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by maihuna » Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:23 am
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, 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
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
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by Frankenstein » Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:50 am
Hi,
1st statement is correct because of parallelism : lives, is almost, has coloring
2nd statement : they 'lives','almost','has coloring'. More over, there could be a change in meaning too
researchers have discovered...., almost wholly dependent... as if the researchers are wholly dependent on the berries.
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by aspirant2011 » Fri Jun 03, 2011 10:06 am
maihuna 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, 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
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
"Lives on grooves,is almost" is the correct usage.....reject the options with grows bec chsnges the intended meaning.....reject options which don't have "is" in front of almost as alters the meaninhlg by modifying grooves instead of modifying "sparrow".......
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by sameerballani » Fri Jun 03, 2011 3:27 pm
maihuna 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, 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

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
IMO A
Read it as:
Researchers have discovered a new species of sparrow
that lives only in cypress groves,
that is almost wholly dependent on the berries of a certain type of vine that grows on cypress trees,
and that has coloring completely different from that of all other sparrows.
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