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If we change option E to "the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs and sleeps fifteen hours a day, and it moves infrequently enough". Does it correct the parallelism issue?
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If we change option E to "the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs and sleeps fifteen hours a day, and it moves infrequently enough". Does it correct the parallelism issue?
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Strictly from a grammatical point of view, yes.
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Found throughout Central and South America, sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs and sleep fifteen hours a day, moving infrequently enough that two species of algae grow on its coat and between its toes.

Explanation: This is one of those 700 level questions that give you a direct hint about whether we need sloths(singular) or the sloth (plural). Non-underlined part of the sentence says 'its coat .... its toes'. We know very well 'its' is singular pronoun which will refer to singular noun => the sloth. Thus we are down to D and E.
(A) sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs and sleep fifteen hours a day, moving infrequently enough

(B) sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs, they sleep fifteen hours a day, and with such infrequent movements

(C) sloths use their long rubbery limbs to hang from trees, sleep fifteen hours a day, and move so infrequently

(D) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeping fifteen hours a day and moving so infrequently

(E) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeps fifteen hours a day, and it moves infrequently enough
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Second half of the sentence which describes 'the not often movement' wants to say that sloth moves so infrequently that algae grows on its coat and its toes.
D: says sloth hangs - sleeping and moving infrequently that algae grows meaning that => movement is infrequent and it is so infrequent that eventually algae grows up on coats and toes.
E: says sloth moves infrequently enough that algae grows meaning that => movement is infrequent enough to grow algae. This choice is incorrect because this gives a sense that sloth willingly moves infrequently that infrequency is enough to grow the algae.
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it uses its in the second part of the sentence which denotes a single sloth so we can use the sloth instead of sloths so on that basis a,b and c is eliminated coming to d and e .......e uses enough that ..basically with enough to is used so eliminate e and we are left with d.D is the correct answer to this question
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Found throughout Central and South America, sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs and sleep fifteen hours a day, moving infrequently enough that two species of algae grow on its coat and between its toes.

(A) sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs and sleep fifteen hours a day, moving infrequently enough
(B) sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs, they sleep fifteen hours a day, and with such infrequent movements
(C) sloths use their long rubbery limbs to hang from trees, sleep fifteen hours a day, and move so infrequently
(D) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeping fifteen hours a day and moving so infrequently
(E) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeps fifteen hours a day, and it moves infrequently enoug


I have a doubt that if option E is rephrased as
(E) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeps fifteen hours a day, and improves infrequently enough

Will this answer choice be correct ?

Or is it still incorrect because of enough that ??The Idiom should be so x that y .

Does it mean that énought that 'is a checkpoint for idiom 'so x that y 'and the idiom is preferred.

Hi Purnima,

Choice E is certainly incorrect for the usage of "enough that" because this is not the correct idiom. In the context of this sentence, we need the idiom "so X that Y". The "that Y" part is already mentioned in the non-underlined portion of the sentence. That's the indicator that we need to use the idiom "so X that Y" in its correct form to convey the intended meaning.

Also, when we write all the verbs in parallel form - "hangs, sleeps, and moves", they all become independent events. However, from the original senetnce, we know that at least "moving..." is the result of "sleeps 15 hours..." as this entity is written as the comma + verb-ing modifier that presents the result of the preceding action. So here we have the cause and effect relationship between the actions. this cause and effect relationship is lost when we make all the verbs parallel to each other. Such changes lead to change in the intended meaning of the sentence.

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Hi Shraddha / @e-gmat ,

Can you please explain how the action of hanging from trees is causally related to sleeping and moving
As per the original sentence, the meaning which I understand is that moving infrequently is the effect of sleeping long hours But can you tell how in the correct option D this concept works out ?

I have understood how the other options are wrong . But I'm not understanding how to correct option is correct

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Found throughout Central and South America, sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs and sleep fifteen hours a day, moving infrequently enough that two species of algae grow on its coat and between its toes.

(A) sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs and sleep fifteen hours a day, moving infrequently enough
(B) sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs, they sleep fifteen hours a day, and with such infrequent movements
(C) sloths use their long rubbery limbs to hang from trees, sleep fifteen hours a day, and move so infrequently
(D) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeping fifteen hours a day and moving so infrequently
(E) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeps fifteen hours a day, and it moves infrequently enoug


I have a doubt that if option E is rephrased as
(E) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeps fifteen hours a day, and improves infrequently enough

Will this answer choice be correct ?

Or is it still incorrect because of enough that ??The Idiom should be so x that y .

Does it mean that énought that 'is a checkpoint for idiom 'so x that y 'and the idiom is preferred.

Hi Purnima,

Choice E is certainly incorrect for the usage of "enough that" because this is not the correct idiom. In the context of this sentence, we need the idiom "so X that Y". The "that Y" part is already mentioned in the non-underlined portion of the sentence. That's the indicator that we need to use the idiom "so X that Y" in its correct form to convey the intended meaning.

