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Female sparrows and immatures are quite nondescript compared to the adult male sparrow's distinctive and conspicuous markings: a black bib, a gray cap, and white lines trailing down from the mouth.

(A) the adult male sparrow's
(B) those of adult males, their
(C) the adult male, which has
(D) adult male sparrows'
(E) adult males, whose

The sentence makes a comparison with female sparrows and immatures. Female sparrows and immatures are quite nondescript compared to X, so X must be adult males. Eliminate A, B, D.

Eliminate E because whose is not followed by any verb.

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Female sparrows and immatures are quite nondescript compared to the adult male sparrow's distinctive and conspicuous markings: a black bib, a gray cap, and white lines trailing down from the mouth.

(A) the adult male sparrow's
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Experts Please explain why option"C" is correct here ?

Aren't we comparing Plural Female sparrows and immatures to singular adult male ? is it correct to compare Plural with Singular ?

does "The adult male" represent the entire class of male ? Plz help !!!
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Female sparrows and immatures are quite nondescript compared to the adult male sparrow's distinctive and conspicuous markings: a black bib, a gray cap, and white lines trailing down from the mouth.

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(B) those of adult males, their
(C) the adult male, which has
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how come c is correct. we have to compare female sparrows with adult male sparrows only, where as in c its adult male.if any one can put some light on this.
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Experts Please explain why option"C" is correct here ?

Aren't we comparing Plural Female sparrows and immatures to singular adult male ? is it correct to compare Plural with Singular ?

does "The adult male" represent the entire class of male ? Plz help !!!

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how come c is correct. we have to compare female sparrows with adult male sparrows only, where as in c its adult male.if any one can put some light on this.

There is no problem comparing singular noun with plural noun.

Compared to turtles, I run fast.....correct.
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Can we compare singluar noun with plural noun?? I belive i have read somewhere that comparison should be made between similar numbers
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