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Birds known as honeyguides exhibit a unique pattern of behaviour

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Birds known as honeyguides exhibit a unique pattern of behaviour [#permalink] New post   25 Apr 2018, 04:45
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Birds known as honeyguides exhibit a unique pattern of behaviour: the bird leads another animal, such as a honey badger or human, to a bees' nest with their chattering when they fly ahead; after the larger animal takes honey, the bird eats the wasp and bee larvae.

A. with their chattering when they fly
B. with chattering and it's flying
C. by chattering as it flies
D. by chattering and its flying
E. by chattering as they are flying
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Re: Birds known as honeyguides exhibit a unique pattern of behaviour [#permalink] New post   25 Apr 2018, 08:00
Answer is option C.
Noun/verb/pronoun agreement.

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Re: Birds known as honeyguides exhibit a unique pattern of behaviour [#permalink] New post   25 Apr 2018, 08:25
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Birds known as honeyguides exhibit a unique pattern of behaviour: the bird leads another animal, such as a honey badger or human, to a bees' nest with their chattering when they fly ahead; after the larger animal takes honey, the bird eats the wasp and bee larvae.


A. with their chattering when they fly - Incorrect. No clear referent for "their", "they".
B. with chattering and it's flying - "with chattering", "it's flying" is incorrect.
C. by chattering as it flies - "it" refers bird so correct, Bird Flies.
D. by chattering and its flying - "its" cannot refer to bees' nest meaning issue.
E. by chattering as they are flying - "they" has no clear referent.

Answer: (C).
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Re: Birds known as honeyguides exhibit a unique pattern of behaviour [#permalink] New post   26 Apr 2018, 02:04
Using 'with' we are saying, bird is leading with the chattering to the nest. Bird is using chatter to lead other animals to bees. 'by' is right . C is using right SV pair.

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Re: Birds known as honeyguides exhibit a unique pattern of behaviour [#permalink] New post   26 Apr 2018, 02:06
Birds known as honeyguides exhibit a unique pattern of behaviour: the bird leads another animal, such as a honey badger or human, to a bees' nest with their chattering when they fly ahead; after the larger animal takes honey, the bird eats the wasp and bee larvae.[/quote]

A. with their chattering when they fly ( "their" and "they" have ambiguous" antecedent")

B. with chattering and it's flying (comparing VERB-ing modifier "chattering" with clause "It's flying"

C. by chattering as it flies

D. by chattering and its flying (comparing VERB-ing modifier "chattering" with possessive pronoun phrase "Its flying")

E. by chattering as they are flying ("they" is ambiguous)
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Re: Birds known as honeyguides exhibit a unique pattern of behaviour [#permalink] New post   20 Jul 2021, 14:59
This sentence made me think of the phrase "lead by example" which is why I knew the sentence had to use "by". D just didnt make sense and E refers to several birds leading which is wrong as the sentence only specifically talks about one bird.
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