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Gmat prep-difficult question2
Source: Beat The GMAT — Sentence Correction |
i thought it was E, when I was choosing between C and E, because the it in the second part of the sentence in C seemed to refer to the cobra.
i could be wrong.
i could be wrong.
IMO E
Because hissing and broadening are participles .. so feighing should be used as a participle .. in option D feighs is a verb and option feighing is used as a adverb.
I am not 2 sure if i am right
Because hissing and broadening are participles .. so feighing should be used as a participle .. in option D feighs is a verb and option feighing is used as a adverb.
I am not 2 sure if i am right
Last edited by Vignesh.4384 on Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.
IMO C
The hognose snake puts on an impressive bluff, hissing and rearing back, broadens the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does, feigning repeated strikes, but having no dangerous fangs and no venom, eventually, if its pursuer is not cowered by the performance, will fall over and play dead.
A broadens the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does, feigning repeated strikes, but having no dangerous fangs and no venom,
B broadens the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does and feigns repeated strikes, but with no dangerous fangs and no venom,
C broadening the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does and feigning repeated strikes, but it has no dangerous fangs and no venom, and
D broadening the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does and feigns repeated strikes, but with no dangerous fangs and no venom, and
E broadening the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does, feigning repeated strikes, but with no dangerous fangs and no venom, and
C:
The hognose snake puts on an impressive bluff (HOW??)
BY - hissing and rearing back,
BY- broadening the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does and feigning repeated strikes, -
both parts are using -ing forms which is correct
but it has no dangerous fangs and no venom, and eventually, if its pursuer is not cowered by the performance, will fall over and play dead. --
use of 'but' shows a transition which makes sense here(the snake puts on an impressive bluff but what happens when the bluff doesnt work?)
so according to be answer should be C
E:
The hognose snake puts on an impressive bluff,
hissing and rearing back, broadening the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does, feigning repeated strikes, but with no dangerous fangs and no venom, --->>>> these things in the last seem to be just an addition to the 'hissing' and 'broadening' which is wrong. we need to emphasise on a new clause here (preferably with a 'but') as the author is talking about a contrast here (again, what happens when the bluff doesnt work)
in Choice D there is major parallelism error between 'broadening' and 'feigns', so it's not a contender.
The hognose snake puts on an impressive bluff, hissing and rearing back, broadens the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does, feigning repeated strikes, but having no dangerous fangs and no venom, eventually, if its pursuer is not cowered by the performance, will fall over and play dead.
A broadens the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does, feigning repeated strikes, but having no dangerous fangs and no venom,
B broadens the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does and feigns repeated strikes, but with no dangerous fangs and no venom,
C broadening the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does and feigning repeated strikes, but it has no dangerous fangs and no venom, and
D broadening the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does and feigns repeated strikes, but with no dangerous fangs and no venom, and
E broadening the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does, feigning repeated strikes, but with no dangerous fangs and no venom, and
C:
The hognose snake puts on an impressive bluff (HOW??)
BY - hissing and rearing back,
BY- broadening the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does and feigning repeated strikes, -
both parts are using -ing forms which is correct
but it has no dangerous fangs and no venom, and eventually, if its pursuer is not cowered by the performance, will fall over and play dead. --
use of 'but' shows a transition which makes sense here(the snake puts on an impressive bluff but what happens when the bluff doesnt work?)
so according to be answer should be C
E:
The hognose snake puts on an impressive bluff,
hissing and rearing back, broadening the flesh behind its head the way a cobra does, feigning repeated strikes, but with no dangerous fangs and no venom, --->>>> these things in the last seem to be just an addition to the 'hissing' and 'broadening' which is wrong. we need to emphasise on a new clause here (preferably with a 'but') as the author is talking about a contrast here (again, what happens when the bluff doesnt work)
in Choice D there is major parallelism error between 'broadening' and 'feigns', so it's not a contender.
I agree with you wonder! I found it very meaningless that people write here their answers without explanation, nobody wonder the others' answers, wants to know whether anybody can explain the questions. Nobody posts questions with the aim of creating a database or providing questions to the members...
IMO C
Here there are 2 things at test.
1. Parallelism
The hognose snake....+ing , +ing and +ing.... Hissing...broadening.....feigning..... A, B, D can be eliminated.
2. The part starting from 'but' modifies snake and not strikes, so the use of 'it' is necessary to show the dependency. E is out.
Wats the official ans.??
Here there are 2 things at test.
1. Parallelism
The hognose snake....+ing , +ing and +ing.... Hissing...broadening.....feigning..... A, B, D can be eliminated.
2. The part starting from 'but' modifies snake and not strikes, so the use of 'it' is necessary to show the dependency. E is out.
Wats the official ans.??
IMO B: Parallelism
hissing and rearing are parallel; since and is already mentioned the parallelism for -ing ends here
puts - broadens and feigns should be parallel
hissing and rearing are parallel; since and is already mentioned the parallelism for -ing ends here
puts - broadens and feigns should be parallel
The answer has to be C. We need an "it" to carry the snake reference till "its pursuer ....."
Crick
Crick
The answer seems to be 'E' because in C 'it' could be misinterpreted to be referring to the 'cobra'. There is a definite 'pronoun reference error' in C. Experts please comment!
