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Like the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the diet of the grizzly bear consists of both meat and vegetation.


A) Like the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the diet of the grizzly bear consists

B) Like those of the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the diets of a grizzly bear consist

C) Like the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the grizzly bear has a diet consisting

D) Just like the diet of the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the diets of the grizzly bear consist

E) Similar to the diets of the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, grizzly bears have a diet which consists
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My answer is (C). It took me 02:03.

(A) Incorrectly compares "the diet (of the grizzly bear)" with "the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family"

(B) Looks ok. Keep for now.
(C) Looks ok. Keep for now.

(D) The comparison between plural "diets (of the grizzly bear)" and singular "diet (of the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family)" is dissonant. Why should we use "diets" for one bear but "diet" for more bears?
Also, "Just" at the very beginning is not justified.
(E) Incorrectly compares "grizzly bears" with "the diets".

Now we have to pick one between (B) and (C).
They are quite similar. Eventually, I pick (C) over (B) for the following three reasons.
(1) (C) is shorter and more natural-reading (by getting rid of "those of"). Shorter is better.
(2) There can be two interpretations of "those of the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family"
2.1 Those of (the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family) -> This is the intended meaning
2.2 (those of the Alaskan brown bear) and (most other members of the bear family) -> This would result in nonsensical comparison. Why risk the confusion?
(3) B uses "diets of a grizzly bear" while C uses "a diet". It makes more sense to use "diet" for a grizzly bear.
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My answer is (c)

The choices are given below with my reasoning for eliminating -

A) Like the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the diet of the grizzly bear consists - here the part wherein it says 'most other members of the bear family' does not fit in grammatically with the latter part of the sentence.

B) Like those of the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the diets of a grizzly bear consist - here diets of grizzly bear is incorrect

C) Like the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the grizzly bear has a diet consisting - Similarly to option (a), the later part of the statement makes up for the grammatical lacunae present in option (a)

D) Just like the diet of the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the diets of the grizzly bear consist - Here again the art of diets does not fit in correctly. Diet is a singular word, making it plural makes in incorrect.

E) Similar to the diets of the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, grizzly bears have a diet which consists
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Like the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the diet of the grizzly bear consists of both meat and vegetation.

A) Like the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the diet of the grizzly bear consists -> We are comparing bear and other members of the bear family with the diet. It is incorrect.

B) Like those of the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the diets of a grizzly bear consist -> Diets of bear and most other members are compared with the diets of a grizzly bear. "those of" can be avoided, if we were comparing bear with bear. But, Let's keep it and if we get a better one, we shall drop it.

C) Like the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the grizzly bear has a diet consisting -> This is better than B. Let's drop B and move ahead with C.

D) Just like the diet of the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the diets of the grizzly bear consist -> "the diet..." and "the diets..." are not parallel. Incorrect.

E) Similar to the diets of the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, grizzly bears have a diet which consists -> Now, we are comparing "the diets" to "grizzly bears". It doesn't make sense. Incorrect.

So, I think C. :)
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Like the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the diet of the grizzly bear consists of both meat and vegetation.

A) Like the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the diet of the grizzly bear consists
Wrong comparison

B) Like those of the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the diets of a grizzly bear consist
Still ok but longer than C

C) Like the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the grizzly bear has a diet consisting

D) Just like the diet of the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, the diets of the grizzly bear consist
1. "Just"? No sense
2. Diet and diets -> wrong comparision

E) Similar to the diets of the Alaskan brown bear and most other members of the bear family, grizzly bears have a diet which consists
Wrong comparison
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