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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
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Originally posted by tixterkpmg on 21 Nov 2016, 07:39.
Last edited by Bunuel on 01 Oct 2018, 23:36, edited 5 times in total.
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Re: Female sparrows and immatures are quite nondescript compared to the [#permalink] New post   21 Nov 2016, 19:12
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tixterkpmg wrote:
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


Hi,
The point here is what are you comparing, so it's female sparrow with male sparrow..
So only C and E left...

Now E is not wrong because of WHOSE , whose is possessive form of both who and which..
What is wrong with E is that there is no VERB after whose...
Whose.....markings -- is/are good

C has a verb HAS and correctly compares like things, but it would be better to compare PLURAL with PLURALS..
So may be "adult males, which HAVE" would be better..

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Re: Female sparrows and immatures are quite nondescript compared to the [#permalink] New post   21 Nov 2016, 12:44
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tixterkpmg wrote:
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


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

Answer must be (C) , for the highlighted errors in other options...

PS :Please follow the rules for posting ( As given in my signature ) , hope you abide by the forum rules henceforth..
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Re: Female sparrows and immatures are quite nondescript compared to the [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 21 Nov 2016, 19:29
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tixterkpmg wrote:
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.

Hence, the answer is C.

Originally posted by broall on 21 Nov 2016, 18:34.
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Re: Female sparrows and immatures are quite nondescript compared to the [#permalink] New post   22 Nov 2016, 08:46
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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

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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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Re: Female sparrows and immatures are quite nondescript compared to the [#permalink] New post   23 Nov 2016, 06:35
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AbhiGarg2007 wrote:

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 !!!


Himanshu9818 wrote:

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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Re: Female sparrows and immatures are quite nondescript compared to the [#permalink] New post   23 Nov 2016, 06:19
tixterkpmg wrote:
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

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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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Re: Female sparrows and immatures are quite nondescript compared to the [#permalink] New post   13 Dec 2022, 08:04
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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