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eating quail - please comment your answers!

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by ranell » Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:54 pm
Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes the eater ill, but only recently has it been established that the illness is caused by a toxin present in the quail's body only under certain conditions.
A. Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes
B. Europeans have long known quail eating is sometimes able to make
C. Eating quail has long been known to Europeans to sometimes make
D. It has long been known to Europeans that quail eating will sometimes make
E. It has long been known to Europeans that quail, when it is eaten, has sometimes made
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by pandeyvineet24 » Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:32 pm
A in my opinion.

"eating" correctly modifies "quail" and S-V agreement in "sometimes makes"
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by ranell » Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:30 pm
I also chose A. But the OA is C... I don't understand the reason...
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by capnx » Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:20 pm
ranell wrote:I also chose A. But the OA is C... I don't understand the reason...
please double check your OA. I've checked a couple places and they all say OA is A

https://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentenc ... spute.html
https://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentenc ... uails.html
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