Scrub jay

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AnjaliOberoi: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 223; Joined: Thu Dec 05, 2013 4:22 amFollowed by: 8 members; Thanked: 12 times

by AnjaliOberoi » Thu May 29, 2014 5:59 am

A scrub jay can remember when it cached a particular piece of food in a particular place,
researchers have discovered, and tend not to bother to recover a perishable treat if stored long enough to have rotted.
A. tend not to bother to recover a perishable treat if
B. they tend not to bother recovering a perishable treat
C. tending not to bother to recover a perishable treat it
D. tends not to bother recovering a perishable treat
E. tends not bothering to recover a perishable treat it

OA D
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Can someone explain the reasons for eliminating {E}[/spoiler]

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raj44: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 39; Joined: Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:36 pm; Thanked: 1 times

by raj44 » Thu May 29, 2014 6:53 am

The subject of the sentence is Scrub Jay, which is singular and therefore requires a singular verb form Tends. Hence, options A and B are ruled out.B also introduces pronoun error they that has no logical antecedent as subject is singular. As for option C, it introduces parallelism and tense error. (tending)

Between D and E , D maintains parallelism and therefore is more appropriate than E, which commits the same parallelism error like option C.

aditya8062: Legendary Member; Posts: 774; Joined: Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:32 amFollowed by: 14 members; Thanked: 46 times

by aditya8062 » Thu May 29, 2014 7:14 am

E is wrong for 2 reasons. i have bolded those 2 wrong structure

E says: tends not bothering to recover a perishable treat it stored long enough to have rotted.

treat it stored long enough to have rotted ---->"it" is just unnecessary
also tends not bothering is wrong

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