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Ms. Kardon spent three years studying the puffin in order to learn more about their social organization, mating rituals, and foods that they prefer.

(A) their social organization, mating rituals, and foods that they prefer
(B) their social organization, mating rituals, and their preferred foods
(C) its social organization, mating rituals, and preferred foods
(D) its social organization, mating rituals, and about preferred foods
(E) social organization, mating rituals, and foods that are preferred
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Re: Ms. Kardon spent three years studying the puffin in order to learn mor [#permalink] New post   17 Sep 2018, 01:04
Bunuel wrote:
Ms. Kardon spent three years studying the puffin in order to learn more about their social organization, mating rituals, and foods that they prefer.

(A) their social organization, mating rituals, and foods that they prefer
(B) their social organization, mating rituals, and their preferred foods
(C) its social organization, mating rituals, and preferred foods
(D) its social organization, mating rituals, and about preferred foods
(E) social organization, mating rituals, and foods that are preferred


+1 for C

(A) their social organization, mating rituals, and foods that they prefer --> 'Puffin' requires 'it'
(B) their social organization, mating rituals, and their preferred foods --> Same as A
(C) its social organization, mating rituals, and preferred foods --> Rectifies pronoun error and maintains parallelism
(D) its social organization, mating rituals, and about preferred foods --> Parallelism error.
(E) social organization, mating rituals, and foods that are preferred --> Change in meaning due to missing pronoun
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Re: Ms. Kardon spent three years studying the puffin in order to learn mor [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2018, 02:34
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Ms. Kardon spent three years studying the puffin in order to learn more about their social organization, mating rituals, and foods that they prefer.

(A) their social organization, mating rituals, and foods that they prefer
(B) their social organization, mating rituals, and their preferred foods
(C) its social organization, mating rituals, and preferred foods
(D) its social organization, mating rituals, and about preferred foods
(E) social organization, mating rituals, and foods that are preferred


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The first thing you have to look at is whether to use the singular or plural pronoun. ‘The puffin’ is singular. So you will need to use the singular. That eliminates choices A and B. In E there is no clear connection between the items listed and the puffin. Ms. Kardon could very well be studying social organization in general. Therefore eliminate E as it changes the meaning. Now you have to pick between choices C and D. Choice D unnecessarily adds a second ‘about’. Choice C is the correct answer.
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Re: Ms. Kardon spent three years studying the puffin in order to learn mor [#permalink] New post   18 Sep 2018, 08:37
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Ms. Kardon spent three years studying the puffin in order to learn more about their social organization, mating rituals, and foods that they prefer.

(A) their social organization, mating rituals, and foods that they prefer
(B) their social organization, mating rituals, and their preferred foods
(C) its social organization, mating rituals, and preferred foods
(D) its social organization, mating rituals, and about preferred foods
(E) social organization, mating rituals, and foods that are preferred
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