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03 Sep 2020, 08:00
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Unlike most gynodioecious plants, the male and female Catasetum orchid are very easy to tell apart.
(A) Unlike most gynodioecious plants, the male and female Catasetum orchid are very easy to tell apart.
(B) Unlike most gynodioecious plants, the gender of the Catasetum orchid is very easy to distinguish.
(C) Unlike those in most gynodioecious plants, the male and female Catasetum orchids are very easy to distinguish.
(D) It is very easy, unlike in most gynodioecious plants, to tell the male and female Catasetum orchid apart.
(E) Catasetum orchids are unlike most species of gynodioecious plants in that it is very easy to tell the male and female apart.
(A) Unlike most gynodioecious plants, the male and female Catasetum orchid are very easy to tell apart.
(B) Unlike most gynodioecious plants, the gender of the Catasetum orchid is very easy to distinguish.
(C) Unlike those in most gynodioecious plants, the male and female Catasetum orchids are very easy to distinguish.
(D) It is very easy, unlike in most gynodioecious plants, to tell the male and female Catasetum orchid apart.
(E) Catasetum orchids are unlike most species of gynodioecious plants in that it is very easy to tell the male and female apart.
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03 Sep 2020, 08:12
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Unlike most gynodioecious plants, the male and female Catasetum orchid are very easy to tell apart.
(A) Unlike most gynodioecious plants, the male and female Catasetum orchid are very easy to tell apart.
“orchid” is singular and thus disagrees with “are”. We need “rchids” as in E.
(B) Unlike most gynodioecious plants, the gender of the Catasetum orchid is very easy to distinguish.
“unlike” illogically compares plants with gender.
(C) Unlike those in most gynodioecious plants, the male and female Catasetum orchids are very easy to distinguish.
“those” refers to “catasetum orchids” and thus creates illogical comparison. “those” cannot refer to “male and female” because they are adjectives, not nouns.
(D) It is very easy, unlike in most gynodioecious plants, to tell the male and female Catasetum orchid apart.
“unlike” is a noun modifier and thus cannot be followed by a presposition “in”.
(E) Catasetum orchids are unlike most species of gynodioecious plants in that it is very easy to tell the male and female apart.
The correct answer: “in that” is correctly used to give a reason.
Hence E
(A) Unlike most gynodioecious plants, the male and female Catasetum orchid are very easy to tell apart.
“orchid” is singular and thus disagrees with “are”. We need “rchids” as in E.
(B) Unlike most gynodioecious plants, the gender of the Catasetum orchid is very easy to distinguish.
“unlike” illogically compares plants with gender.
(C) Unlike those in most gynodioecious plants, the male and female Catasetum orchids are very easy to distinguish.
“those” refers to “catasetum orchids” and thus creates illogical comparison. “those” cannot refer to “male and female” because they are adjectives, not nouns.
(D) It is very easy, unlike in most gynodioecious plants, to tell the male and female Catasetum orchid apart.
“unlike” is a noun modifier and thus cannot be followed by a presposition “in”.
(E) Catasetum orchids are unlike most species of gynodioecious plants in that it is very easy to tell the male and female apart.
The correct answer: “in that” is correctly used to give a reason.
Hence E
04 Sep 2020, 08:15
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Experts Global Explanation:
Comparison + Meaning + Pronoun
A. This answer choice incorrectly compares “most gynodioecious plants” to “male and female Catasetum orchid” rather than with the species “Catasetum orchid”; thus, Option A incorrectly implies that most gynodioecius plants are difficult to distinguish among, while the male and female Catasetum orchids are easily distinguishable. Furthermore, this answer choice uses the incorrect verb “are” to refer to singular “orchid”.
B. This answer choice incorrectly compares “most gynodioecious plants” to “the gender of the Catasetum orchid” rather than with the species “Catasetum orchid”; thus, Option B incorrectly implies that most gynodioecius plants are difficult to distinguish among, while the male and female Catasetum orchids are easily distinguishable.
C. This answer choice suffers from a pronoun error; the pronoun “those” has no clear antecedent. Additionally, Option C incorrectly compares “those in most gynodioecious plants” to “the male and female Catasetum orchids”, illogically implying that “the male and female Catasetum orchids” are easy to distinguish between, unlike the “male and female Catasetum orchids” of most gynodioecious plants.
D. This answer choice repeats the error seen in Option A, incorrectly comparing “most gynodioecious plants” to “male and female Catasetum orchid” rather than with the species “Catasetum orchid”.
E. This answer choice correctly compares the species “Catasetum orchid” to “most species of gynodioecious plants”, through the use of “Catasetum orchids are unlike most species of gynodioecious plants”.
E is the best answer choice.
