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In some species of Cricket, the number of chirps per minute used by the male for attracting females rise and fall in accordance with the surrounding temperature, and they can in fact serve as an approximate thermometer
A. for attracting females rise and fall in accordance with the surrounding temperature, and they can in fact serve
B. for attracting females rises and falls in accordance with the surrounding temperature, which can in fact serve
C. in attracting females rise and fall in accordance with the surrounding temperature, in fact possibly serving
D. to attract females rises and falls in accordance with the surrounding temperature, and it can in fact serve
E. to attract females rises and falls in accordance with the surrounding temperature, in fact possibly serving
my concern : i can understand as why E is wrong but somehow i am not able to appreciate the presence of "and" in option D
D says: to attract females rises and falls in accordance with the surrounding temperature, and it can in fact serve.
i believe that "AND" connects two independent ideas which are equal in priority and unless there is a transition word these two ideas are independent of each other .also if are putting two things in parallel with "and" then we should be able to talk about those two things as A and B OR as 1 AND 2 .
However in option D the construction after "AND" is very much an extension of the idea of previous clause and hence nothing of the sort (as described above in italicized) is happening in option D
is it that D is right because we are using a transition word "and it can in fact" ,thereby making this relationship(the dependency of two clauses) clear ?
in other words will the following modified D be incorrect?
modified D :to attract females rises and falls in accordance with the surrounding temperature, and it can serve
question 2 : also please tell me if the modified E would be correct ?
modified E : to attract females rises and falls in accordance with the surrounding temperature, possibly serving
Best
A. for attracting females rise and fall in accordance with the surrounding temperature, and they can in fact serve
B. for attracting females rises and falls in accordance with the surrounding temperature, which can in fact serve
C. in attracting females rise and fall in accordance with the surrounding temperature, in fact possibly serving
D. to attract females rises and falls in accordance with the surrounding temperature, and it can in fact serve
E. to attract females rises and falls in accordance with the surrounding temperature, in fact possibly serving
my concern : i can understand as why E is wrong but somehow i am not able to appreciate the presence of "and" in option D
D says: to attract females rises and falls in accordance with the surrounding temperature, and it can in fact serve.
i believe that "AND" connects two independent ideas which are equal in priority and unless there is a transition word these two ideas are independent of each other .also if are putting two things in parallel with "and" then we should be able to talk about those two things as A and B OR as 1 AND 2 .
However in option D the construction after "AND" is very much an extension of the idea of previous clause and hence nothing of the sort (as described above in italicized) is happening in option D
is it that D is right because we are using a transition word "and it can in fact" ,thereby making this relationship(the dependency of two clauses) clear ?
in other words will the following modified D be incorrect?
modified D :to attract females rises and falls in accordance with the surrounding temperature, and it can serve
question 2 : also please tell me if the modified E would be correct ?
modified E : to attract females rises and falls in accordance with the surrounding temperature, possibly serving
Best