Also, when we write all the verbs in parallel form - "hangs, sleeps, and moves", they all become independent events. However, from the original senetnce, we know that at least "moving..." is the result of "sleeps 15 hours..." as this entity is written as the comma + verb-ing modifier that presents the result of the preceding action. So here we have the cause and effect relationship between the actions. this cause and effect relationship is lost when we make all the verbs parallel to each other. Such changes lead to change in the intended meaning of the sentence.

Hope this helps. :-)
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Hi Shraddha / @e-gmat ,

Can you please explain how the action of hanging from trees is causally related to sleeping and moving
As per the original sentence, the meaning which I understand is that moving infrequently is the effect of sleeping long hours But can you tell how in the correct option D this concept works out ?

I have understood how the other options are wrong . But I'm not understanding how to correct option is correct

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Hello SHRUJAL,

We hope this finds you well.

Having gone through the question and your query, we believe that we can help resolve your doubt.

In this case, the relation between the action of hanging and the actions of "sleeping" and "moving" is not so much of causality, as it is one of subordination; "hangs" is the primary action that "the sloth" takes, and "sleeping" and "moving" are actions that it takes while hanging; they are subordinate to "hangs". Please remember, if a phrase is subordinate to another in terms of importance, the phrases do not maintain parallelism.

We hope this helps.
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So this is one of the problems where it pays dividends to read the whole sentence. Later in the sentence you can see the word IT is presented. Therefore, we know we are looking for a singular subject. A B and C are out for plural subjects. Lets look at the last two together:

(D) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeping fifteen hours a day and moving so infrequently

Dont love how the sleeping 15 hours a day modifies the sloth hanging from the tree but it works and is parallel. Ill comfortably take this option.

(E) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeps fifteen hours a day, and it moves infrequently enough

Not Parallel! The sloth hangs, sleeps, and IT moves? It should be the Sloth hangs, sleeps, and moves OR the Sloth hangs AND sleeps, and IT moves.
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Found throughout Central and South America, sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs and sleep fifteen hours a day, moving infrequently enough that two species of algae grow on its coat and between its toes.

(A) sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs and sleep fifteen hours a day, moving infrequently enough
(B) sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs, they sleep fifteen hours a day, and with such infrequent movements
(C) sloths use their long rubbery limbs to hang from trees, sleep fifteen hours a day, and move so infrequently
(D) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeping fifteen hours a day and moving so infrequently
(E) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeps fifteen hours a day, and it moves infrequently enoug


I have a doubt that if option E is rephrased as
(E) the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeps fifteen hours a day, and improves infrequently enough

Will this answer choice be correct ?

Or is it still incorrect because of enough that ??The Idiom should be so x that y .

Does it mean that énought that 'is a checkpoint for idiom 'so x that y 'and the idiom is preferred.

Hi Purnima,

Choice E is certainly incorrect for the usage of "enough that" because this is not the correct idiom. In the context of this sentence, we need the idiom "so X that Y". The "that Y" part is already mentioned in the non-underlined portion of the sentence. That's the indicator that we need to use the idiom "so X that Y" in its correct form to convey the intended meaning.

Also, when we write all the verbs in parallel form - "hangs, sleeps, and moves", they all become independent events. However, from the original senetnce, we know that at least "moving..." is the result of "sleeps 15 hours..." as this entity is written as the comma + verb-ing modifier that presents the result of the preceding action. So here we have the cause and effect relationship between the actions. this cause and effect relationship is lost when we make all the verbs parallel to each other. Such changes lead to change in the intended meaning of the sentence.

Hope this helps. :-)
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Can we say here that sleeping and moving provide additional info for the previous clause to justify the use of ing words?
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Can we say here that sleeping and moving provide additional info for the previous clause to justify the use of ing words?
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Hello Kushchokhani,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, your reasoning is not incorrect, but it would be more accurate to say that "sleeping" and "moving" are subordinate actions to "hangs"; remember, if a phrase is subordinate to another in terms of importance (or sharing a cause-effect relationship), the phrases do not maintain parallelism, so "sleeping" and "moving" must take a different verb form from "hangs".

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Found throughout Central and South America, sloths hang from trees by Updated on: 14 Apr 2022, 07:17
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Can we say here that sleeping and moving provide additional info for the previous clause to justify the use of ing words?

Hello Kushchokhani,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, your reasoning is not incorrect, but it would be more accurate to say that "sleeping" and "moving" are subordinate actions to "hangs"; remember, if a phrase is subordinate to another in terms of importance (or sharing a cause-effect relationship), the phrases do not maintain parallelism, so "sleeping" and "moving" must take a different verb form from "hangs".

We hope this helps.
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You have stated in this post that my reasoning is not incorrect but have given an alternative better reasoning. However, the explanation you have posted today uses my reasoning. Please explain/ edit your post.
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