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Rather than confining the animals to cages, the zoo's lions currently live in an environment that it specially designed to mimic their natural habitat.
A) the zoo's lions currently live in an environment that it specially designed to mimic their natural habitat. B) the zoo designed a special environment for its lions in which the animals currently live in a mimic of their natural habitat. C) the zoo is currently housing its lions in an environment that it specially designed to mimic their natural habitat. D) the zoo's lions currently live in a special environment that the zoo designed to mimic their natural habitat. E) the zoo currently houses their lions in a special environment designed to mimic their natural habitat.
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26 Sep 2009, 18:35
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IMO C. whats OA?
this is a modifier problem Who is confining animals? zoo.. so Pick between B, C or E B: wordy and wrong C: right E: uses special environment in a wrong sense. Also zoo is referred as their it should be "its lions"
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I agree with most of you that the choice should be C. But here is my doubt about "C":
C) the zoo is currently housing its lions in an environment that it specially designed to mimic their natural habitat.
There are two nouns present in this sentence before second "IT": zoo and environment. Isn't it ambiguous?
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agdimple333 wrote:
in C, 'it' refers to zoo, can some one answer, does it make sense? that zoo has designed it...
Rather than confining the animals to cages, the zoo's lions currently live in an environment that it specially designed to mimic their natural habitat.
A) the zoo's lions currently live in an environment that it specially designed to mimic their natural habitat. B) the zoo designed a special environment for its lions in which the animals currently live in a mimic of their natural habitat. C) the zoo is currently housing its lions in an environment that it specially designed to mimic their natural habitat. D) the zoo's lions currently live in a special environment that the zoo designed to mimic their natural habitat. E) the zoo currently houses their lions in a special environment designed to mimic their natural habitat.
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When you have such doubts, take the replacement test.
Original C) the zoo is currently housing its lions in an environment that it specially designed to mimic their natural habitat.
Modified: 1.the zoo is currently housing its lions in an environment that the zoo specially designed to mimic their natural habitat. Modified: 2. the zoo is currently housing its lions in an environment that the environment specially designed to mimic their natural habitat. Which is more logical now? You can see there is no need for any ambiguity doubt. In C, the ‘it’ does refer to the zoo only.
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I agree with most of you that the choice should be C. But here is my doubt about "C":
C) the zoo is currently housing its lions in an environment that it specially designed to mimic their natural habitat.
There are two nouns present in this sentence before second "IT": zoo and environment. Isn't it ambiguous?
Your observation is correct. However please note that a subject pronoun in one clause often refers to a noun in subject position in another clause. In general, subject nouns make strong antecedents for subject pronouns, even when there is another eligible noun in the predicate portion of the other clause. In such cases, the sentence may be accepted as a correct answer although there may be a sight pronoun ambiguity. Nonetheless please ensure that there are other more serious errors in the other answer choices and there is no other problem with the sentence. Hope this explanation helps.
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snorkeler wrote:
If its C, can somebody tell me whether is it possible for an adverb- 'currently' to modify gerund-'Housing' ??
The main verb of the sentence is is housing. The adverb currently refers to this verb correctly.
Now consider the following two cases:
Case I: modifying a gerund: You may use an adjective to modify a gerund to emphasize the nominal aspect (i.e., it is a noun). e.g., His quickthinking saved the accident.
Case II: modifying a present participle: Alternatively you may use an adverb if you want to modify the action aspect of the present participle. e.g. The horse ran across the field breathingheavily.
In your post, it appears that you meant that a present participle (rather than a gerund) is being modified. In that case, it is alright to use an adverb.
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Currently is modifying not just ‘housing’, but ‘is housing’. ‘Is housing’ is a present progressive tense verb. ; So, there is nothing unusual about an adverb modifying the verb within which is it is housed.
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Choice C is correct. The modifier "rather than confining the animals to cages" correctly describes the subject "the zoo." Answer choice A incorrectly uses "zoo's lions" as the subject of the opening modifier "rather than confining the animals to cages." This implies that the zoo's lions made the choice not to confine themselves to cages. Answer choice B is incorrect because it uses the wordy and awkward phrases "in which the animals currently live" and "in a mimic of their". Answer choice D incorrectly uses "zoo's lions" as the subject of the opening modifier "rather than confining the animals to cages." This implies that the zoo's lions made the choice not to confine themselves to cages. Answer choice E is incorrect because "zoo" is singular but is matched with "their," a plural pronoun.
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