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by Dean Jones » Mon Dec 26, 2011 3:55 am
Dear Friends,

I was having problems in answering the following question.

Like the thorny ballooning of a frightened pufferfish or the sudden appearance of angry sapphire hoops for which the blue-ringed octopus is named, so the California newt's display of its red underbelly is a clear warning that predators ignore at their peril.

(A) so the California newt's display of its red underbelly is a clear warning that predators ignore at their peril
(B) so it is at their peril that predators ignore the California newt's display of its red underbelly, a clear warning
(C) the California newt's displaying its red underbelly is a clear warning for predators, so they ignore it at their peril
(D) the California newt's display of its red underbelly is a clear warning that predators ignore at their peril
(E) it is at their peril that predators ignore the California newt's display of its red underbelly, a clear warning


Please help.

OA after some discussions.

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Deano.
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by k.pankaj.r » Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:23 am
IMO D
like comparison is only for nouns...
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by sam2304 » Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:53 am
IMO D.

Like X, Y usage. Here X and Y plays the part of noun phrases.
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by hoji » Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:31 am
IMO C
the reasoning:
in D, "a clear warning that predators ignore at their peril" means that predators ignore a clear warning for their own safety, not newt.
and in C on contrary, predators is ignoring it(newt) not the warning.
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by tracyyahoo » Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:29 am
C is " so they ignore" is wordy...

In D, like.... California blar blar blar.... Is sentence is clear and well presented..
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by GmatKiss » Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:18 am
It has to be D, pls post OA
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by Dean Jones » Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:59 am
OA is option D
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