For the farmer who takes care

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by confused13 » Wed Jul 09, 2014 9:03 am

For the farmer who takes care to keep them cool, providing them with high-energy feed, and milking them regularly, Holstein cows are producing an average of 2,275 gallons of milk each per year.
A. providing them with high-energy feed, and milking them regularly, Holstein cows are producing
B. providing them with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, the Holstein cow produces
C. provided with high-energy feed, and milking them regularly, Holstein cows are producing
D. provided with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, the Holstein cow produces
E. provided with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, Holstein cows will produce

E

OA sounds like the farmer is provided with high-energy?

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by [email protected] » Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:23 am

Hi confused13,

This SC is based on 2 common GMAT grammar rules:

1) Pronouns - You'll notice that the answers discuss either "Holstein COWS" or "the Holstein COW", so we have plural vs. singular. The pronoun "THEM" appears in the non-underlined portion of the prompt, so the correct answer must use the word COWS. Eliminate B and D.

2) Parallelism - The prompt lists 3 things a farmer must do to get a future result from his/her cows. Each of the 3 items must be presented in parallel "format." The phrase "to keep them cool...." provides the format that the other 2 things must follow. Eliminate A and C.

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