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Sandpiper

by gmatjeet » Sun Jun 26, 2011 6:25 am
Like the grassy fields and old pastures that the upland sandpiper needs for feeding and nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Argentine Pampas,the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in farming practices.

A.the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
B.the bird itself is vanishing in the northeastern United States as a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
C.that the birds themselves are vanishing in the northeastern United States is due to residential and industrial development and changes to
D.in the northeastern United States, sandpipers' vanishing is due to residential and industrial development and to changes in
E.in the northeastern United States, the sandpipers' vanishing, a result of residential and industrial development and changing

OA: B
Doubt: OG says to compare Grassy fields and old pastures vs the birds. How is it possible? Is it not that the comparison should be something similar. Apparently none of the options look correct in that manner.
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by sameerballani » Sun Jun 26, 2011 6:28 am
gmatjeet wrote:Like the grassy fields and old pastures that the upland sandpiper needs for feeding and nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Argentine Pampas,the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in farming practices.

A.the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
B.the bird itself is vanishing in the northeastern United States as a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
C.that the birds themselves are vanishing in the northeastern United States is due to residential and industrial development and changes to
D.in the northeastern United States, sandpipers' vanishing is due to residential and industrial development and to changes in
E.in the northeastern United States, the sandpipers' vanishing, a result of residential and industrial development and changing

OA: B
Doubt: OG says to compare Grassy fields and old pastures vs the birds. How is it possible? Is it not that the comparison should be something similar. Apparently none of the options look correct in that manner.
Yes true and similarity in this case is that they both are diminishing/vanishing.
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