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OA to follow

gkammaje wrote:OA to follow

Quite a tricky question.

My answer "E". What is the OA?

would appreciate some explaination pls...
thanks

D?
produces looks to be correct. So, A,C and E gone
In B, them refers to what?
So D.

This is one of those 'OH MY GOD' type questions.

Ill also go with E.

B and D are out because of subject-verb agreement. (The cow doesnt match them)

C: Provided and milking are not parallel.

Left with A and E.
A: 'providing them with feed, ...the cows are producing'---doesnt make sense.
plus this sentence states a fact. so 'are producing' is incorrect. While stating facts we use the base form of the verb. So 'will produce' is correct rather than 'are producing'.

E: parallel
keep them:
1. cool
2. provided
3. milked.
Plus this option correctly uses the base form of the verb 'will produce'

So E.

mals24 wrote:This is one of those 'OH MY GOD' type questions.

Ill also go with E.

B and D are out because of subject-verb agreement. (The cow doesnt match them)

C: Provided and milking are not parallel.

Left with A and E.
A: 'providing them with feed, ...the cows are producing'---doesnt make sense.
plus this sentence states a fact. so 'are producing' is incorrect. While stating facts we use the base form of the verb. So 'will produce' is correct rather than 'are producing'.

E: parallel
keep them:
1. cool
2. provided
3. milked.
Plus this option correctly uses the base form of the verb 'will produce'

So E.

I agree.

It's E!

mals24 wrote:This is one of those 'OH MY GOD' type questions.

Ill also go with E.

B and D are out because of subject-verb agreement. (The cow doesnt match them)

C: Provided and milking are not parallel.

Left with A and E.
A: 'providing them with feed, ...the cows are producing'---doesnt make sense.
plus this sentence states a fact. so 'are producing' is incorrect. While stating facts we use the base form of the verb. So 'will produce' is correct rather than 'are producing'.

E: parallel
keep them:
1. cool
2. provided
3. milked.
Plus this option correctly uses the base form of the verb 'will produce'

So E.

In D, there is no THEM.

frizo wrote:
In D, there is no THEM.

There is 'them' in the non-underlined part. 'For the farmer who takes care to keep THEM cool'.

mals24 wrote:This is one of those 'OH MY GOD' type questions.


So E.

Thanks - OA is E

can you please explain more about the 'oh my god' type questions... :

Mals,

Your explanation is perfect. Only thing i didnt understand was the "fact" part. how will be determine the fact part?

The way I eliminiated was as follows -

B and D is eliminated for Subject - verb agreement problem

the participle phrase provided...and milked...should be a modifier for cows


In A, it sounded that farmer took care of them to keep cool, by providing ....and milking...,holstein cows.

Same was the problem with C.

Hence I choose E.


Please explain me the fact part?

schumi_gmat wrote:
Please explain me the fact part?

Well the sentence is stating a fact that if the farmers do A,B and C, the Holstein Cows will produce X liters of milk.
And all factual statements are supposed to be stated in base form of verb. So we choose 'produce' over 'producing'.

@gkammaje

can you please explain more about the 'oh my god' type questions...

Well these are questions which when you see in the test you're first reaction is 'Oh my God, Im so doomed!!!' . In simple words this was a pretty tricky and interesting question.

lol..interesting way to look at it...
my test in less than 24hrs..I thought I was missing some basic concept or question type... :roll: