Can someone help me crack this SC:-
18. A peculiar feature of the embryonic mammalian circulatory system is that in the area of the heart the cells adhere to one another, beating in unison and adopting specialized orientations exclusive of one another.
(A) beating in unison and adopting
(B) they beat in unison while adopting
(C) beat in unison, and adopt
(D) beating in unison yet adopting
(E) even though they beat in unison and adopt
More often than not i fail to apply my grammar rules to these types of questions.Plz help.
A challenging SC
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I believe the asnwer is E.
is that in the area of the heart, the cells adhere to one another even though they beat in unison and adopt specialized orientations exclusive of on another...
I can't explain it but just look at the flow of the sentence.
is that in the area of the heart, the cells adhere to one another even though they beat in unison and adopt specialized orientations exclusive of on another...
I can't explain it but just look at the flow of the sentence.
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Hey Thanks for your reply..
But the correct answer as per the book is D. I could not perceive this one as one where i can apply the rule of parellelism.Any thoughts?
But the correct answer as per the book is D. I could not perceive this one as one where i can apply the rule of parellelism.Any thoughts?
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taking a second look at this thing--maybe the rules of parallelism don't apply after all.subhojit_dg wrote:Hey Thanks for your reply..
But the correct answer as per the book is D. I could not perceive this one as one where i can apply the rule of parellelism.Any thoughts?
'beating in unison, yet adopting' is modifying 'cells'. i've noticed in OG that verbs ending in '-ing' can serve to modify nouns in sentences. this is a pretty tricky one, but now that i think about it, it isn't a question that's necessarily testing parallelism.
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The correct answer is D.
My Analysis:
Read the following part of the sentence carefully once again. It says, "beating in unison and adopting specialized orientations exclusive of one another."
Yes, for once you should give a thought to parallelism, but here we see that the original sentence uses parallelism correctly. So there should be somthing else.
After reading the above sentence we can see that the cells display contrasting notions, that of beating in unisons and that of adopting orientations exclusive of one another. One would expect the cells to adopt the same orientations since they beat in unison, but they do not. Thus, the word connecting both these notions should convey the above meaning, which is done correctly by YET. Hence, the answer D.
My Analysis:
Read the following part of the sentence carefully once again. It says, "beating in unison and adopting specialized orientations exclusive of one another."
Yes, for once you should give a thought to parallelism, but here we see that the original sentence uses parallelism correctly. So there should be somthing else.
After reading the above sentence we can see that the cells display contrasting notions, that of beating in unisons and that of adopting orientations exclusive of one another. One would expect the cells to adopt the same orientations since they beat in unison, but they do not. Thus, the word connecting both these notions should convey the above meaning, which is done correctly by YET. Hence, the answer D.
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thanks for the thorough explanation, neeleshkhadse!neeleshkhadse wrote:The correct answer is D.
My Analysis:
Read the following part of the sentence carefully once again. It says, "beating in unison and adopting specialized orientations exclusive of one another."
Yes, for once you should give a thought to parallelism, but here we see that the original sentence uses parallelism correctly. So there should be somthing else.
After reading the above sentence we can see that the cells display contrasting notions, that of beating in unisons and that of adopting orientations exclusive of one another. One would expect the cells to adopt the same orientations since they beat in unison, but they do not. Thus, the word connecting both these notions should convey the above meaning, which is done correctly by YET. Hence, the answer D.
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neeleshkhadse is absolutely correct. Using the word "yet" allows the sentence to make more sense.
one more thought though. we can tell this is not a question that tests parallel verb tenses because the subject is in the singular "A peculiar feature..." If we were listing features or actions, then we would have to pick parallel verb tenses--adhere, beat, adopt. However, we are clued into the fact that we are looking for a single strange feature right from the start. So right from the start, we can elimnate B, C and E because they assume that there is an incorrect verb tense. A is confusing. D makes it make sense. Using "yet" connects the three different actions (adhering, beating and adopting) and makes them ONE feature.
one more thought though. we can tell this is not a question that tests parallel verb tenses because the subject is in the singular "A peculiar feature..." If we were listing features or actions, then we would have to pick parallel verb tenses--adhere, beat, adopt. However, we are clued into the fact that we are looking for a single strange feature right from the start. So right from the start, we can elimnate B, C and E because they assume that there is an incorrect verb tense. A is confusing. D makes it make sense. Using "yet" connects the three different actions (adhering, beating and adopting) and makes them ONE feature.
good luck!
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A peculiar feature of the embryonic mammalian circulatory system is that in the area of the heart the cells adhere to one another, beating in unison and adopting specialized orientations exclusive of one another.
Beating and Adopting , describes what heart cells are doing.
but we need YET to express the contrast
So --- > D as in Dracula!!
Beating and Adopting , describes what heart cells are doing.
but we need YET to express the contrast
So --- > D as in Dracula!!
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