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A. achieving a consistency of quality and production in farm animals as once thought to be

Because "in farm animals" follows "production" this version seems to convey that production is in farm animals.

Also, the use of "as" does not make sense. While "as" is used in expressing certain types of comparisons, this sentence does not express a comparison. It is about one thing, a consistency of quality and production once thought to be limited to manufactured goods. The consistency of quality and production achieved in farm animals is not compared to the consistency of quality and production once thought to be limited to manufactured goods. The farm animal part and the manufactured goods part are both used in describing one consistency of quality and production. So, there is no reason for the presence of "as." All (A) does is throw in "as," as if the sentence is meant to express a comparison, without adjusting the rest of the wording in a way such that the sentence ends up exressing a comparison. So, (A) is an illogical mishmash, that, if read quickly, might seem express some kind of comparison, but really doesn't effectively express anything.

Go back and look at (A)? Does it clearly compare two things? What two things? What purpose does "as" serve?

C. achieving in farm animals a consistency of quality and production that was once thought to be

On the other hand, in (C), the modifiers and what they modfify are laid out in a way such that (C) effectively expresses a logical meaning.

The version created via the use of (C) expresses that the goal is the following:

achieving - achieving in what? - in farm animals - achieving what in farm animals? - a consistency of quality and production - what kind of consistency? - a consistency that was once thought to be limited to manufactured goods

So, (C) is laid out well to effectively express a logical meaning.
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Option A: "As" is not correct: there is no comparison between two objects.

Option C: The "consistency" itself was thought to be limited. Hence "that" is the correct word (referring to "consistency").

Correct answer must be (C) for the highlighted errors in the other options...
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"Once thought to be limited to manufactured goods" must modify the consistency. the only option that correctly places it is option C.

Abhishek009

Can you explain why C was correct instead of A.

Thanks in advance
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daagh AjiteshArun
Hello Sir
I am confused between A and C
Can you please brief how should I differentiate A and C ?

a) Achieving consistency of quality and production in farm animals as once thought to be. As once thought to be' which is referring to the quality and consistency should be close to that phrase rather than limited to manufactured goods


b) achieving farm animals with a consistency of quality and production as were once thought of as-- we want to achieve consistency in farm animals and not farm animals themselves.


c) Achieving in farm animals a consistency of quality and production that was once thought to be correct

D) Achievement of farm animals whose consistency of quality and production are the same as what were once thought to be-- same error as in G

E) Achievement of farm animals at a consistency of quality and production once thought of as- same error as in B and D.
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Hi,
What is the meaning of : achieving in farm animals a consistency of quality.................
in farm animals sounds awkward. I am not able to grasp the meaning of this sentence.

MartyTargetTestPrep

Can you please explain what's wrong in choice A and why is C better than A?

A: Usage of as is wrong, it has to be a clause. Rejected
B: We want to achieve consistency, not farm animals. Rejected
C: ok. consistency is being achieved, could have been closer to consistency. Contender
D: Same as B. Rejected
E: Same as B. Rejected

IMO C is the correct answer

Isn't parallelism in "D" and "E" are correct with both "achievement" and "production" being nouns and in other potions violating the parallelism?

Option elimination - between A and C
(A) achieving a consistency of quality and production in farm animals as once thought to be - This conveys a weird meaning - what was once thought to be limited to manufactured goods - "a consistency of quality and production in farm animals.". How can "a consistency of quality and production in farm animals" be limited to manufactured goods? Ridiculous meaning.

(C) achieving in farm animals a consistency of quality and production that was once thought to be - here "that" clearly refers to "a consistency of quality and production."