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Birds known as honeyguides exhibit a unique pattern

by sachin_yadav » Sun Jun 15, 2014 7:02 am
Birds known as honeyguides exhibit a unique pattern of behavior: the bird leads another animal, such as a honey-badger or a human, to a bees' nest with their chattering when they fly ahead; after the larger animal takes honey, the bird eats the wax and bee larvae.

A. with their chattering when they fly
B. with chattering and its flying
C. by chattering as it flies
D. by chattering and its flying
E. by chattering as they are flying

OA is C

I have got the answer, but can anyone please explain how can i eliminate B and D.

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by Merlin92 » Sun Jun 15, 2014 10:47 am
A. 'They' is plural;therefore is wrongly used for singular subject 'the bird'.
B. 'with' is wrongly used.
D. parallelism error ('by chattering' is a prepositional phrase;'its flying'is a noun phrase).
E. incorrect use of 'they' for singular subject.
C. correct
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by AnjaliOberoi » Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:16 pm
A. with their chattering when they fly
B. with chattering and its flying - Parallelism error; structures on both sides of conjunction "and" need to be parallel
C. by chattering as it flies - correct
D. by chattering and its flying - Parallelism error; structures on both sides of conjunction "and" need to be parallel
E. by chattering as they are flying
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