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by vivek1110 » Mon May 03, 2010 9:15 am

The mouth has 10,000 taste buds located on the tongue and palate which activate when food dissolves in saliva, enters the pores on the tongue, and contacts the buds.

A The mouth has 10,000 taste buds located on the tongue and palate which activate
B The mouth has 10,000 taste buds located on the tongue and palate which activates
C The mouth has 10,000 taste buds located on the tongue and palate that activate
D On the tongue and palate, the mouth has 10,000 taste buds that activate
E The mouth's 10,000 taste buds located on the tongue and palate which activate

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by iamseer » Mon May 03, 2010 9:30 am

IMO C

Subject of the verb 'activate' is 'Taste Buds' - Plural subject, plural verb.

which is incorrect b'cos which modifies the noun immediately preceding it. In this case it is 'palate' But palate does not activate. It is the taste buds that activate.

Let me know OA.

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by sk818020 » Mon May 03, 2010 9:32 am

"Which" at the end of the underlined section modifies palate incorrectly. The intent of the modifier is to talk about what the taste buds do, not what the tongue or palate. You can cross out A, B, and E.

C is the answer.

I ruled out D simply because its awkwardly modified. Can't tell you exactly why though.

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by iamseer » Mon May 03, 2010 9:35 am

sk818020 wrote:"Which" at the end of the underlined section modifies palate incorrectly. The intent of the modifier is to talk about what the taste buds do, not what the tongue or palate. You can cross out A, B, and E.

C is the answer.

I ruled out D simply because its awkwardly modified. Can't tell you exactly why though.

D is incorrect b'cos "On the tongue and palate" becomes a modifier and it must modify "taste buds" but it incorrectly modifies mouth

HTH

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by sk818020 » Mon May 03, 2010 9:38 am

iamseer wrote:
sk818020 wrote:"Which" at the end of the underlined section modifies palate incorrectly. The intent of the modifier is to talk about what the taste buds do, not what the tongue or palate. You can cross out A, B, and E.

C is the answer.

I ruled out D simply because its awkwardly modified. Can't tell you exactly why though.
D is incorrect b'cos "On the tongue and palate" becomes a modifier and it must modify "taste buds" but it incorrectly modifies mouth

HTH

There you go

Thanks, seer!

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by vivek1110 » Mon May 03, 2010 4:31 pm

OA: D

I eliminated D because of the incorrect modifier usage too, however, it is the correct answer.

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