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The extruding stomach of sea stars, whose diet consists

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The extruding stomach of sea stars, whose diet consists [#permalink] New post   01 Dec 2007, 10:44
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The extruding stomach of sea stars, whose diet consists mainly of bivalves, thrusts through an opening of only 1/1000 of an inch to work its way inside the bivalve’s shell.


a) The extruding stomach of sea stars, whose diet consists mainly of bivalves,

b) The sea star’s extruding stomach, whose diet is mainly bivalves,

c) Sea stars, whose diet is mainly bivalves, have extruding stomachs, which

d) A sea star’s extruding stomach, whose diet is mainly bivalves,

e) The sea star, whose diet consists mainly of bivalves, has an extruding stomach that


Please provide explanation



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Re: The extruding stomach of sea stars, whose diet consists [#permalink] New post   01 Dec 2007, 13:28
tarek99 wrote:
The extruding stomach of sea stars, whose diet consists mainly of bivalves, thrusts through an opening of only 1/1000 of an inch to work its way inside the bivalve’s shell.


a) The extruding stomach of sea stars, whose diet consists mainly of bivalves,

b) The sea star’s extruding stomach, whose diet is mainly bivalves,

c) Sea stars, whose diet is mainly bivalves, have extruding stomachs, which

d) A sea star’s extruding stomach, whose diet is mainly bivalves,

e) The sea star, whose diet consists mainly of bivalves, has an extruding stomach that


Please provide explanation


E.

A: the extruding stomach of sea stars, whose... not very clear here
B: sea stars never mentioned. Sea star's possesive is though this is incorrect.
C: im not sure if which is inappropriate, but the sentence isn't as clear as it should be.
D: possesive= incorrect here
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Re: The extruding stomach of sea stars, whose diet consists [#permalink] New post   01 Dec 2007, 14:01
tarek99 wrote:
The extruding stomach of sea stars, whose diet consists mainly of bivalves, thrusts through an opening of only 1/1000 of an inch to work its way inside the bivalve’s shell.


a) The extruding stomach of sea stars, whose diet consists mainly of bivalves,

b) The sea star’s extruding stomach, whose diet is mainly bivalves,

c) Sea stars, whose diet is mainly bivalves, have extruding stomachs, which

d) A sea star’s extruding stomach, whose diet is mainly bivalves,

e) The sea star, whose diet consists mainly of bivalves, has an extruding stomach that


Please provide explanation


E it is.. the diet mentioned here is for the Sea Star.. not not for "the Sea Star's extruding stomach"
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Re: The extruding stomach of sea stars, whose diet consists [#permalink] New post   01 Dec 2007, 17:34
Whats wrong is A? and even C doesnt look a bad choice...

Kindly elaborate your explanation pls

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Re: The extruding stomach of sea stars, whose diet consists [#permalink] New post   02 Dec 2007, 01:48
the OA is E. But honestly, i can't really see what's wrong with option A. Is it the issue of which word "whose" refers to? from the way sentence A is constructed, is "whose" modifying sea stars or stomach? I think option A would be wrong if "whose" is modifying stomach, but I really don't understand if this contruction is doing that. if so, then why?
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Re: The extruding stomach of sea stars, whose diet consists [#permalink] New post   02 Dec 2007, 02:40
tarek99 wrote:
the OA is E. But honestly, i can't really see what's wrong with option A. Is it the issue of which word "whose" refers to? from the way sentence A is constructed, is "whose" modifying sea stars or stomach? I think option A would be wrong if "whose" is modifying stomach, but I really don't understand if this contruction is doing that. if so, then why?


I agree. I was debating b/w A & E and I still can't understand why 'whose' does not modify sea stars in A.

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