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by maihuna » Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:13 pm
The army cutworm moth is a critical source of fat for many
of Yellowstone National Park's grizzly bears; they overturn
rocks to find them and consuming as many as 40,000 apiece
in a single day.
A. bears; they overturn rocks to find them and consuming
as many as.
B. bears; overturning rocks to find the insects, consuming
up to
C. bears, overturning rocks to find them and they consume
as many as.
D. bears, and they overturn rocks to find them and consume
up to
E. bears, which overturn rocks to find the insects, consuming
as many as.
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by heshamelaziry » Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:01 pm
IMO E
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by mehravikas » Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:46 pm
That's what I think as well but can "which" refer to something plural?
heshamelaziry wrote:IMO E
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by punitkaur » Thu Dec 10, 2009 7:00 pm
E seems the best and Which can refer to plural antecedents

https://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentenc ... edent.html
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by varchar » Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:09 am
IMO D
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by raj_aabr » Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:14 am
I think in E overturn is not parallel with consuming.

IMO D.

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by varchar » Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:56 am
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by umaa » Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:12 am
IMO E

A, C and D - THEM is wrong. We need it to denote the cutworm.

B is wrong because the sentence after the semicolon is not an independent clause.
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