Organized in 1966 by the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Breeding Bird Survey uses annual roadside counts along established routes for monitoring of population changes of as many as, or of more than 250 birds species, including 180 songbirds.
(A) for monitoring of population changes of as many as, or of
(B) to monitor population changes of as many, or
(C) to monitor changes in the populations of
(D) that monitors population changes of
(E) that monitors changes in populations of as many as, or
Grammatical mistake at the cost of change in meaning
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Indradeep wrote:Organized in 1966 by the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Breeding Bird Survey uses annual roadside counts along established routes for monitoring of population changes of as many as, or of more than 250 birds species, including 180 songbirds.
(A) for monitoring of population changes of as many as, or of
(B) to monitor population changes of as many, or
(C) to monitor changes in the populations of
(D) that monitors population changes of
(E) that monitors changes in populations of as many as, or
whenever statment does something with aim of achieving something...in short, has a purpose, we need our friend "To"
eliminate all but B, C
B-Incorrect Idiom
As many as
Also, as per me ..only "more than" in the stem is sufficient.. as many is ...just a crap so that we can only focus on the idioms
Choose C
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Is this your next post?
But "(C) to monitor changes in the populations of more than 250 birds species" implies that number of birds cannot be 250 species.
But the original sentence implies the number of species could be just 250 species.
But "(C) to monitor changes in the populations of more than 250 birds species" implies that number of birds cannot be 250 species.
But the original sentence implies the number of species could be just 250 species.
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Organized in 1966 by the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Breeding Bird Survey uses annual roadside counts along established routes for monitoring of population changes of as many as, or of more than 250 birds species, including 180 songbirds.
(A) for monitoring of population changes of as many as, or of
for monitoring---incorrect idiom
(B) to monitor population changes of as many, or
as many -- incorrect idiom
(C) to monitor changes in the populations of
Correct
(D) that monitors population changes of
" that " illogically refers to established routes ( seems routes are monitoring the changes)
(E) that monitors changes in populations of as many as, or
" that " illogically refers to established routes
(A) for monitoring of population changes of as many as, or of
for monitoring---incorrect idiom
(B) to monitor population changes of as many, or
as many -- incorrect idiom
(C) to monitor changes in the populations of
Correct
(D) that monitors population changes of
" that " illogically refers to established routes ( seems routes are monitoring the changes)
(E) that monitors changes in populations of as many as, or
" that " illogically refers to established routes
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The Breeding Bird Survey uses X for monitoring/to monitor/ that monitorsIndradeep wrote:Organized in 1966 by the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Breeding Bird Survey uses annual roadside counts along established routes for monitoring of population changes of as many as, or of more than 250 birds species, including 180 songbirds.
(A) for monitoring of population changes of as many as, or of
(B) to monitor population changes of as many, or
(C) to monitor changes in the populations of
(D) that monitors population changes of
(E) that monitors changes in populations of as many as, or
X that monitor is wrong.
for monitoring of population is wordy
to monitor population is terse
Between B and C, again, population changes is terser than population changes of as many, or
Also, to me, as many as, or more than X = more than X
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karmayogi wrote:The Breeding Bird Survey uses X for monitoring/to monitor/ that monitorsIndradeep wrote:Organized in 1966 by the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Breeding Bird Survey uses annual roadside counts along established routes for monitoring of population changes of as many as, or of more than 250 birds species, including 180 songbirds.
(A) for monitoring of population changes of as many as, or of
(B) to monitor population changes of as many, or
(C) to monitor changes in the populations of
(D) that monitors population changes of
(E) that monitors changes in populations of as many as, or
X that monitor is wrong.
for monitoring of population is wordy
to monitor population is terse
Between B and C, again, population changes is terser than population changes of as many, or
Also, to me, as many as, or more than X = more than X
I dont think so.. How can we say x>200 is same as x>=200 ?
Just because this appears in verbal section , doesnt mean that we have to compromise on the basic inequalities !!
I eliminated the answer choice C because it ignores 200 case
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