Frog's anatomical features

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by papgust » Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:45 am

Much of the frog's anatomical features - such as its long sticky tongue - is adapted to its insectivorous diet

A. Much of the frog's anatomical features - such as its long sticky tongue - is
B. Much from the frog's anatomical features - such as its long sticky tongue - are
C. Much of the frog's features that are anatomical - such as its long sticky tongue - is
D. Much of the frog's anatomical features - such as its long sticky tongue - are
E. Much of the frog's features that are anatomical - such as its long sticky tongue - are

OA will be posted later. I tend to disagree with OA. Let's see your opinion. I'm not sure with the source of this question. It was passed by my friend.

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by pandeyvineet24 » Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:12 am

papgust wrote:Much of the frog's anatomical features - such as its long sticky tongue - is adapted to its insectivorous diet

A. Much of the frog's anatomical features - such as its long sticky tongue - is
B. Much from the frog's anatomical features - such as its long sticky tongue - are
C. Much of the frog's features that are anatomical - such as its long sticky tongue - is
D. Much of the frog's anatomical features - such as its long sticky tongue - are
E. Much of the frog's features that are anatomical - such as its long sticky tongue - are

OA will be posted later. I tend to disagree with OA. Let's see your opinion. I'm not sure with the source of this question. It was passed by my friend.

papgust, is the usage of "Much" correct here ?. since "features" are countable, should it not start with "Many" ?. Are you sure sentence starts with "Much".

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by papgust » Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:17 am

This is what struck me immediately when i first saw the question. But this is not a typo error. It is "Much" given in the source and not "Many".

Maybe "Much" vs "Many" is controversial just like "None". In Kaplan 800, it says that "None" is nothing but no one and implies singularity regardless of the noun (countable or uncountable). But other sources say that "None" takes either singular or plural verbs based on whether the noun is countable or uncountable. Two contradictory explanations exist here. Probably the contradiction is applicable here as well. This is just my thought. I'm not too sure either.

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by deepakdewani » Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:39 am

IMO D

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by umaa » Sun Dec 20, 2009 10:20 am

papgust wrote:Much of the frog's anatomical features - such as its long sticky tongue - is adapted to its insectivorous diet

A. Much of the frog's anatomical features - such as its long sticky tongue - is
B. Much from the frog's anatomical features - such as its long sticky tongue - are
C. Much of the frog's features that are anatomical - such as its long sticky tongue - is
D. Much of the frog's anatomical features - such as its long sticky tongue - are
E. Much of the frog's features that are anatomical - such as its long sticky tongue - are

OA will be posted later. I tend to disagree with OA. Let's see your opinion. I'm not sure with the source of this question. It was passed by my friend.

What is the source of the question? I think MANY is correct to denote "features". Also, "such as ITS sticky tongue"?? ITS is controversial.

IMO A.

B - "much from the" - changes the meaning; much of money or anything with much is singular; So, ARE is wrong
C - that are anatomical is wordy and changes the meaning
D - ARE - wrong
E - same as D

What is the OA?

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by papgust » Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:02 pm

To my surprise, OA is D. Just as i explained about the controversial usage of "None" in my previous post, i guess "Much" is also controversial. Some experts can throw some light here.

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by viju9162 » Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:01 pm

Hi papgust,

I will go with
D.

My reasoning is as follows:

1> Let us accept "much" as no option is mentioned with many.
2> The sentence is talking about features, which is plural. Hence, I will stick with "are"
3> The sentence has possessive noun ( frog's). Therefore, possessive pronoun ( its) can refer to it.
4> Much of sounds idiomatic than "Much from" .

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Viju

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by papgust » Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:53 pm

viju9162 wrote: 2> The sentence is talking about features, which is plural. Hence, I will stick with "are"

My question is just that. Should we take the plural verb when the subject is plural and when "Much" is used?

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by viju9162 » Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:13 am

Not sure. Experts will comment on that

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When much, less is used with non-countable nouns, it will be followed with singular verb, right papgust?

For ex: much of the water is .....

I sometimes get confused with verb usage for non-countables nouns.

Regards,
Viju

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by gmatmachoman » Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:28 am

viju9162 wrote:Not sure. Experts will comment on that .

When much, less is used with non-countable nouns, it will be followed with singular verb, right papgust?

For ex: much of the water is .....

I sometimes get confused with verb usage for non-countables nouns.

Regards,
Viju

IMO D

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by hrishi19884 » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:07 am

YES option D is definitely the correct answer. I can explain it to you as below :

A. Much of the frog's anatomical features - such as its long sticky tongue - is ........

Here, features is plural, so are should be followed instead of is. Hence A is incorrect

B. Much from the frog's anatomical features - such as its long sticky tongue - are ...

Here, when we use "Much from" it should always follow a singularity(is)

for eg - "Much from the past about solar winds is known to human. Hence B is incorrect

C.Much of the frog's features that are anatomical - such as its long sticky tongue - is ...

Here, the error is same as A . Are should be used instead is. Hence C is incorrect

E. Much of the frog's features that are anatomical - such as its long sticky tongue - are ...

It is too much wordy, though grammar is correctly used here. Hence E is incorrect.

D. Much of the frog's anatomical features - such as its long sticky tongue - are...

It is the grammatically correct, concise, compact and most perfect.

Hope, you should now have every reason to smile

Hrishi

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