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Top 100 Official SC Revision Question #2

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by richachampion » Sun Jun 25, 2017 11:35 pm
First discovered more than 30 years ago, Lina's sunbird, a four-and-a-half-inch animal found in the Philippines and that resembles a hummingbird, has shimmering metallic colors on its head; a brilliant orange patch, bordered with red tufts, in the center of its breast; and a red eye.

A. found in the Philippines and that resembles
B. found in the Philippines and that, resembling
C. found in the Philippines and resembling
D. that is found in the Philippines and it resembles
E. that is found in the Philippines, resembling
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by richachampion » Sun Jun 25, 2017 11:35 pm
OA: C
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by ceilidh.erickson » Mon Jun 26, 2017 7:34 am
This sentence is a nice, intricate example of layered PARALLELISM.

Here's a schematic of the sentence:
Image

One parallel list is of the OBJECTS that the sunbird has:
1. colors
2. patch
3. eye

The other list - relevant to the underlined portion - describes the "four-and-a-half-inch animal":
- found...
- and resembling...
It's ok that one is a past participle and one is a present participle. They both give us modifying information about the same noun - they are functionally parallel. They don't have to be structurally identical.

A. found in the Philippines and that resembles
Here, "that" is not parallel. There is no other dependent clause beginning with "that" for "and that..." to match with.

B. found in the Philippines and that, resembling
Same "and that" problem as in A. Turning "resembling" into a modifier does not fix the problem.

C. found in the Philippines and resembling
Correct! "found" and "resembling" are both modifying "animal."

D. that is found in the Philippines and it resembles

If we say "that is found..." we must say "... and that resembles." The word "it" makes this an independent clause, not parallel to the dependent clause.

E. that is found in the Philippines, resembling
Here, we have a series of "stacked" modifiers. "Found in the Philippines" and "resembling a hummingbird" are both ideas modifying the sunbird. Two such noun modifiers should be put in a parallel list.

The answer is C.
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by richachampion » Tue Jun 27, 2017 2:08 am
Thanks for the detailed analysis mam. can we discuss option E in more detail?
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by Pratishtha21 » Sat Jul 01, 2017 7:03 am
A. found in the Philippines and that resembles - usage of that is not correct as it has nothing to be parallel with.
B. found in the Philippines and that, resembling - unnecessary adding a 'that'
C. found in the Philippines and resembling - correct. Both found and resembling are modifying the animal.
D. that is found in the Philippines and it resembles - adding another 'it' without any need
E. that is found in the Philippines, resembling - conjunction linking found and resembling is missing[/i]
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