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by ZacheryISmith » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:48 pm
Researchers have discovered a new species of sparrow that lives only in cypress groves, almost wholly dependent on the berries of a certain type of vine that grows on cypress trees and whose coloring is completely different from all other sparrows.

that lives only in cypress groves, almost wholly dependent on the berries of a certain type of vine that grows in cypress trees and whose coloring is completely different from

that lives only in cypress groves, is almost wholly dependent on the berries of a certain type of vine that grows on cypress trees, and has coloring completely different from that of

living only in cypress groves, is almost wholly dependent on the berries of a certain type of vine that grows on cypress trees, and whose coloring is completely different from

that lives only in cypress groves, almost wholly dependent on the berries of a certain type of vine that grows on cypress trees, and whose coloring is completely different from that of

living only in cypress groves, depending almost wholly on the berries of a certain type of vine that grows on cypress trees, and having coloring completely different than
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by satishchandra » Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:12 pm
ZacheryISmith wrote:Researchers have discovered a new species of sparrow that lives only in cypress groves, almost wholly dependent on the berries of a certain type of vine that grows on cypress trees and whose coloring is completely different from all other sparrows.

that lives only in cypress groves, almost wholly dependent on the berries of a certain type of vine that grows in cypress trees and whose coloring is completely different from

that lives only in cypress groves, is almost wholly dependent on the berries of a certain type of vine that grows on cypress trees, and has coloring completely different from that of

living only in cypress groves, is almost wholly dependent on the berries of a certain type of vine that grows on cypress trees, and whose coloring is completely different from

that lives only in cypress groves, almost wholly dependent on the berries of a certain type of vine that grows on cypress trees, and whose coloring is completely different from that of

living only in cypress groves, depending almost wholly on the berries of a certain type of vine that grows on cypress trees, and having coloring completely different than
A)whose coloring is different from that of XXX; Parellelism error
B)'is' unavoidable and changes the meaning
C)should be whose coloring is different from that of XXX; Parellelism error
D) Correct
E)different from is correct idiom; differect than is wrong idiomatic usage
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by rohit_gmat » Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:16 pm
IMO B

First thing to take out is color is diff from other sparrows (comparision error)
A,C,E are out

between D & B.. i spent a lot of time... but i feel that the second part of choice D seems to be modifying living in cypress groves, and the "whose" then seems to be ambigious...

wats the OA?
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by patanjali.purpose » Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:06 pm
ZacheryISmith wrote:Researchers have discovered a new species of sparrow that lives only in cypress groves, almost wholly dependent on the berries of a certain type of vine that grows on cypress trees and whose coloring is completely different from all other sparrows.

B - that lives only in cypress groves, is almost wholly dependent on the berries of a certain type of vine that grows on cypress trees, and has coloring completely different from that of


D - that lives only in cypress groves, almost wholly dependent on the berries of a certain type of vine that grows on cypress trees, and whose coloring is completely different from that of
D has modifier error - "dependent on berries.." modifies groves as if groves are dependent on berries. Ideally we intend to say that sparrow is dependent on berries. This is done in B by converting the phrase 'almost wholly...trees' into a clause.

B - sparrow lives..., sparrow is dependent on..., and sparrow has coloring... (they are ||llel - though D also tries to trick us by making 1st and 3rd clause ||llel).

IMO B (though it was a tough call)
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by smackmartine » Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:08 pm
IMO B

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by ZacheryISmith » Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:29 pm
The correct answer, according to Manhattan Prep. is B. Thanks for the explanations.
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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Oct 23, 2011 7:22 pm
This is one question that is more susceptible to being attacked from the ends -- the comparison at the end and the clearer relative clause with "that" at the beginning. It gets rid of CDE.
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