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by kaudes11114 » Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:50 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

1. providing them with high-energy feed, and milking them regularly, Holstein cows are producing
2. providing them with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, the Holstein cow produces
3. provided with high-energy feed, and milking them regularly, Holstein cows are producing
4. provided with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, the Holstein cow produces
5. provided with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, Holstein cows will produce

I am confused between 4 and 5. Original sentence shows present continuous tense 'are producing'
in option 5 it has been changed to 'will produce' i.e future tense. why 'produces is wrong'.
Is the usage of article 'the' in front of Holstein is right in option 4?
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by kaudes11114 » Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:04 am
Hi

thanks for replying.

As you have written
'in B and D, them (plural) does not agree with the Holstein cow (singular). Eliminate B and D.'

D says ' provided with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, the Holstein cow produces '

But 'them' is not used in option D.

also can tell me that how the the change of tense is justified in case of E?
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by GMATGuruNY » Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:20 am
kaudes11114 wrote:Hi

thanks for replying.

As you have written
'in B and D, them (plural) does not agree with the Holstein cow (singular). Eliminate B and D.'

D says ' provided with high-energy feed, and milked regularly, the Holstein cow produces '

But 'them' is not used in option D.

also can tell me that how the the change of tense is justified in case of E?
The non-underlined portion -- which applies to all of the answer choices -- includes them (plural).
In B and D, the Holstein cow (singular) does not agree with them (in the non-underlined portion).

In my 3rd post here -- https://www.beatthegmat.com/holstein-cows-t152122.html -- I explain the justification for the future tense in E.
When you analyze the tense in E, ask yourself the following:
Does the future tense in E constitute a clear error?
Since the future tense in E does NOT constitute a clear error -- and each of the other answer choices DOES have a clear error -- eliminate the other answer choices and choose E.
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