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by vinay1983 » Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:06 am
Howler monkeys, long believed to be herbivores, have recently been observed scavenging for eggs in the forests near Porto Alegre, Brazil

A. to be herbivores, have
B. to being herbivore, have
C. to be herbivore, has
D. to have been herbivores, were
E. to be herbivores, was
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by theCodeToGMAT » Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:32 am
Is the Answer [spoiler]{A}[/spoiler]?
R A H U L
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by rakeshd347 » Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:57 am
vinay1983 wrote:Howler monkeys, long believed to be herbivores, have recently been observed scavenging for eggs in the forests near Porto Alegre, Brazil

A. to be herbivores, have
B. to being herbivore, have
C. to be herbivore, has
D. to have been herbivores, were
E. to be herbivores, was
C and E are out as SV agreement error. we have plural subject and singular verb.
B is out because of being. Being is always almost wrong on gmat. Moreover, it changes the meaning of the sentence.
D is also wrong....The usage of "to have been" takes the sentence in past. It sounds like the monkeys were believed but not anymore. So this choice also changes the meaning of the sentence.
I think OA is A
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by vinay1983 » Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:21 am
Rahul and Rakesh both of you are bang on target. Good job.You both are destined to excel in GMAT.
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by theCodeToGMAT » Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:36 am
vinay1983 wrote:Rahul and Rakesh both of you are bang on target. Good job.You both are destined to excel in GMAT.
Thanks Vinay.. I wish the same for you...
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by [email protected] » Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:47 pm
Hi All,

This SC is built on a few grammar rules:

1) The idiom "believed....to be". Eliminate B and D.

2) The plural noun "howler monkeys", which requires the use of the plural noun "herbivores." Eliminate C

3) The proper verb for the phrase "<verb>....recently been observed". Eliminate E

Final Answer: A

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by rakeshd347 » Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:32 pm
vinay1983 wrote:Rahul and Rakesh both of you are bang on target. Good job.You both are destined to excel in GMAT.
Thank you Vinay......You have been doing extremely good you will get 700+ easily if you were to take gmat today.
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