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According to entomologists, single locusts are quiet [#permalink]
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According to entomologists, single locusts are quiet creatures, but when locusts are
placed with others of their species, they become excited, change color, vibrate, and even
hum.
A. when locusts are placed with others of their species,
B. when placing them with others of their species, then
C. locusts, when placed with others of their species,
D. placing them with others of their species,
E. placed with others of their species, then
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mm007 wrote: I am for D....
does "them" has a clear antecedent?
I think its A
partciple "placing" refers to the subject enABCD....
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A. when locusts are placed with others of their species,
B. when placing them with others of their species, then
C. locusts, when placed with others of their species,
D. placing them with others of their species,
E. placed with others of their species, then
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A for me Quote: According to entomologists, single locusts are quiet creatures, but when locusts are
placed with others of their species, they become excited, change color, vibrate, and even
hum.
A. when locusts are placed with others of their species,
B. when placing them with others of their species, then
C. locusts, when placed with others of their species,
D. placing them with others of their species,
E. placed with others of their species, then
B-"placing" is the wrong verb tense.
C-illogical structure when using a restrictive clause in "when placed with others of their species". b/c if you remove the RC, sentence says "Locusts..they"
D-"placing" wrong
E-need "when" with placed.
Also think that B,C,D,E have referent problems with "their" and "them"
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I am going with A
In B and D....THEY could refer to the entomologists
C and E sound very awkward
ttanvir wrote: According to entomologists, single locusts are quiet creatures, but when locusts are
placed with others of their species, they become excited, change color, vibrate, and even
hum.
A. when locusts are placed with others of their species,
B. when placing them with others of their species, then
C. locusts, when placed with others of their species,
D. placing them with others of their species,
E. placed with others of their species, then
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A all the way 
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POE --> A
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tennis_ball wrote: Surely A. E's they are without a reference. There is no such "they" in E. Whats wrong so?
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Four years later...OA is A. More thoughts?
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isnt the use of 'locusts' in A redundant?
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Hi all. Could you please tell me if I am correctly recognizing the wrong choices ? According to entomologists, single locusts are quiet creatures, but when locusts are
placed with others of their species, they become excited, change color, vibrate, and even hum. A. when locusts are placed with others of their species, B. when placing them with others of their species, then them can refer to entomologists, locusts, creatures. C. locusts, when placed with others of their species, really don't know what is wrong with it, just sounds weird to have locusts,.... ,they in sequence  D. placing them with others of their species, same as B.)E. placed with others of their species, then really don't know exactly what is wrong with it, but "placed" is not in the same tense as "are". Am correct ? So I chose A). I really appreciate your help.
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+1 A The rest of options are not clear. They could refer to the entomologists or the locusts.
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Re: According to entomologists, single locusts are quiet [#permalink]
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According to entomologists, single locusts are quiet creatures, but when locusts are placed with others of their species, they become excited, change color, vibrate, and even hum. A. when locusts are placed with others of their species, B. when placing them with others of their species, thenC. locusts, when placed with others of their species, D. placing them with others of their species,E. placed with others of their species, then (Out , because of pronoun ambiguity (placed modifying quite creatures or locusts) .As per proximity rule it modifies quite creatures.However,it should logically modify locusts)Furthermore, Why not (C) ???????????????? Its clear and concise
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targetgmatchotu wrote: According to entomologists, single locusts are quiet creatures, but when locusts are
placed with others of their species, they become excited, change color, vibrate, and even
hum.
A. when locusts are placed with others of their species,
B. when placing them with others of their species, then
C. locusts, when placed with others of their species,
D. placing them with others of their species,
E. placed with others of their species, then (Out , because of pronoun ambiguity (placed modifying quite creatures or locusts) .As per proximity rule it modifies quite creatures.However,it should logically modify locusts)
Furthermore, Why not (C) ???????????????? Its clear and concise On the contrary, C is inconcise because of the subject + , modifier, + pronoun construction: According to entomologists, single locusts are quiet creatures, but when locusts, when placed with others of their species, they become excited, change color, vibrate, and even hum. The modifier in red modifies the subject (locusts). So, when you omit this additional information the sentence becomes: "... locusts, they become excited, change color, vibrate, and even hum." As you can see, "they" is unnecessary.
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Re: According to entomologists, single locusts are quiet [#permalink]
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stoy4o wrote: targetgmatchotu wrote: According to entomologists, single locusts are quiet creatures, but when locusts are
placed with others of their species, they become excited, change color, vibrate, and even
hum.
A. when locusts are placed with others of their species,
B. when placing them with others of their species, then
C. locusts, when placed with others of their species,
D. placing them with others of their species,
E. placed with others of their species, then (Out , because of pronoun ambiguity (placed modifying quite creatures or locusts) .As per proximity rule it modifies quite creatures.However,it should logically modify locusts)
Furthermore, Why not (C) ???????????????? Its clear and concise On the contrary, C is inconcise because of the subject + , modifier, + pronoun construction: According to entomologists, single locusts are quiet creatures, but when locusts, when placed with others of their species, they become excited, change color, vibrate, and even hum. The modifier in red modifies the subject (locusts). So, when you omit this additional information the sentence becomes: "... locusts, they become excited, change color, vibrate, and even hum." As you can see, "they" is unnecessary. Thanks a lot for your explanation. So the takeaway from this must be that the sentence should make sense without non-essential modifier.Rgds, Thanks
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Re: According to entomologists, single locusts are quiet [#permalink]
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targetgmatchotu wrote: stoy4o wrote: targetgmatchotu wrote: According to entomologists, single locusts are quiet creatures, but when locusts are
placed with others of their species, they become excited, change color, vibrate, and even
hum.
A. when locusts are placed with others of their species,
B. when placing them with others of their species, then
C. locusts, when placed with others of their species,
D. placing them with others of their species,
E. placed with others of their species, then (Out , because of pronoun ambiguity (placed modifying quite creatures or locusts) .As per proximity rule it modifies quite creatures.However,it should logically modify locusts)
Furthermore, Why not (C) ???????????????? Its clear and concise On the contrary, C is inconcise because of the subject + , modifier, + pronoun construction: According to entomologists, single locusts are quiet creatures, but when locusts, when placed with others of their species, they become excited, change color, vibrate, and even hum. The modifier in red modifies the subject (locusts). So, when you omit this additional information the sentence becomes: "... locusts, they become excited, change color, vibrate, and even hum." As you can see, "they" is unnecessary. Thanks a lot for your explanation. So the takeaway from this must be that the sentence should make sense without non-essential modifier.Rgds, Thanks You're welcome. So, the takeaway is that in general, words or phrases delimited by commas are considered noise. That is they just give additional information, without which the meaning/focus of the sentence does not change. Certainly, there are exceptions as with lists but in this example, choice C is incorrect because of subject verb pair issue. "Locusts" is the subject of the clause, which needs a verb but having "they" (the object of "Locusts" - also needs a verb) in C, takes away the verb intended for the subject of the clause. So, the second takeaway is that each clause in a sentence needs to have a verb for every subject/object encountered in the sentence.
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