Taste buds are onion-shaped structures with between 50 and 100 taste cells, each of them has fingerlike projections poking through the opening located at the top of the taste bud called the taste pore.
(A) them has fingerlike projections poking through the opening located at the top of the taste bud called the taste pore
(B) them that have fingerlike projections that poke through an opening located at the top of the taste bud, which they call the taste pore
(C) which has fingerlike projections poking through the opening, called the taste pore, located at the top of the taste bud
(D) which having fingerlike projections that poke through an opening, which is called the taste pore, located at the top of the taste bud
(E) which have fingerlike projections that are poking through an opening located at the top of the taste bud called the taste pore
[spoiler]I need to know the errors in A; OA is C[/spoiler]
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Taste buds are onion-shaped structures with between 50 and 100 taste cells---> is an independent clause
each of them has fingerlike projections poking through the opening located at the top of the taste bud called the taste pore. ---> independent clause
We cannot set two independent clauses by ","..
we need "which", which will act as a modifier
each of them has fingerlike projections poking through the opening located at the top of the taste bud called the taste pore. ---> independent clause
We cannot set two independent clauses by ","..
we need "which", which will act as a modifier
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Hi AnjaliOberoi,
From the non-underlined portion of the sentence, we know that we're dealing with "Taste buds......, each of.....", so we do NOT need the word "them" (it would be redundant).
Redundancy is a subtle "style" rule that shows up on some GMAT SCs, and usually involves "extra" words that are not necessary.
For example, the phrase "combined together" is redundant because the two words ("combined" and "together") have the same meaning - so you shouldn't use them both.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
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From the non-underlined portion of the sentence, we know that we're dealing with "Taste buds......, each of.....", so we do NOT need the word "them" (it would be redundant).
Redundancy is a subtle "style" rule that shows up on some GMAT SCs, and usually involves "extra" words that are not necessary.
For example, the phrase "combined together" is redundant because the two words ("combined" and "together") have the same meaning - so you shouldn't use them both.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
