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Being America’s national bird, the Bald Eagle has little natural predators like the Great Horned Owl, and their population dwindling to almost nothing up to the point of DDT being banned.
A) Being America’s national bird, the Bald Eagle has little natural predators like the Great Horned Owl, and their population dwindling to almost nothing up to the point of DDT being banned.
B) Like the Great Horned Owl, the Bald Eagle, America’s national bird, has few natural predators, yet its population dwindled to almost nothing until DDT was banned.
C) The Bald Eagle, like the Great Horned Owl, America’s national bird, has little natural predators, but their population having dwindling to almost until DDT had been banned.
D) The Bald Eagle, America’s national bird, has a very small number of natural predators, as does the Great Horned Owl, but its population dwindling to almost nothing until DDT is banned.
E) The Bald Eagle, which is America’s national bird, has few natural predators as the Great Horned Owl, as its population dwindling to almost nothing until DDT was banned.
A) Being America’s national bird, the Bald Eagle has little natural predators like the Great Horned Owl, and their population dwindling to almost nothing up to the point of DDT being banned.
B) Like the Great Horned Owl, the Bald Eagle, America’s national bird, has few natural predators, yet its population dwindled to almost nothing until DDT was banned.
C) The Bald Eagle, like the Great Horned Owl, America’s national bird, has little natural predators, but their population having dwindling to almost until DDT had been banned.
D) The Bald Eagle, America’s national bird, has a very small number of natural predators, as does the Great Horned Owl, but its population dwindling to almost nothing until DDT is banned.
E) The Bald Eagle, which is America’s national bird, has few natural predators as the Great Horned Owl, as its population dwindling to almost nothing until DDT was banned.
19 Jan 2014, 20:30
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Let's do a quick POE.
Being America’s national bird, the Bald Eagle has little natural predators like the Great Horned Owl, and their population dwindling to almost nothing up to the point of DDT being banned.
A) Being America’s national bird, the Bald Eagle has little natural predators like the Great Horned Owl, and their population dwindling to almost nothing up to the point of DDT being banned.
Usage of Being = be + ing (present continuous) is wrong. Because Bald Eagle is America's national bird - a fact which has to be stated in simple present. Another blatant error is in the pronoun usage. 'to the point of ddt being banned' is ungrammatical too.
B) Like the Great Horned Owl, the Bald Eagle, America’s national bird, has few natural predators, yet its population dwindled to almost nothing until DDT was banned.
Looks good. No pronoun error. Yet is the co-ordinating conjunction contrasting the two independent clauses. Comparison is correct.
C) The Bald Eagle, like the Great Horned Owl, America’s national bird, has little natural predators, but their population having dwindling to almost until DDT had been banned.
little for countable nouns is wrong usage. their seems to refer to predators and not the eagle. dwindled to 'nothing' is the proper usage (which is missing)
D) The Bald Eagle, America’s national bird, has a very small number of natural predators, as does the Great Horned Owl, but its population dwindling to almost nothing until DDT is banned.
comparison of bald eagle having small number of predators with that of great horned owl seems good. but is a coordinating conjunction and hence must be followed by an independent clause. The italicized part is not a clause - no verb.
E) The Bald Eagle, which is America’s national bird, has few natural predators as the Great Horned Owl, as its population dwindling to almost nothing until DDT was banned.
comparison is wrong. We are comparing bald eagle having .. with great owl. 'as' breaks the contrast. 'verb' needed after population.
Clearly, B is the correct answer.
Being America’s national bird, the Bald Eagle has little natural predators like the Great Horned Owl, and their population dwindling to almost nothing up to the point of DDT being banned.
A) Being America’s national bird, the Bald Eagle has little natural predators like the Great Horned Owl, and their population dwindling to almost nothing up to the point of DDT being banned.
Usage of Being = be + ing (present continuous) is wrong. Because Bald Eagle is America's national bird - a fact which has to be stated in simple present. Another blatant error is in the pronoun usage. 'to the point of ddt being banned' is ungrammatical too.
B) Like the Great Horned Owl, the Bald Eagle, America’s national bird, has few natural predators, yet its population dwindled to almost nothing until DDT was banned.
Looks good. No pronoun error. Yet is the co-ordinating conjunction contrasting the two independent clauses. Comparison is correct.
C) The Bald Eagle, like the Great Horned Owl, America’s national bird, has little natural predators, but their population having dwindling to almost until DDT had been banned.
little for countable nouns is wrong usage. their seems to refer to predators and not the eagle. dwindled to 'nothing' is the proper usage (which is missing)
D) The Bald Eagle, America’s national bird, has a very small number of natural predators, as does the Great Horned Owl, but its population dwindling to almost nothing until DDT is banned.
comparison of bald eagle having small number of predators with that of great horned owl seems good. but is a coordinating conjunction and hence must be followed by an independent clause. The italicized part is not a clause - no verb.
E) The Bald Eagle, which is America’s national bird, has few natural predators as the Great Horned Owl, as its population dwindling to almost nothing until DDT was banned.
comparison is wrong. We are comparing bald eagle having .. with great owl. 'as' breaks the contrast. 'verb' needed after population.
Clearly, B is the correct answer.
24 Jan 2014, 08:23
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There are two issues to clarify even in B, the supposedly correct answer.
First, is the owl a predator as the text seems to convey by the wording -- predators like owl—or is it just another bird?
Second, what does the pronoun - its - antecede? eagle or owl?
Of course other choices are mere jumbles of words; so, have we to accept B as the best among the worst?
First, is the owl a predator as the text seems to convey by the wording -- predators like owl—or is it just another bird?
Second, what does the pronoun - its - antecede? eagle or owl?
Of course other choices are mere jumbles of words; so, have we to accept B as the best among the worst?
