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by crackgmat007 » Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:49 am
This fall two out of five households in the United States will harvest some of their own food from a vegetable garden in backyards and city lots.

(A) their own food from a vegetable garden in backyards and city lots
(B) its own food from a vegetable garden in backyards and city lots
(C) their own food from vegetable gardens in a backyard or a city lot
(D) their own food from vegetable gardens in backyards or city lots
(E) its own food from a vegetable garden in a backyard or a city lot

OA to follow. Pls explain your answers
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by jagmohi » Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:53 am
I think its D
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Re: Two out of five households

by Naruto » Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:54 am
crackgmat007 wrote:This fall two out of five households in the United States will harvest some of their own food from a vegetable garden in backyards and city lots.

(A) their own food from a vegetable garden in backyards and city lots
(B) its own food from a vegetable garden in backyards and city lots
(C) their own food from vegetable gardens in a backyard or a city lot
(D) their own food from vegetable gardens in backyards or city lots
(E) its own food from a vegetable garden in a backyard or a city lot

OA to follow. Pls explain your answers
IMO E

Since it says households, so eliminate answers with 'their' i.e A,C,D
Between B and E its E because each household will harvest is 'a' backyard or city lot. here instead of and, or will be used because it mentions a garden
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by tohellandback » Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:56 am
IMO D
The powers of two are bloody impolite!!
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by kaulnikhil » Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:01 am
D parallelism and subject verb agreement !!!
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by cata1yst » Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:09 am
+1 for D.

Need "their" and in C. "a backyard or a lot" is incorrect.
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by ogbeni » Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:41 am
Definitely D and household is plural because the original sentence reads "2 out of 5". Had it read 1 out of 5, then household would be singular
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by perfectstranger » Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:12 am
Could you explain why a is wrong ? -a vegetable garden ... -
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by cata1yst » Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:36 am
perfectstranger wrote:Could you explain why a is wrong ? -a vegetable garden ... -
Changes meaning to make it look as if there is only one vegetable garden or one backyard and one city lot that people will pick out depending on where "a" is in front of the noun.
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by crackgmat007 » Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:46 am
OA - D[/spoiler]
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