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Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes, Atlantic bluefin tunas’ range extends from Ecuador to Norway and from the Mediterranean Sea to Mexico.

A) Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes, Atlantic bluefin tuna's range extends
B) Found in the North Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic bluefin tuna survive through extremes of temperature, their range extending
C) Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, with their range extending
D) Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, their range extends
E) Atlantic bluefin tuna are found in the North Atlantic Ocean, survive through extremes of temperature, and their range extends


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Originally posted by EMPOWERgmatVerbal on 02 Dec 2020, 17:01.
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Re: Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme [#permalink] New post   02 Dec 2020, 23:18
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Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes, Atlantic bluefin tunas’ range extends from Ecuador to Norway and from the Mediterranean Sea to Mexico.

A) Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes, Atlantic bluefin tuna's range extends Incorrect

modifier error - first clause modifies range

B) Found in the North Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic bluefin tuna survive through extremes of temperature, their range extending Correct

C) Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, with their range extending Incorrect

meaning change - Atlantic bluefin tuna with their range...........

D) Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, their range extends Incorrect

meaning change - Atlantic bluefin tuna their range............

E) Atlantic bluefin tuna are found in the North Atlantic Ocean, survive through extremes of temperature, and their range extends Incorrect

parallelism error- ..........found ........., survive ......, and their range............
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Re: Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme [#permalink] New post   03 Dec 2020, 00:44
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Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes, Atlantic bluefin tunas’ range extends from Ecuador to Norway and from the Mediterranean Sea to Mexico.

A) Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes, Atlantic bluefin tuna's range extends
What are found in the North Atlantic Ocean?
Atlantic bluefin Tuna are found, not their range.
Eliminate

B) Found in the North Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic bluefin tuna survive through extremes of temperature, their range extending
Correct

C) Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, with their range extending

Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, with their range extending
There is no main verb in this sentence.
Eliminate

D) Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, their range extends

Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, their range extends
'their range extends.....' is an absolute phrase modifying Atlantic bluefin tuna. So, the subject, Atlantic bluefin tuna, has no main verb.
Eliminate.

E) Atlantic bluefin tuna are found in the North Atlantic Ocean, survive through extremes of temperature, and their range extends
'are found,' 'survive,' and 'their range extends' are not parallel. Eliminate

Choice B is the answer
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Re: Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme [#permalink] New post   03 Dec 2020, 01:46
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Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes, Atlantic bluefin tunas’ range extends from Ecuador to Norway and from the Mediterranean Sea to Mexico.

A) Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes, Atlantic bluefin tuna's range extends

What Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes? Atlantic bluefin tuna's range or Atlantic bluefin tuna. In think the later one is correct. Therefore this option is incorrect

B) Found in the North Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic bluefin tuna survive through extremes of temperature, their range extending

Now this is the correct one, some people would say this is incorrect option because of the last sentence "their range extending.."
Lets crack this one:

Found in the North Atlantic Ocean: is correctly modifying Atlantic bluefin tuna

Atlantic bluefin tuna: Subject
Survive: Verb
their range extending: is an absolute phrase which tells us about atlantic bluefin tuna

This option is CORRECT


C) Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, with their range extending

Atlantic bluefin tune: Subject, But there is not Verb...with their range is extending should replace with " Range"

This is a fragment, Therefore INCORRECT


D) Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, their range extends

Again same problem like option C, there is no verb. Therefore, INCORRECT

E) Atlantic bluefin tuna are found in the North Atlantic Ocean, survive through extremes of temperature, and their range extend

Parallelism Issue: Atlantic bluefin tuna: are found, survive, and their range extend. INCORRECT
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Re: Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme [#permalink] New post   04 Dec 2020, 17:16
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Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes, Atlantic bluefin tunas’ range extends from Ecuador to Norway and from the Mediterranean Sea to Mexico.

A) Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes, Atlantic bluefin tuna's range extends
B) Found in the North Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic bluefin tuna survive through extremes of temperature, their range extending
C) Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, with their range extending
D) Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, their range extends
E) Atlantic bluefin tuna are found in the North Atlantic Ocean, survive through extremes of temperature, and their range extends

This sentence deals with modifier use and parallel structure. It is important to make sure that the modifiers match up with the correct antecedent. Differences are highlighted in the text.

A) Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes, Atlantic bluefin tuna's range extends
This is INCORRECT. The modifier should refer to the tuna, not the tuna’s range.

B) Found in the North Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic bluefin tuna survive through extremes of temperature, their range extending
This is CORRECT. The modifiers correctly match up with their antecedents. It flows well and is parallel.

C) Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, with their range extending
This is INCORRECT. This is not a complete sentence! There is the subject (tuna) and then a list of three modifiers- but no verb!

D) Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, their range extends
This is INCORRECT. This sentence is a mess. Tuna is a subject that instead of a verb has a few modifying clauses. So, we have a few clauses modifying the subject, and then we have a sentence that starts with a subject (their range) and verb (extends) but doesn’t work with the previous modifiers.

E) Atlantic bluefin tuna are found in the North Atlantic Ocean, survive through extremes of temperature, and their range extends
This is INCORRECT. This sentence is built out as a list of characteristics of the tuna. This sentence does not use parallel structure because a second subject (their range) is added into the list of characteristics for the tuna, and the previous two items in the list started with a verb (are found and survive).

There you have it - option B is the correct choice!

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Re: Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme [#permalink] New post   04 Dec 2020, 17:17
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prateekchugh wrote:
Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes, Atlantic bluefin tunas’ range extends from Ecuador to Norway and from the Mediterranean Sea to Mexico.

A) Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes, Atlantic bluefin tuna's range extends

What Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes? Atlantic bluefin tuna's range or Atlantic bluefin tuna. In think the later one is correct. Therefore this option is incorrect

B) Found in the North Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic bluefin tuna survive through extremes of temperature, their range extending

Now this is the correct one, some people would say this is incorrect option because of the last sentence "their range extending.."
Lets crack this one:

Found in the North Atlantic Ocean: is correctly modifying Atlantic bluefin tuna

Atlantic bluefin tuna: Subject
Survive: Verb
their range extending: is an absolute phrase which tells us about atlantic bluefin tuna

This option is CORRECT


C) Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, with their range extending

Atlantic bluefin tune: Subject, But there is not Verb...with their range is extending should replace with " Range"

This is a fragment, Therefore INCORRECT


D) Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, their range extends

Again same problem like option C, there is no verb. Therefore, INCORRECT

E) Atlantic bluefin tuna are found in the North Atlantic Ocean, survive through extremes of temperature, and their range extend

Parallelism Issue: Atlantic bluefin tuna: are found, survive, and their range extend. INCORRECT


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Re: Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme [#permalink] New post   04 Dec 2020, 17:18
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jhavyom wrote:
Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes, Atlantic bluefin tunas’ range extends from Ecuador to Norway and from the Mediterranean Sea to Mexico.

A) Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes, Atlantic bluefin tuna's range extends
What are found in the North Atlantic Ocean?
Atlantic bluefin Tuna are found, not their range.
Eliminate

B) Found in the North Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic bluefin tuna survive through extremes of temperature, their range extending
Correct

C) Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, with their range extending

Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, with their range extending
There is no main verb in this sentence.
Eliminate

D) Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, their range extends

Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, their range extends
'their range extends.....' is an absolute phrase modifying Atlantic bluefin tuna. So, the subject, Atlantic bluefin tuna, has no main verb.
Eliminate.

E) Atlantic bluefin tuna are found in the North Atlantic Ocean, survive through extremes of temperature, and their range extends
'are found,' 'survive,' and 'their range extends' are not parallel. Eliminate

Choice B is the answer


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Re: Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme [#permalink] New post   04 Dec 2020, 17:19
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Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes, Atlantic bluefin tunas’ range extends from Ecuador to Norway and from the Mediterranean Sea to Mexico.

A) Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme temperature changes, Atlantic bluefin tuna's range extends Incorrect

modifier error - first clause modifies range

B) Found in the North Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic bluefin tuna survive through extremes of temperature, their range extending Correct

C) Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, with their range extending Incorrect

meaning change - Atlantic bluefin tuna with their range...........

D) Atlantic bluefin tuna, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extremes of temperature, their range extends Incorrect

meaning change - Atlantic bluefin tuna their range............

E) Atlantic bluefin tuna are found in the North Atlantic Ocean, survive through extremes of temperature, and their range extends Incorrect

parallelism error- ..........found ........., survive ......, and their range............


You cracked the code on another one winterschool! Kudos to you! :) :thumbsup:
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Re: Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme [#permalink] New post   05 Dec 2020, 14:38
Apart from all the errors stated above, Option e has subject-verb agreement error also -
Atlantic bluefin tuna are found in the North Atlantic Ocean, survive through extremes of temperature, and their range extends
Atlantic bluefin tuna - Singular subject
Are - plural
extends - singular

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Re: Found in the North Atlantic Ocean and surviving through extreme [#permalink] New post   06 Dec 2020, 00:56
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Apart from all the errors stated above, Option e has subject-verb agreement error also -
Atlantic bluefin tuna are found in the North Atlantic Ocean, survive through extremes of temperature, and their range extends
Atlantic bluefin tuna - Singular subject
Are - plural
extends - singular

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The plural of fish is fish.
Similarly, the plural of tuna is tuna.
tuna-are is a correct pair.

The subject of the verb 'extends' is range.
range-extends is a correct pair.
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