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The krill, an abundant shrimp-like marine crustacean that inhabits the bottom of oceans, represents one of many organism survival story: along with the huge sized whales, the star fish, and other species that cohabit the ocean, they have set themselves up as highly adaptive creatures in an age when the capability to adapt to the climatic alteration introduced by Earth's ever changing landscape has created a successive group of dominant sea creatures.

(A) they have set themselves up as highly adaptive creatures in an age when the capability
(B) it has set itself up as a highly adaptive creature in an age when to be able
(C) they have set themselves up as being highly adaptive creatures in an age when being able
(D) it has set itself up as a highly adaptive creature in an age when its ability
(E) it has set itself up as a highly adaptive creature in an age when the ability
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Re: The krill, an abundant shrimp-like marine crustacean that inhabits the [#permalink] New post   02 Nov 2017, 06:07
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The krill, an abundant shrimp-like marine crustacean that inhabits the bottom of oceans, represents one of many organism survival story: along with the huge sized whales, the star fish, and other species that cohabit the ocean, they have set themselves up as highly adaptive creatures in an age when the capability to adapt to the climatic alteration introduced by Earth's ever changing landscape has created a successive group of dominant sea creatures.

(A) they have set themselves up as highly adaptive creatures in an age when the capability
(B) it has set itself up as a highly adaptive creature in an age when to be able
(C) they have set themselves up as being highly adaptive creatures in an age when being able
(D) it has set itself up as a highly adaptive creature in an age when its ability
(E) it has set itself up as a highly adaptive creature in an age when the ability



points to look at..
1) Pronoun - THEY has no antecedents as ' the krill' is singular and should have IT as pronoun.
2) ability - the ability is mentioned in general terms so requires article THE and not possessive its

Only E has both error corrected
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Re: The krill, an abundant shrimp-like marine crustacean that inhabits the [#permalink] New post   03 Nov 2017, 07:56
The krill, an abundant shrimp-like marine crustacean that inhabits the bottom of oceans, represents one of many organism survival story: along with the huge sized whales, the star fish, and other species that cohabit the ocean, they have set themselves up as highly adaptive creatures in an age when the capability to adapt to the climatic alteration introduced by Earth's ever changing landscape has created a successive group of dominant sea creatures.
The pronoun they is talking about the Krill and it is singular hence “it has” is appropriate to use and they have is not correct.
As highly adaptive is incorrect and is missing an article a – “as a highly adaptive creature.”
When the ability is correct since we are not talking about the ability of the creature but the effect on the ability by the climatic altercation.


(A) they have set themselves up as highly adaptive creatures in an age when the capability
Incorrect - When the ability is correct since we are not talking about the ability of the creature but the effect on the ability by the climatic altercation. The pronoun they is talking about the Krill and it is singular hence “it has” is appropriate to use and they have is not correct. As highly adaptive is incorrect and is missing an article a – “as a highly adaptive creature.”

(B) it has set itself up as a highly adaptive creature in an age when to be able
Incorrect - When the ability is correct since we are not talking about the ability of the creature but the effect on the ability by the climatic altercation.

(C) they have set themselves up as being highly adaptive creatures in an age when being able
Incorrect - When the ability is correct since we are not talking about the ability of the creature but the effect on the ability by the climatic altercation. The pronoun they is talking about the Krill and it is singular hence “it has” is appropriate to use and they have is not correct. As highly adaptive is incorrect and is missing an article a – “as a highly adaptive creature.”

(D) it has set itself up as a highly adaptive creature in an age when its ability
Incorrect - When the ability is correct since we are not talking about the ability of the creature but the effect on the ability by the climatic altercation.

(E) it has set itself up as a highly adaptive creature in an age when the ability
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Re: The krill, an abundant shrimp-like marine crustacean that inhabits the [#permalink] New post   03 Nov 2017, 19:30
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The krill, an abundant shrimp-like marine crustacean that inhabits the bottom of oceans, represents one of many organism survival story: along with the huge sized whales, the star fish, and other species that cohabit the ocean, they have set themselves up as highly adaptive creatures in an age when the capability to adapt to the climatic alteration introduced by Earth's ever changing landscape has created a successive group of dominant sea creatures.

(A) they have set themselves up as highly adaptive creatures in an age when the capability (The Krill is singular)
(B) it has set itself up as a highly adaptive creature in an age when to be able (Usage of noun 'ability' is required to complete the sentence)
(C) they have set themselves up as being highly adaptive creatures in an age when being able (Same as A)
(D) it has set itself up as a highly adaptive creature in an age when its ability (its represent ability of The Krill not entire sea creatures)
(E) it has set itself up as a highly adaptive creature in an age when the ability (correct)
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Re: The krill, an abundant shrimp-like marine crustacean that inhabits the [#permalink] New post   05 Nov 2017, 22:08
Is this a 600-700 level question? The splits seem too obvious to be on the dreaded GMAT.
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The krill, an abundant shrimp-like marine crustacean that inhabits the [#permalink] New post   20 Nov 2017, 08:39
Hi all,

Every option, is n't a run-on sentence?, no coordinating conjuction between two independent clauses

".........oceans, represents one of many organism survival story: along with the huge sized whales, the star fish, and other species that cohabit the ocean, they have set themselves up as highly adaptive creatures in an age when the capability ...."
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Re: The krill, an abundant shrimp-like marine crustacean that inhabits the [#permalink] New post   28 Aug 2019, 14:07
"They"at the starting part of the sentence refers to the krill. skrill is singular, we need "it" This eliminates A and C
The elimination on the rest depends on the meaning of the sentence.

In short sentence in B reads as follows:
The krill represents one of many organism survival story and it has set itself up as a highly adaptive creature in an age when to be able to adapt to the climatic alteration.
The above sentence does not make sense as the ability is trying to modify/represent krill. However, the intent is to tell the general ability of all creatures

similarly sentence D reads as:
The krill represents one of many organism survival story and it has set itself up as a highly adaptive creature in an age when its ability to adapt to the climatic alteration.
same error as in B

Sentence E:
The krill represents one of many organism survival story and it has set itself up as a highly adaptive creature in an age when the ability to adapt to the climatic alteration.
here the ability is representing a general situation

The krill, an abundant shrimp-like marine crustacean that inhabits the bottom of oceans, represents one of many organism survival story: along with the huge sized whales, the star fish, and other species that cohabit the ocean, they have set themselves up as highly adaptive creatures in an age when the capability to adapt to the climatic alteration introduced by Earth's ever changing landscape has created a successive group of dominant sea creatures.

(A) they have set themselves up as highly adaptive creatures in an age when the capability
(B) it has set itself up as a highly adaptive creature in an age when to be able
(C) they have set themselves up as being highly adaptive creatures in an age when being able
(D) it has set itself up as a highly adaptive creature in an age when its ability
(E) it has set itself up as a highly adaptive creature in an age when the ability
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Re: The krill, an abundant shrimp-like marine crustacean that inhabits the [#permalink] New post   28 Aug 2019, 15:24
hellosanthosh2k2 wrote:
Hi all,

Every option, is n't a run-on sentence?, no coordinating conjuction between two independent clauses

".........oceans, represents one of many organism survival story: along with the huge sized whales, the star fish, and other species that cohabit the ocean, they have set themselves up as highly adaptive creatures in an age when the capability ...."


The first part (along with ...) modifies it (the krill)

It has set itself up as an adaptive creature in an age is the core sentenence (when the capability...) modifies age
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Re: The krill, an abundant shrimp-like marine crustacean that inhabits the [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2019, 08:51
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