Pls help me, verb-ing modifing problems

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Pls help me, verb-ing modifing problems

by tracyyahoo » Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:30 pm
The army cutworm moth is a critical source of fat for as many as a third of Yellowstone National Park's grizzly (bears; they overturn rocks to find them, as many as) 40,000 per bear in a single day.

(A) bears; they overturn rocks to find them, as many as
(B) bears; overturning rocks to find the insects, up to
(C) bears, overturning rocks to find them, as many as
(D) bears, and they overturn rocks to find them, up to
(E) bears, which overturn rocks to find the insects, consuming as many as

Although I know OA is E, I think it is wrong, because "consuming" would be modifing the insects??? It distorts the meanning of originals.

Am I missing anything here???? Pls explain me
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by aspirant2011 » Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:06 am
tracyyahoo wrote:The army cutworm moth is a critical source of fat for as many as a third of Yellowstone National Park's grizzly (bears; they overturn rocks to find them, as many as) 40,000 per bear in a single day.

(A) bears; they overturn rocks to find them, as many as
(B) bears; overturning rocks to find the insects, up to
(C) bears, overturning rocks to find them, as many as
(D) bears, and they overturn rocks to find them, up to
(E) bears, which overturn rocks to find the insects, consuming as many as

Although I know OA is E, I think it is wrong, because "consuming" would be modifing the insects??? It distorts the meanning of originals.

Am I missing anything here???? Pls explain me
Nopes consuming is modifying which & which refers to bears i.e the subject of this sentence which overturn rocks to find the insects..........

I hope it helps!!!!

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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:21 am
tracyyahoo wrote:The army cutworm moth is a critical source of fat for as many as a third of Yellowstone National Park's grizzly (bears; they overturn rocks to find them, as many as) 40,000 per bear in a single day.

(A) bears; they overturn rocks to find them, as many as
(B) bears; overturning rocks to find the insects, up to
(C) bears, overturning rocks to find them, as many as
(D) bears, and they overturn rocks to find them, up to
(E) bears, which overturn rocks to find the insects, consuming as many as

Although I know OA is E, I think it is wrong, because "consuming" would be modifing the insects??? It distorts the meanning of originals.

Am I missing anything here???? Pls explain me
"Consuming" would modify "insects" if there were no comma separating them.

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