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by nikhilkatira » Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:39 am
A South American bird that forages for winged termites and other small insects while swinging upside down form the foliage of tall trees, the graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and that are represented in virtually every kind of habitat.

A. graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and that are

B. graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and is

C. graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that include more than 230 species and is

D. graveteiro, which belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and that are

E. graveteiro, which belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and is
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by kvcpk » Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:29 am
IMO C
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by gmatmachoman » Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:30 am
Bhai,

B & E are very close..

IMO B!!

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by gmatmachoman » Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:34 am
kvcpk wrote:IMO C
"include(plural) doesnt match with "group"(singular)..

Cant be C!!

B & E are really close, E seems to create a Run on sentence...
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by anin » Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:36 am
IMO B.

a Group ... 'includes' not 'include' and 'is' not 'are'. That rules out C, A, D
Between B & E, graveteiro belongs makes more sense than 'which belongs'

So B
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by kvcpk » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:05 am
gmatmachoman wrote:
kvcpk wrote:IMO C
"include(plural) doesnt match with "group"(singular)..

Cant be C!!

B & E are really close, E seems to create a Run on sentence...
Oops!! checked that.. but typed C.

Thanks for correcting!!
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by nibake » Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:58 pm
B.

E is a fragment

[long modifier], graveteiro, [relative clause],...and is...

should be:

"graveteiro VERB and VERB"

but the first verb is missing in E.
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by viju9162 » Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:41 pm
Friends,

I am confused as how the sentence should be read. I understood the first part, but unable to grasp the second one.

graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species.

Here, the modifier refers to ovenbird family, and as well ( group, includes) matches the Subject-Verb agreement.

and is represented in virtually every kind of habitat.

The subject for this part is ovenbird family or group.

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by neerajbansal » Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:46 pm
A South American bird that forages for winged termites and other small insects while swinging upside down form the foliage of tall trees, the graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and that are represented in virtually every kind of habitat.

A. graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and that are ---> group is singular and needs a "is"

B. graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and is
---> Cream of the crap..Whats the OA...This looks to me the best answer.
C. graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that include more than 230 species and is
---> group needs "includes" singular ....
D. graveteiro, which belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and that are ---> group is singular and needs a "is"

E. graveteiro, which belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and is
subtle parallelism error....before and after "and" the verb is not parallel...
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by nibake » Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:25 pm
E is actually not a parellelism error. It is a sentence fragment. The whole sentence revolves around one noun, the intended subject of the sentence: "graveteiro." There is no verb for this subject, thus no independent clause, thus no complete sentence. Every other verb in the sentence belongs to the subject of a dependent clause and not to "graveteiro."

If you bring the sentence down to its minimal parts it shouldn't be too hard to identify.
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by thephoenix » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:11 pm
imo b
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:52 pm
yes B should be the answer group includes is correct as group needs singular verb.
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by sumanr84 » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:55 pm
nikhilkatira wrote:A South American bird that forages for winged termites and other small insects while swinging upside down form the foliage of tall trees, the graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and that are represented in virtually every kind of habitat.

A. graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and that are

B. graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and is

C. graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that include more than 230 species and is

D. graveteiro, which belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and that are

E. graveteiro, which belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and is
B it is.
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by diebeatsthegmat » Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:49 pm
nikhilkatira wrote:A South American bird that forages for winged termites and other small insects while swinging upside down form the foliage of tall trees, the graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and that are represented in virtually every kind of habitat.

A. graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and that are

B. graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and is

C. graveteiro belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that include more than 230 species and is

D. graveteiro, which belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and that are

E. graveteiro, which belongs to the ovenbird family, a group of New World tropical birds that includes more than 230 species and is
i pick C
it cant be B since "a group of birds which includes" is wrong "includes" should be "include"
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by kvcpk » Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:04 am
diebeatsthegmat wrote:i pick C
it cant be B since "a group of birds which includes" is wrong "includes" should be "include"
Hi,

Group is a collective noun.. So it is taken as singular.. so it should be "a group of birds which includes"
include is plural

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