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Iguanas have been an important food source in Latin America since prehistoric times, and it is still prized as a game animal by the campesinos, who typically cook the meat in a heavily spiced stew.
(A) it is still prized as a game animal (B) it is still prized as game animals (C) they are still prized as game animals (D) they are still prized as being a game animal (E) being still prized as a game animal
An important food source in Latin America since prehistoric times, iguanas are still prized as game animals by the campesinos, who typically cook the meat— it tastes somewhat like chicken—in a heavily spiced stew.
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29 Nov 2010, 16:58
Iguanas have been an important food source in Latin America since prehistoric times, and it is still prized as a game animal by the campesinos, who typically cook the meat in a heavily spiced stew.
(A) it is still prized as a game animal (B) it is still prized as game animals (C) they are still prized as game animals (D) they are still prized as being a game animal (E) being still prized as a game animal
I had a doubt regarding "they"......can they be used to refer to animals.
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29 Nov 2010, 17:17
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Hey ajit:
Definitely - "they" is a plural pronoun, so it is actually required to modify the plural "iguanas". "They" can modify anything plural - people, animals, or even just things (e.g. "older buildings are beautiful but they require twice as much money to maintain as do modern homes").
This one comes down to a singular/plural pronoun agreement situation, and because "Iguanas" is the subject (plural) we MUST have "they" as the pronoun.
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25 Mar 2014, 10:40
There is the singular-plural mismatch in E. But apart from that, "being..." is actually a modifier/adjective phrase modifying Iguanas. The "and" before "being" requires at least a verb (and optionally also a noun/pronoun).
For example: He played well, and, captaining the team, (he) led his team to victory.
Modifiers typically provide "extra" information. So whenever you encounter a modifier, you should try to remove it from the sentence and see whether the remaining sentence contains the essential elements (noun or pronoun, verb, optional object).
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16 Dec 2016, 02:11
Iguanas have been an important food source in Latin America since prehistoric times, and it is still prized as a game animal by the campesinos, who typically cook the meat in a heavily spiced stew. (A) it is still prized as a game animal - Subject verb agreement issue (B) it is still prized as game animals - Subject verb agreement issue (C) they are still prized as game animals- Correct (D) they are still prized as being a game animal - usage of being (E) being still prized as a game animal - usage of being
Answer C
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16 Feb 2017, 08:40
Iguanas have been an important food source in Latin America since prehistoric times, and it is still prized as a game animal by the campesinos, who typically cook the meat in a heavily spiced stew.
Issue: Pronoun Reference | Meaning
Analysis: 1. This sentence connects two clauses using "and" and the main subject of the sentence is "Iguanas" which is plural 2. Core of the sentence: "Iguanas have been .... food source, and they are... prized as game animal..." 3. The original sentence has pronoun reference error as it used singular "it" to refer to "Iguanas"
I have highlighted the issues below:
(A) it is still prized as a game animal
(B) it is still prized as game animals
(C) they are still prized as game animals
(D) they are still prized as being a game animal - "prized as being" leads to meaning issue and changes it from what original sentence intends to say
(E) being still prized as a game animal - Since "and" here is used to connect two clause, they should be independent. This options is missing a subject.
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22 Feb 2017, 15:01
Iguanas have been an important food source in Latin America since prehistoric times, and it is still prized as a game animal by the campesinos, who typically cook the meat in a heavily spiced stew.
(A)it is still prized as a game animal (B)it is still prized as game animals (C)they are still prized as game animals (D)they are still prized as being a game animal (E) being still prized as a game animal
They is correct since the first part of the sentence uses 'have been which is plural if it was 'it' then it should be 'has been'
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19 Jul 2017, 09:13
By removing the fluff, we can see that Iguanas is plural and the original sentence uses 'it' and 'animal' in singular. For this reasoneliminate A,B,D and E
Iguanas have been an important food source in Latin America since prehistoric times, andit is still prized as a game animal by the campesinos, who typically cook the meat in a heavily spiced stew.
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16 May 2018, 23:59
I have a pronoun related question, can "it" refer to only things or it can refer to living things too ? I am certain "it" cannot be used to refer Humans.
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17 May 2018, 00:09
hero_with_1000_faces wrote:
I have a pronoun related question, can "it" refer to only things or it can refer to living things too ? I am certain "it" cannot be used to refer Humans.
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