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Proto-geneticist Gregor Mendel chose the common pea Pisum Sativum for his experiments because they can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibit opposing pairs of traits, such as flowers that are either purple or yellow and either a constricted or an inflated pod

A. they can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibit opposing pairs of traits, such as flowers that are either purple or yellow

B. it can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibit opposing pairs of traits, such as flowers that are either purple or yellow

C. it can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibiting opposing pairs of traits, such as flowers that are either purple or yellow

D. it can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibits opposing pairs of traits, such as flowering in purple or yellow

E. it can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibits opposing pairs of traits, such as having either purple or yellow flowers
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Re: Proto-geneticist Gregor Mendel chose the common pea Pisum Sativum for [#permalink] New post   11 Jul 2016, 20:37
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Proto-geneticist Gregor Mendel chose the common pea Pisum Sativum for his experiments because they can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibit opposing pairs of traits, such as flowers that are either purple or yellow and either a constricted or an inflated pod

A. they can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibit opposing pairs of traits, such as flowers that are either purple or yellow

B. it can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibit opposing pairs of traits, such as flowers that are either purple or yellow

C. it can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibiting opposing pairs of traits, such as flowers that are either purple or yellow

D. it can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibits opposing pairs of traits, such as flowering in purple or yellow

E. it can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibits opposing pairs of traits, such as having either purple or yellow flowers


1st Error split: Sentence talks about Pisum Sativum ...so pronoun "it" - A elminated

2nd Error split: the sentence describes 2 functions of pisum - cross pollination and exihibit traits - Exhibhiting is not parallel - C eliminated

It should be exhibits since pisum sativum (collective noun) - So B Eliminated

Narrowing down to D and E - -- D lacks parallelism (flowering)

So E it is.

is "and also" an acceptable usage in GMAT?
I have seen many examples where this usage is not acceptable. Please clarify.
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Re: Proto-geneticist Gregor Mendel chose the common pea Pisum Sativum for [#permalink] New post   12 Jul 2016, 11:18
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Proto-geneticist Gregor Mendel chose the common pea Pisum Sativum for his experiments because they can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibit opposing pairs of traits, such as flowers that are either purple or yellow and either a constricted or an inflated pod

A. they can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibit opposing pairs of traits, such as flowers that are either purple or yellow

B. it can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibit opposing pairs of traits, such as flowers that are either purple or yellow

C. it can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibiting opposing pairs of traits, such as flowers that are either purple or yellow

D. it can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibits opposing pairs of traits, such as flowering in purple or yellow

E. it can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibits opposing pairs of traits, such as having either purple or yellow flowers


E. Correct usage of Pronouns and parallelism
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Re: Proto-geneticist Gregor Mendel chose the common pea Pisum Sativum for [#permalink] New post   12 Jul 2021, 12:56
can someone explain why D is wrong. I marked E but I need to know why D is wrong.
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Re: Proto-geneticist Gregor Mendel chose the common pea Pisum Sativum for [#permalink] New post   13 Jul 2021, 05:48
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can someone explain why D is wrong. I marked E but I need to know why D is wrong.

Proto-geneticist Gregor Mendel chose the common pea Pisum Sativum for his experiments because they can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibit opposing pairs of traits, such as flowers that are either purple or yellow and either a constricted or an inflated pod

A. they can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibit opposing pairs of traits, such as flowers that are either purple or yellow

B. it can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibit opposing pairs of traits, such as flowers that are either purple or yellow

C. it can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibiting opposing pairs of traits, such as flowers that are either purple or yellow

D. it can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibits opposing pairs of traits, such as flowering in purple or yellow

E. it can be cross-pollinated with other plants and also exhibits opposing pairs of traits, such as having either purple or yellow flowers



We have "and " in the non underlined part so we need same thing before and after "and". That is why "D" is wrong.
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