Sentence Correction

Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined that there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times as rare as China's giant pandas.
a)same
b) Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, researchers have determined, making them many times more rare than
c) Ther are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined, which makes leopards manyt itmes more rare compared to
d) Researchers have determined that, because of being poached and increased cultivation in their native habits, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, thus making them many more times as rare as
e) Researchers have determined that, because of pochaing and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 arabian leopards left in the wild and that these leopards are thus many tiimes more rare than

The correct ans is E. I chose A:(

Can someone explain

Nidhs wrote:Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined that there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times as rare as China's giant pandas.
a)same
b) Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, researchers have determined, making them many times more rare than
c) Ther are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined, which makes leopards manyt itmes more rare compared to
d) Researchers have determined that, because of being poached and increased cultivation in their native habits, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, thus making them many more times as rare as
e) Researchers have determined that, because of pochaing and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 arabian leopards left in the wild and that these leopards are thus many tiimes more rare than

The correct ans is E. I chose A:(

Can someone explain

Original sentence has "many times as rare as" which is the wrong usage. "as rare as" would be used to compare the rarity of 2 species. "many times" will be used to say one specie is more rare than other. "many times" and "as rare as" can't be used together.

A. wrong for above reason.
B. "Researchers have determined" comes very late in the sentence and the entire structure of the sentence is messed up
C. "many times more rare compared to " - wrong usage.
D. "being poached" and "increased cultivation" are not parallel.
E. correct.

Hope that helps !

The answer is E

A) Misplaced modifier - the modifier at the beginning of the sentence seems to modify researcher, making no sense. The modifying phrase should modifying leopards.

B) The adverbial modifier - making them many times more rare than does- not have a clear referent (My guess is researchers and that makes no sense)

C) In GMATLand, "which modifies any word that immediately precedes it. In this sentence, which is suppose to modify the entire sentence before the word. This is asking "which to do to much". So wrong.

D) In the sentence "because of being poached" and "many more times as rare as " are just awful ways to phrase a sentence. Keep in mind that being is only right in GMATland when it is used as a modifier or when it is required in the passive voice of sentence. Being does not qualify here.

E) Even though this sentence could be made cleaner, it is not as awful as the others. Also it maintains parallelism.

picked E.

Nidhs wrote:Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined that there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times as rare as China's giant pandas.
a)same
b) Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, researchers have determined, making them many times more rare than
c) Ther are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined, which makes leopards manyt itmes more rare compared to
d) Researchers have determined that, because of being poached and increased cultivation in their native habits, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, thus making them many more times as rare as
e) Researchers have determined that, because of pochaing and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 arabian leopards left in the wild and that these leopards are thus many tiimes more rare than

The correct ans is E. I chose A:(

Can someone explain

Pls use spoiler for ans...I mean hide your answer...If its not hidden, interest is lost.

AGJAMESNEWYORK wrote:The answer is E

A) Misplaced modifier - the modifier at the beginning of the sentence seems to modify researcher, making no sense. The modifying phrase should modifying leopards.

B) The adverbial modifier - making them many times more rare than does- not have a clear referent (My guess is researchers and that makes no sense)

C) In GMATLand, "which modifies any word that immediately precedes it. In this sentence, which is suppose to modify the entire sentence before the word. This is asking "which to do to much". So wrong.

D) In the sentence "because of being poached" and "many more times as rare as " are just awful ways to phrase a sentence. Keep in mind that being is only right in GMATland when it is used as a modifier or when it is required in the passive voice of sentence. Being does not qualify here.

E) Even though this sentence could be made cleaner, it is not as awful as the others. Also it maintains parallelism.

Agreed E is just better among worst choices.

May, I ask poster, source of this question.

It's a GPREP question.

iamcste wrote:

AGJAMESNEWYORK wrote:The answer is E

A) Misplaced modifier - the modifier at the beginning of the sentence seems to modify researcher, making no sense. The modifying phrase should modifying leopards.

B) The adverbial modifier - making them many times more rare than does- not have a clear referent (My guess is researchers and that makes no sense)

C) In GMATLand, "which modifies any word that immediately precedes it. In this sentence, which is suppose to modify the entire sentence before the word. This is asking "which to do to much". So wrong.

D) In the sentence "because of being poached" and "many more times as rare as " are just awful ways to phrase a sentence. Keep in mind that being is only right in GMATland when it is used as a modifier or when it is required in the passive voice of sentence. Being does not qualify here.

E) Even though this sentence could be made cleaner, it is not as awful as the others. Also it maintains parallelism.

Agreed E is just better among worst choices.

May, I ask poster, source of this question.

Hi,

I agree that "E" is the best among all the answers.

However, are "poaching" and increased cultivation" parallel?

Seems to me that they do not follow the conventional form of parallelism, such as flying, jogging, cycling.

Feel free to comment.

Nidhs wrote:Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined that there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times as rare as China's giant pandas.
a)same
b) Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, researchers have determined, making them many times more rare than
c) Ther are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined, which makes leopards manyt itmes more rare compared to
d) Researchers have determined that, because of being poached and increased cultivation in their native habits, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, thus making them many more times as rare as
e) Researchers have determined that, because of pochaing and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 arabian leopards left in the wild and that these leopards are thus many tiimes more rare than

The correct ans is E. I chose A:(

Can someone explain

Another way of looking @ it is

A is wrong ... misplaced modifier
B is wrong. subjunctive mood ( determined.......... that)
C.Same
D.Being is almost always wrong .

Nidhs wrote:Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined that there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, and that these leopards are thus many times as rare as China's giant pandas.
a)same
b) Due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, researchers have determined, making them many times more rare than
c) Ther are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild due to poaching and increased cultivation in their native habitats, researchers have determined, which makes leopards manyt itmes more rare compared to
d) Researchers have determined that, because of being poached and increased cultivation in their native habits, there are fewer than 100 Arabian leopards left in the wild, thus making them many more times as rare as
e) Researchers have determined that, because of pochaing and increased cultivation in their native habitats, there are fewer than 100 arabian leopards left in the wild and that these leopards are thus many tiimes more rare than

The correct ans is E. I chose A:(

Can someone explain

In "E", " their " refers to Researchers or leopards?