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Heartless human beings are like wild animals, which will

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by BTGmoderatorDC » Wed Apr 03, 2019 7:01 am

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Heartless human beings are like wild animals, which will rip its own kin at the slightest of need and that too without a sign of remorse.

A. Heartless human beings are like wild animals, which will rip its own kin at the slightest of need
B. Heartless human beings were like wild animals, which have ripped their own kin at the slightest of need
C. Human beings are like heartless wild animals, which rip their own kin in the slightest of need
D. Human beings are like heartless wild animals, which rip at its own kin in the slightest of need
E. Heartless human beings are like wild animals, which rip their own kin in the slightest of need

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by deloitte247 » Fri Apr 12, 2019 3:02 am
OPTION A - INCORRECT
Heartless human beings are like wild animals, which will rip its own kin at the slightest of need --> It is wrong pronoun; a grammar error

OPTION B - INCORRECT
Heartless human beings were like wild animals, which have ripped their own kin at the slightest of need --> This is a generalization and the use of past tense renders this option invalid. Grammar error - past tense with present tense doesn't match

OPTION C - INCORRECT
Human beings are like heartless wild animals, which rip their own kin in the slightest of need --> The sweeping remark that all human beings are heartless is absurd; a sever distortion of original intent.

OPTION D - INCORRECT
Human beings are like heartless wild animals, which rip at its own kin in the slightest of need --> This option suffers same fate as option C above

OPTION E - CORRECT
Heartless human beings are like wild animals, which rip their own kin in the slightest of need --> The remnant that corrects the errors . Pronouns are used in correct tense.
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