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23 Aug 2016, 12:23
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Among the largest of the flying squirrels is the Japanese giant flying squirrel, measuring two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, with a wingspan of more than a foot and a half , and it weights up to five pounds.
(A) measuring two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, with a wingspan of more than a foot and a half, and it weighs
(B) measuring two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, a wingspan of more than a foot and a half, and weighing
(C) which measures two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, its wingspan is more than a foot and a half, and weighing
(D) which measures two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, with a wingspan of more than a foot and a half, weighing
(E) which measures two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, has a wingspan of more than a foot and a half, and weighs
(A) measuring two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, with a wingspan of more than a foot and a half, and it weighs
(B) measuring two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, a wingspan of more than a foot and a half, and weighing
(C) which measures two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, its wingspan is more than a foot and a half, and weighing
(D) which measures two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, with a wingspan of more than a foot and a half, weighing
(E) which measures two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, has a wingspan of more than a foot and a half, and weighs
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-squirrels-fly-37372905/
Among the largest of the flying squirrels is the Japanese giant flying squirrel, which measures two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, has a wingspan of more than a foot and a half and weighs up to five pounds. But some flying squirrels are no bigger than your hand. For instance, one of the two types found in North and Central America weighs a mere two to four ounces. Buff- and charcoal-colored fur, large eyes, a long flat tail and “wings” of loose skin that stretch from the forearms to the hind legs make the New World flying squirrels handsome though somewhat unusual-looking animals. They often nest in attics and eaves, though you might easily miss them because they are so tiny, nocturnal and fast.
Among the largest of the flying squirrels is the Japanese giant flying squirrel, which measures two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, has a wingspan of more than a foot and a half and weighs up to five pounds. But some flying squirrels are no bigger than your hand. For instance, one of the two types found in North and Central America weighs a mere two to four ounces. Buff- and charcoal-colored fur, large eyes, a long flat tail and “wings” of loose skin that stretch from the forearms to the hind legs make the New World flying squirrels handsome though somewhat unusual-looking animals. They often nest in attics and eaves, though you might easily miss them because they are so tiny, nocturnal and fast.
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09 Feb 2017, 06:29
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This is an example of subject-verb flip. First consider the following sentence:
The Japanese giant flying squirrel is among the largest of the flying squirrels.
Now flip:
Among the largest of the flying squirrels is the Japanese giant flying squirrel.
The above is the main clause of the sentence.
Then comes a relative clause modifier (for "Japanese giant flying squirrel"): "which measures..., has..., and weighs...". The three verbs "measures","has" and "weighs" are within the relative clause modifier and have the same subject "which".
23 Aug 2016, 15:19
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a.measuring two feet from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, with a wingspan of more than a foot and a half , and it weights
Option A: is there a transcription typo in saying ‘it weights”? Let’s take that the corrected version says “, and it weighs”. Even then, it runs into problems.
We m first have an IC and then two back to back modifier phrases modifying the first IC and then a another IC conjoined by a coordinator ‘and’ . Ok apparently fine; but the problem is that the back-to-back modifiers should themselves be separated by another ‘and’.
Secondly, assuming that the second IC’s ‘it’ refers to the squirrel, we can do without the pronoun and the sentence will still be grammatical as the same subject can be elliptically used in the place of the stated pronoun. Many times, it has been felt that it is redundant to state the pronoun yet again.
If we are referring to the squirrel with three features, it is best to put them all in// structures as does E.
Option A: is there a transcription typo in saying ‘it weights”? Let’s take that the corrected version says “, and it weighs”. Even then, it runs into problems.
We m first have an IC and then two back to back modifier phrases modifying the first IC and then a another IC conjoined by a coordinator ‘and’ . Ok apparently fine; but the problem is that the back-to-back modifiers should themselves be separated by another ‘and’.
Secondly, assuming that the second IC’s ‘it’ refers to the squirrel, we can do without the pronoun and the sentence will still be grammatical as the same subject can be elliptically used in the place of the stated pronoun. Many times, it has been felt that it is redundant to state the pronoun yet again.
If we are referring to the squirrel with three features, it is best to put them all in// structures as does E.
