Like humans and other warm-blooded animals, researchers report that the lotus has the remarkable ability of keeping its temperature in a narrow range. (A) Like humans and other warm-blooded animals, researchers report that the lotus has the remarkable ability of keeping its temperature in a narrow range.
(B) Researchers report that within a narrow range, the lotus has the remarkable ability to keep its temperature like humans and other warm-blooded animals do.
(C) Researchers report that the lotus has the remarkable ability of keeping its temperature to a narrow range, as humans and other warm-blooded animals can.
(D) Researchers report that the lotus has the remarkable ability to keep its temperature within a narrow range, as do humans and other warm-blooded animals.
(E) As humans and other warm-blooded animals can, researchers report that the lotus has the remarkable ability of keeping its temperature in a narrow range.
This is a GMAT Prep Problem.
There are so many things tested here -
Idiom ability to VS ability of
Comparison
Correct Usage of like Vs as
and I understand all of them.
But what I do not understand is the Official explanation for Option B.
The OE: The Placement of the adverbial Modifier within a narrow range, has this phrase explaining where the lotus has the ability to keep its temperature (as opposed to giving it aways) -
https://screencast.com/t/sJRnaOr4z3mI am unable to make head ad tail of this statement.