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In contrast to true hibernators such as woodchucks and hedgehogs, whos Updated on: 15 Nov 2019, 08:53
Originally posted by nakib77 on 01 Nov 2005, 14:10.
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In contrast to true hibernators such as woodchucks and hedgehogs, whose body temperatures drop close to the freezing point during the winter months, the body temperature of bears remains nearly normal throughout their prolonged sleep.

(A) the body temperature of bears remains nearly normal

(B) a nearly normal body temperature is maintained by bears

(C) a bear's body temperature remains nearly normal

(D) a bear maintains a body temperature that is nearly normal

(E) bears maintain a nearly normal body temperature
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In contrast to true hibernators such as woodchucks and hedgehogs, whos 01 Nov 2005, 15:01
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E.

I go with E because in contrast with hedgehogs and woodchucks, it must be bears and not the body temperature. And it must be plural "bears" since the sentence ends with a "their".
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We are comparing hibernators. Therefore, the best answer is E.
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My take is E. The parallelism has to be correctly applied. The whose in the initial part of the sentence refers to hedgehogs, and so the underlined sentence should be compared to hedgehogs, which is bears.
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in addition in A remains is wrong, isn't it? body temperature is singular?
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E it is.

It is comparing "true hibernators" and "bears".

D is unnecessary wordy and тАЬbearsтАЭ must be plural.
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E it is.

It is comparing "true hibernators" and "bears".

D is unnecessary wordy and тАЬbearsтАЭ must be plural.
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E it is.

It is comparing "true hibernators" and "bears".

D is unnecessary wordy and тАЬbearsтАЭ and must be plural.
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Woodchucks and hedgehogs are plural, therefore bears for maintaining subject parallelism.

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yup only E maintains the prural ||ism

So OA is E.
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Definitely E.
Idiom: In contrast to X, Y
So In contrast to hedgehogs and woodchucks, bears are so and so..
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E has to be the answer.
in contrast to X, Y - and should be match in number. 2 rules to be adhered.
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In contrast to true hibernators such as woodchucks and hedgehogs, whose body temperatures drop close to the freezing point during the winter months, the body temperature of bears remains nearly normal throughout their prolonged sleep.
(A) the body temperature of bears remains nearly normal -- The contrast is between some hibernators such as woodchuks and Bears
(B) a nearly normal body temperature is maintained by bears The contrast is between some hibernators such as woodchuks and Bears
(C) a bearтАЩs body temperature remains nearly normal The contrast is between some hibernators such as woodchuks and Bears
(D) a bear maintains a body temperature that is nearly normal The contrast is between some hibernators such as woodchuks and Bears
(E) bears maintain a nearly normal body temperature - Perfect comparison
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Correct option : E

Statement Exam :
1. Comparasion
In contrast to true hibernators such as
woodchucks and hedgehogs,
whose body temperatures drop close to the freezing point during the winter months,
bears maintain a nearly normal body temperature throughout their prolonged sleep.

Bears are compared with Woodchucks and Hedgehogs

2. Modifier :
whose body temperatures drop close to the freezing point during the winter months - modify Bears

(A) the body temperature of bears remains nearly normal - modifier error
(B) a nearly normal body temperature is maintained by bears - modifier error + Maintained is wrong verb tense addressed
(C) a bear's body temperature remains nearly normal - modifier error, its not Bear's Body, its the Bears + remains is wrong, it must be maintains
(D) a bear maintains a body temperature that is nearly normal - - modifier error, its not a Bear, its the Bears + usage of "THAT" at wrong location in sentence
(E) bears maintain a nearly normal body temperature - correct
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