Empowergmat Official Explanation:
This sentence addresses parallel structure and subject-verb agreement. Differences within the text are highlighted.
(A) due to their having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer
life expectancies that increasesThis is
incorrect. The subject-verb agreement is incorrect here; the word “expectancies” is plural so the verb needs to be “increase.”
(B) due to its having high survival rates in urban areas, the
coyote copiously reproduces to maintain
pair bonds and thus has much longer life expectancies that increase
This is
incorrect. Although the subject-verb agreement is correct here, the sentence does not have parallel structure. “Coyote” is singular so it should be “a pair bond.”
(C) because it has high survival rates in urban areas, the coyote copiously reproduces to maintain a pair bond and thus has much longer
life expectancies that increasesThis is
incorrect. The subject-verb agreement is incorrect here; the word “expectancies” is plural so the verb needs to be “increase.”
(D) because they have high survival rates in urban areas,
the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain
pair bonds and thus have much longer
life expectancies that increaseThis is
correct. It uses the correct subject-verb agreement and is parallel with “coyotes” and “pair bonds.”
(E) because of having high survival rates in urban areas, the coyotes copiously reproduce to maintain a pair bond and thus have much longer
life expectancies that increasesThis is
incorrect. The subject-verb agreement is incorrect here; the word “expectancies” is plural so the verb needs to be “increase.”
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