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by prachich1987 » Sat Dec 11, 2010 10:43 am
Many entomologists say that campaigns to eradicate the fire ant in the United States have
failed because the chemicals that were used were effective only in wiping out the ant's
natural enemies, which made it easier for them to spread.


A. which made it easier for them
B. which makes it easier for it
C. thus making it easier for them
D. thus making it easier for the ant
E. thereby, it was made easier for the ant
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by kapur.arnav » Sat Dec 11, 2010 12:33 pm
prachich1987 wrote:Many entomologists say that campaigns to eradicate the fire ant in the United States have
failed because the chemicals that were used were effective only in wiping out the ant's
natural enemies, which made it easier for them to spread.


A. which made it easier for them
B. which makes it easier for it
C. thus making it easier for them
D. thus making it easier for the ant
E. thereby, it was made easier for the ant
It should be D...
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by prachich1987 » Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:58 pm
kapur.arnav wrote:
prachich1987 wrote:Many entomologists say that campaigns to eradicate the fire ant in the United States have
failed because the chemicals that were used were effective only in wiping out the ant's
natural enemies, which made it easier for them to spread.


A. which made it easier for them
B. which makes it easier for it
C. thus making it easier for them
D. thus making it easier for the ant
E. thereby, it was made easier for the ant
It should be D...
Yes,You are right.The answer is D.
But why it cannot be A?
Can you plz explain
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by kapur.arnav » Sat Dec 11, 2010 11:52 pm
kapur.arnav wrote:
prachich1987 wrote:Many entomologists say that campaigns to eradicate the fire ant in the United States have failed because the chemicals that were used were effective only in wiping out the ant's
natural enemies, which made it easier for them to spread.

A. which made it easier for them - 2 reasons why this is wrong.... use of which... which refers to the noun just before the comma... in this case it refers to ant's natural enemies, however it should refer to fire ant.... second reason is use of them... pronoun error...
B. which makes it easier for it - same reason as a
C. thus making it easier for them - pronoun error...
D. thus making it easier for the ant - no error...
E. thereby, it was made easier for the ant - use of it does not make sense...

hope i was able to articulate... lemme know if this doesnt work for u... thanks...
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by prachich1987 » Sun Dec 12, 2010 12:01 am
kapur.arnav wrote:
kapur.arnav wrote:
prachich1987 wrote:Many entomologists say that campaigns to eradicate the fire ant in the United States have failed because the chemicals that were used were effective only in wiping out the ant's
natural enemies, which made it easier for them to spread.

A. which made it easier for them - 2 reasons why this is wrong.... use of which... which refers to the noun just before the comma... in this case it refers to ant's natural enemies, however it should refer to fire ant.... second reason is use of them... pronoun error...
B. which makes it easier for it - same reason as a
C. thus making it easier for them - pronoun error...
D. thus making it easier for the ant - no error...
E. thereby, it was made easier for the ant - use of it does not make sense...

hope i was able to articulate... lemme know if this doesnt work for u... thanks...
Thanks Arnav for explanation
But in "A" , "which" refers to the "process of wiping out ant's enemies"
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by kapur.arnav » Sun Dec 12, 2010 12:12 am
prachich1987 wrote:
kapur.arnav wrote:
kapur.arnav wrote:
prachich1987 wrote:Many entomologists say that campaigns to eradicate the fire ant in the United States have failed because the chemicals that were used were effective only in wiping out the ant's
natural enemies, which made it easier for them to spread.

A. which made it easier for them - 2 reasons why this is wrong.... use of which... which refers to the noun just before the comma... in this case it refers to ant's natural enemies, however it should refer to fire ant.... second reason is use of them... pronoun error...
B. which makes it easier for it - same reason as a
C. thus making it easier for them - pronoun error...
D. thus making it easier for the ant - no error...
E. thereby, it was made easier for the ant - use of it does not make sense...

hope i was able to articulate... lemme know if this doesnt work for u... thanks...
Thanks Arnav for explanation
But in "A" , "which" refers to the "process of wiping out ant's enemies"
which doesn't refer to the entire preceding clause... it only refers to the closest noun...
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