Found only in Sichuan, the giant panda roams the mountainous government-protected reserves and eats two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests, they feed for 12 to 16 hours a day.
A. giant pandas roam the mountainous government-protected reserves and eat two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests, feeding for 12 to 16 hours a day.
B. the giant panda roams the mountainous government-protected reserves, they eat two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests, and with so much feeding, up to 12 to 16 hours a day.
C. giant pandas roam the mountainous government-protected reserves eat two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests, and feed for 12 to 16 hours a day.
D. the giant panda roams the mountainous government-protected reserves eating two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests and feeding for 12 to 16 hours a day.
E. the giant panda roams the mountainous government-protected reserves eats two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests, and it feeds for 12 to 16 hours a day.
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my pick is Cgmatmachoman wrote:Found only in Sichuan, the giant panda roams the mountainous government-protected reserves and eats two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests, they feed for 12 to 16 hours a day.
A. giant pandas roam the mountainous government-protected reserves and eat two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests, feeding for 12 to 16 hours a day.
B. the giant panda roams the mountainous government-protected reserves, they eat two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests, and with so much feeding, up to 12 to 16 hours a day.
C. giant pandas roam the mountainous government-protected reserves eat two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests, and feed for 12 to 16 hours a day.
D. the giant panda roams the mountainous government-protected reserves eating two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests and feeding for 12 to 16 hours a day.
E. the giant panda roams the mountainous government-protected reserves eats two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests, and it feeds for 12 to 16 hours a day.
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Komal,
Plz try it again..
Clue: Superficial & actual parallelism.. I remember somewhere u posted reg this..but u need to apply it now!!
Plz try it again..
Clue: Superficial & actual parallelism.. I remember somewhere u posted reg this..but u need to apply it now!!
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It should be D , as while roaming pandas will eat and feed . llelism holds true but be careful about applying absolute llelism . If activities oocur at same time as other actvity you need to use verb+ing form .Found only in Sichuan, the giant panda roams the mountainous government-protected reserves and eats two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests, they feed for 12 to 16 hours a day.
A. giant pandas roam the mountainous government-protected reserves and eat two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests, feeding for 12 to 16 hours a day.
But am just curious if its a typo here . See bold statements in the quote . is'nt A supposed to be same as original sentence ?.
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yeah nice catch man!!
But BTW rohan, I am not able to see ur replies in CR section!! ANy specific reason?
OA :D
But BTW rohan, I am not able to see ur replies in CR section!! ANy specific reason?
OA :D
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feeding is based on "eat two species of bamboo"...looks okA. giant pandas roam the mountainous government-protected reserves and eat two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests, feeding for 12 to 16 hours a day.
,"they" is wrong . "eating" should follow the commaB. the giant panda roams the mountainous government-protected reserves, they eat two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests, and with so much feeding, up to 12 to 16 hours a day.
there should be a comma before "eat". Also, feed is treated as a seperate action. Feed should be dependant on "eat".C. giant pandas roam the mountainous government-protected reserves eat two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests, and feed for 12 to 16 hours a day.
there should be a comma before eating.D. the giant panda roams the mountainous government-protected reserves eating two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests and feeding for 12 to 16 hours a day.
eats should be preceeded by "and"E. the giant panda roams the mountainous government-protected reserves eats two species of bamboo that grow in the mixed forests, and it feeds for 12 to 16 hours a day.
--> A is the correct answer (hopefully)
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Well its on and off situation here for me.Job kinda sucking too much of time here beyond what i normally expected.gmatmachoman wrote:yeah nice catch man!!
But BTW rohan, I am not able to see ur replies in CR section!! ANy specific reason?
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Its been office shutdown since 2 days becoz of snow blizzard here , so working from home and that way can just peep into this forum .
But i certainly would say , this forum is the the liveliest of the ones i have seen . If you have real limited choices to go for, beatthegamt is certainly one of them and you guys really keep it going.
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I agree that "eating" require a comma in (d) because "-ing" gives the idea of a consequence. IMO E.
In (a) "They" is wrong because it must relate to panda in the singular form.
In (a) "They" is wrong because it must relate to panda in the singular form.