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SC - fish Updated on: 28 Jun 2008, 03:18
Originally posted by nick_sun on 15 Jul 2007, 02:40.
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SC - fish 15 Jul 2007, 05:37
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I think the correct idiom to use here is different from. So decide among A, B, and C. Since you cannot compare fish eye to a mammal, C has the correct comparasion to compare fish eye to that of a mammal.

My answer would be C for this one.
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SC - fish 15 Jul 2007, 05:44
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I think the correct idiom to use here is different from. So decide among A, B, and C. Since you cannot compare fish eye to a mammal, C has the correct comparasion to compare fish eye to that of a mammal.

My answer would be C for this one.
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Ye, I also think it is C but the reference answer is B. Could B be correct or it is a misprint/ wrong answer? :-D
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SC - fish 15 Jul 2007, 08:16
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Well, in that case probably because a mammal's is shorter than that of a mammal. After all a mammal's does refer to mammal's eye.
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Well, in that case probably because a mammal's is shorter than that of a mammal. After all a mammal's does refer to mammal's eye.
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this is a weird SC - hope not to get such at exam :)
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Because fish look through water, their eyes are very different from a mammal.

A. from a mammal
B. from a mammal’s
C. from that of a mammal
D. than that of a mammal
E. than is a mammal’s.
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is there a typo?

the question should be: "Because fishes look through water, their eyes are very different from a mammal".

then only B makes sense otherwise its a bad question.
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Because fish look through water, their eyes are very different from a mammal.

A. from a mammal
B. from a mammal’s
C. from that of a mammal
D. than that of a mammal
E. than is a mammal’s.

is there a typo?

the question should be: "Because fishes look through water, their eyes are very different from a mammal".

then only B makes sense otherwise its a bad question.
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OK - there's no such thing as FISHES. The plural of Fish is Fish.
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Because fish look through water, their eyes are very different from a mammal.

A. from a mammal
B. from a mammal’s
C. from that of a mammal
D. than that of a mammal
E. than is a mammal’s.

is there a typo?

the question should be: "Because fishes look through water, their eyes are very different from a mammal".

then only B makes sense otherwise its a bad question.

OK - there's no such thing as FISHES. The plural of Fish is Fish.
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seems you correct. sorry for ignorance. thankx for bringhing it up to the forum.


may be fish is correct in gmat but i have seen this sentence.

"The marine fishes reach their greatest diversity in the coral reef ecosystems. Increasing polution, urban development, mining activities, deforestation and destructive fishing are endangering the coral reef and its fish diversity."
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SC - fish 16 Jul 2007, 10:48
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'different from' is the correct idiom.
Eyes of fishes are diff. from 'those' not 'that' since eyes is plural form.

B is the answer.
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Because fish look through water, their eyes are very different from a mammal.

A. from a mammal
B. from a mammal’s
C. from that of a mammal
D. than that of a mammal
E. than is a mammal’s.
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'different from' is a right idiom, so, D and E are out.

Only C compares eyes of fish to that of a mammal!



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