adkikani wrote:
Hi
egmatLet me know if my understanding is correct for option D:
First discovered more than 30 years ago,
Lina's sunbird, a four-and-a-half-inch
animal (Clause 1)
that
is found in the Philippines (pronoun
that is modifying animal)
and it
resembles a hummingbird, (
and suggests parallelism with
it refers back to animal and
is found and
resembles are verbs for subject -
animal) .
Hope pronoun is not ambiguous herehas shimmering[/color] metallic colors on its head,
a brilliant orange patch, bordered with red tufts,
in the center of its breast; and a red eye. (cont. of clause 1)
The only issue I found in D is usage of
AND since
AND only is advised to use before last element in parallel list, i.e, before
hasHello
adkikani /Arpit,
First discovered more than 30 years ago,
Lina's sunbird, a four-and-a-half-inch
animal (Clause 1)
that
is found in the Philippines (pronoun
that is modifying animal)
and it
resembles a hummingbird, (
and suggests parallelism with
it refers back to animal and
is found and
resembles are verbs for subject -
animal) .
Hope pronoun is not ambiguous herehas shimmering[/color] metallic colors on its head,
a brilliant orange patch, bordered with red tufts,
in the center of its breast; and a red eye. (cont. of clause 1)
You have identified the first SV pair correctly. However, the second SV pair that you have identified is not correct. The subject for the verb
is found is
that and not
animal.
Please bear in mind that more often than not the relative pronoun modifier acts as the subject of the dependent clause it starts. For example:
1. The book
that is kept on the desk belongs to me.
2. My friend has a vintage car
that needs immediate repair.
In the above mentioned example sentences,
that is the subject for the verbs
is kept and
needs in respective sentences even if
that in sentence 1. refers to
The book and to
a vintage car in sentence 2.
Now let's talk about Choice D of the official question at hand.
First discovered more than 30 years ago, Lina's sunbird, a four-and-a-half-inch animal
that is found in the Philippines and
it resembles a hummingbird,
has
shimmering metallic colors on its head;
a brilliant orange patch, bordered with red tufts, in the center of its breast; and
a red eye.
As you can see, in the first parallel list,
that is found in the Philippines is a dependent clause and
it resembles a hummingbird is an independent clause. Structurally, these two entities are not parallel.
If we replace
it with
that in the second parallel entity, then the choice would be correct.
There is no issue with the usage of
and in Choice D because there are two lists in the sentence as you can see in the sentence structure above.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Shraddha