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With cloning technology, scientists are approaching what has long been the ultimate goal of modern husbandry: achieving a consistency of quality and production in farm animals as once thought to be limited to manufactured goods.
(A) achieving a consistency of quality and production in farm animals as once thought to be
(B) achieving farm animals with a consistency of quality and production as were once thought of as
(C) achieving in farm animals a consistency of quality and production that was once thought to be
(D) achievement of farm animals whose consistency of quality and production are the same as what were once thought to he
(E) achievement of farm animals at a consistency of quality and production once thought of as
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vineetgupta wrote: With cloning technology, scientists are approaching what has long been the ultimate goal of modern husbandry: achieving a consistency of quality and production in farm animals as once thought to be limited to manufactured goods.
(A) achieving a consistency of quality and production in farm animals as once thought to be
(B) achieving farm animals with a consistency of quality and production as were once thought of as
(C) achieving in farm animals a consistency of quality and production that was once thought to be
(D) achievement of farm animals whose consistency of quality and production are the same as what were once thought to he
(E) achievement of farm animals at a consistency of quality and production once thought of as
Achieving farm animals or achievement of farm animals is wrong. So the answer is A or C.
In A "as once thought to be" is wrong I suppose. Left with C.
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I go for C too. It has the best structure.
Whats the OA?
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Between A and C, I will go with C.
C) A consistency... that was... thought to be - correct use of verb "was"
A) a consistency... as once thought to be - missing a past tense verb making it unclear what we are referring to.
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Isnt C wrong...'were' instead of 'was' for the compound subject: consistency of quality and production...were??
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C
cos A sounds like the manufacturing process used to achieve "consistency of quality and production in farm animals".
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vineetgupta wrote: Isnt C wrong...'were' instead of 'was' for the compound subject: consistency of quality and production...were??
vineetgupta,
The subject here is consistency, so the verb should be singular, "was". We don't care about anything that follows the "consistency" because "quality and production" can be easily omitted from the sentence w/o changing its meaning. Achievement of consistency that used to be limited to manufactured goods is really what we are talking about.
Makes sense?
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thanks nervousgmat...I got ur point...C is the OA.
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