this is confusing..


but isnt the right idiom " a native of"...??? and not "native of"


IS thats the reason...???


Not confident...


More comments pls..

The right idiom is "a native of" not native of

Xbond,

'be native to' indicates a characteristics whereas 'native of' does not!
e.g.:
*- There is a unique business culture native to the U.S.
*- There is a unique business culture native to the U.S.

*-(referred from https://www.800score.com/guidec4view1i.html)

Xbond wrote:The Red-tailed Sportive Lemur are, as all lemurs, native to Madagascar.

A. are, as all lemurs, native to
B. are, like all lemurs, native of
C. is, as all lemurs, native of
D. is, like all lemurs, native of
E. is, like all lemurs, native to


Someone can explain to me what is the difference between Native to and Native of

OA is E .

I would have choosen E straight away. Because I had seen examples at various places that whereever we are talking about animals like in this case native to is used..

to use native of.. Rob is a native of Spain.

Please correct if am wrong. Thanks!

i am totally agree with kiranlegend.......same i am doing.....

Oops, I wanted to give two different examples in my post! Here is the second one.

- It infects those who are not even a native of America

Yep - so here is something I came across:

- He is a native of Australia
- A Kangaroo is native to Australia

In the first case, native of Australia- is a noun.
In the second case, native to Australia - the word native is an adjective.

Option E is perfect, since it matches the idiom, and singular.

many thks guys

It's clear now

Xbond

Native of is used when a person belongs to a place.

Eg. John is a native of England

Native to is used when the species originated from the place

Kangaroo is a native to Australia
Ostrich is a native to Africa
Neem tree is a native to India

P.S - My Explanation is quite late. I posted it for guys who may be reading it now

Xbond wrote:The Red-tailed Sportive Lemur are, as all lemurs, native to Madagascar.

A. are, as all lemurs, native to
B. are, like all lemurs, native of
C. is, as all lemurs, native of
D. is, like all lemurs, native of
E. is, like all lemurs, native to

The Red-tailed Sportive Lemur ________ will take a singular Verb.

Hence we are left with answer choices (C) , (D) and (E)

Now we have to choose between native Of and Native to -

Native of - Used when talking about where a person was born

Native to - Whed when you're talking about a category, characteristic, or species.


Hence here Native to is preferred to Native of...

Option (C) and (D) can be rejected...

Hence IMO (E)...

Since this sentence talks about category so "Native to" will be used ; Between a and e , e is correct follows S-V agreement.

Hopes it help