nutritional value

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nutritional value

by ketkoag » Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:47 pm
According to recent studies comparing the nutritional value of meat from wild animals
and meat from domesticated animals, wild animals have less total fat than do livestock
fed on grain and more of a kind of fat they think is
good for cardiac health.
A. wild animals have less total fat than do livestock fed on grain and more of a kind
of fat they think is
B. wild animals have less total fat than livestock fed on grain and more of a kind of
fat thought to be
C. wild animals have less total fat than that of livestock fed on grain and have more
fat of a kind thought to be
D. total fat of wild animals is less than livestock fed on grain and they have more fat
of a kind thought to be
E. total fat is less in wild animals than that of livestock fed on grain and more of
their fat is of a kind they think is
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OA is B.. Please tell me whether the comparison in B as per the bold part is correct?[/spoiler]

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by goelmohit2002 » Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:16 pm
IMO Please read B like this:

....wild animals have less total fat than livestock fed on grain [have]....

This is a case of elipse where we can very clearly add the exact same word i.e. "have"....

C is wrong because it is comparing wild animals with fat....

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by perfectstranger » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:58 pm
goelmohit2002 wrote:IMO Please read B like this:

....wild animals have less total fat than livestock fed on grain [have]....

This is a case of elipse where we can very clearly add the exact same word i.e. "have"....

C is wrong because it is comparing wild animals with fat....
Hi İmo, how can wild animals are compared with fat in C could you explain?
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by goelmohit2002 » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:13 am
perfectstranger wrote:
goelmohit2002 wrote:IMO Please read B like this:

....wild animals have less total fat than livestock fed on grain [have]....

This is a case of elipse where we can very clearly add the exact same word i.e. "have"....

C is wrong because it is comparing wild animals with fat....
Hi İmo, how can wild animals are compared with fat in C could you explain?
in C, the antecent of that is fat....that's why it is comparing with fat...