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by thephoenix » Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:35 pm
Because chickens lack teeth, they need another way to break apart the food they eat before reaching the stomach, and for this reason, chickens have a gizzard in which stones they swallow are used to grind their food.
A)
before reaching the stomach, and for this reason, chickens have a gizzard in which stones they swallow are used to grind their food.
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before it reaches the stomach, and for this reason, chickens have a gizzard in which stones they have swallowed is used to grind their food.
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before it reaches the stomach, and for this reason, chickens have a gizzard in which stones they swallow are used to grind their food.
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before reaching the stomach, and for this reason, chickens have a gizzard in which stones they have swallowed is used to grind their food.
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before it reaches the stomach, and for this reason, chickens have a gizzard in which stones they have swallowed are used to grind their food.
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by Giorgio » Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:11 am
We need to use pronoun IT here , to refer to food . Usage of Reaching here is awkward...

So i choose C
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by girish3131 » Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:14 am
Ans is [spoiler]E[/spoiler]
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by money9111 » Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:17 am
I also chose E because the swallowing of the stones occurs before it reaches the stomach therefore we would need to use "Have swallowed"... i could be completely wrong with that though...
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by Giorgio » Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:26 am
I am not sure about the usage of "HAVE" in this question. can anyone explain pls?
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by harshavardhanc » Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:50 am
I also believe it should be C and not E.

The complete sentence is in simple present tense and C maintains it.

Usage of 'have' in E makes it the perfect form which is unnecessary.

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by money9111 » Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:51 am
i'm probably the wrong one... i'm just going to answer from now on instead of mess people up :-/
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by thephoenix » Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:17 am
guys i need to know the error in 1 st and 4th, i will post the OA soon
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by Giorgio » Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:24 am
thephoenix wrote:guys i need to know the error in 1 st and 4th, i will post the OA soon
Using of Reaching is awkward in this manner, it is hard to determine what it refers to
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by gmatmachoman » Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:37 am
IMO C
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by mmon » Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:06 am
IMO E

A.The phrase before reaching the stomach does not have a clear subject."it" is needed else looks as if "they"(chicken" is modified

B.The singular verb is does not agree with the plural subject stones

C The present tense verb swallow should be replaced with the present perfect verb have swallowed in order to indicate that the swallowing occurred before the use of the stones.

D same prob as A "it" is missing

E .correct
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by money9111 » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:52 am
correct answer anyone?
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:01 am
It has to be E

The only viable contenders are B C and E

C is wrong, imo, because you need to use the past perfect tense to indicate that the chickens swallow the stones before those stones can be used to grind their food. E correctly uses the past perfect tense. Choose E.
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by becnil » Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:16 pm
Here is what I think:

A)
before reaching the stomach, and for this reason, chickens have a gizzard in which stones they swallow are used to grind their food. ....... we need a pronoun to refer to the food (It)
B)
before it reaches the stomach, and for this reason, chickens have a gizzard in which stones they have swallowed is used to grind their food. ...... "stones" do not agree with "is used"
C)
before it reaches the stomach, and for this reason, chickens have a gizzard in which stones they swallow are used to grind their food. ...... Right
D)
before reaching the stomach, and for this reason, chickens have a gizzard in which stones they have swallowed is used to grind their food. .... same as A
E)
before it reaches the stomach, and for this reason, chickens have a gizzard in which stones they have swallowed are used to grind their food. .... "stones they have swallowed" indicates a completed action, however, in this case, a continuous action makes more sense, as in option C
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by vscid » Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:27 pm
thephoenix wrote:Because chickens lack teeth, they need another way to break apart the food they eat before reaching the stomach, and for this reason, chickens have a gizzard in which stones they swallow are used to grind their food.
A)
before reaching the stomach, and for this reason, chickens have a gizzard in which stones they swallow are used to grind their food.
B)
before it reaches the stomach, and for this reason, chickens have a gizzard in which stones they have swallowed is used to grind their food.
C)
before it reaches the stomach, and for this reason, chickens have a gizzard in which stones they swallow are used to grind their food.
D)
before reaching the stomach, and for this reason, chickens have a gizzard in which stones they have swallowed is used to grind their food.
E)
before it reaches the stomach, and for this reason, chickens have a gizzard in which stones they have swallowed are used to grind their food.
What is the OA and OE?
The GMAT is indeed adaptable. Whenever I answer RC, it proficiently 'adapts' itself to mark my 'right' answer 'wrong'.
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