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Although the bite of brown recluse spiders are rarely fatal, they cause chronic flesh wounds, posing the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to its poison. (A) brown recluse spiders are rarely fatal, they cause chronic flesh wounds, posing the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to its (B) brown recluse spiders are rarely fatal, they cause chronic flesh wounds and pose the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to their (C) the brown recluse spider is rarely fatal, it causes chronic flesh wounds, posing the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to their (D) the brown recluse spider is rarely fatal, it causes chronic flesh wounds and poses the greatest danger to infants and the elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to its (E) the brown recluse spider is rarely fatal, they cause chronic flesh wounds, posing the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to its
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04 Nov 2008, 10:10
C.
"are rarely fatal" is wrong. Hence, A and B are out. "theycause chronic flesh" in E is wrong.
Also, "particularly vulnerable to its" is wrong in D.
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04 Nov 2008, 12:10
OA is D However, I think its wrong because "it" should refer to spiders not the bite therefore should be "their" as in C I dont know Cant wait to get done with this freakin test...
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Re: Brown Spiders SC [#permalink]
04 Nov 2008, 15:05
Although the bite of X, the bite ….
Since “the Bite” is singular, we require “it” not “they” – Eliminate A, B and E
Between C and D:
C – “posing the greatest danger to….” Requires to modify “the bite” and “their” incorrect number
Answer: D
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04 Nov 2008, 15:16
particulary vulnerable to (its) 'the bites poison' makes no logical sense...
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Re: Brown Spiders SC [#permalink]
04 Nov 2008, 15:20
I made the same mistake. "its" refer to spider's. Notice that in the original sentence, spider is plural, while in D, it's singular. spiridon wrote: particulary vulnerable to (its) 'the bites poison' makes no logical sense...
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Re: Brown Spiders SC [#permalink]
04 Nov 2008, 22:32
bigfernhead wrote: I made the same mistake. "its" refer to spider's. Notice that in the original sentence, spider is plural, while in D, it's singular. spiridon wrote: particulary vulnerable to (its) 'the bites poison' makes no logical sense... I need to read and re-read the questions carefully before answering.  Answer choices C and D use "spider" as singular in place of plural "spiders" in the original sentence and hence "its" is perfect and answer choice should be D.
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Re: Brown Spiders SC [#permalink]
04 Nov 2008, 22:44
scthakur wrote: bigfernhead wrote: I made the same mistake. "its" refer to spider's. Notice that in the original sentence, spider is plural, while in D, it's singular. spiridon wrote: particulary vulnerable to (its) 'the bites poison' makes no logical sense... I need to read and re-read the questions carefully before answering. Answer choices C and D use "spider" as singular in place of plural "spiders" in the original sentence and hence "its" is perfect and answer choice should be D. RIght, I didnt see 'spider' (singular) in D before he pointed that out We just dont read the whole question
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Re: Brown Spiders SC [#permalink]
05 Nov 2008, 13:19
I picked D and was scrolling down looking at a bunch of C's and I was wondering why I was wrong. Yep, C & D change the plural spiders to singular spider. GMAT keeps tricking us.
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