral supplements
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Let me try to re-write option C:
Problems are due to micro-nutrients and are required for plant growth.
We dont need problems on our farm.. We need rain water for proper plant growth.
Let us ignore the amount of micro nutrients in rain water vs irrigation water.
Problems are due to micro-nutrients and are required for plant growth.
We dont need problems on our farm.. We need rain water for proper plant growth.
Let us ignore the amount of micro nutrients in rain water vs irrigation water.
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