Taste buds are onion-shaped structures with between 50 and

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Taste buds are onion-shaped structures with between 50 and 100 taste cells, each of  them has fingerlike projections poking through the opening located at the top of the taste bud called the taste pore .

 A  them has fingerlike projections poking through the opening located at the top of the taste bud called the taste pore
 B  them that have fingerlike projections that poke through an opening located at the top of the taste bud, which they call the taste pore
 C  which has fingerlike projections poking through the opening, called the taste pore, located at the top of the taste bud
 D  which having fingerlike projections that poke through an opening, which is called the taste pore, located at the top of the taste bud
 E  which have fingerlike projections that are poking through an opening located at the top of the taste bud called the taste pore

Please, provide explanations.

 OA is a few posts below. 

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riteshgupta1 · Answer

D is my choice.


A them has fingerlike projections poking through the opening located at the top of the taste bud called the taste pore 
 - OUT, creates a run-on sentence

B them that have fingerlike projections that poke through an opening located at the top of the taste bud, which they call the taste pore 
- problem came in the last restrictive clause. here the which, starting a non-restrictive clause seems to indicate the taste pore is called taste bud

C which has fingerlike projections poking through the opening, called the taste pore, located at the top of the taste bud.
- Same as A...

D which having fingerlike projections that poke through an opening, which is called the taste pore, located at the top of the taste bud 
- good. keep this

E which have fingerlike projections that are poking through an opening located at the top of the taste bud called the taste pore 
- same as A

prep_gmat · Answer

C which has fingerlike projections poking through the opening, called the taste pore, located at the top of the taste bud 

Should be C. Each of Which is correct and the opening is correctly modified in the sentence.

In D, which is used in multiple contexts with 'having'. C is cleaner.

ranga41 · Answer

I initially thought C, but with couple of explanations above i am confused..will wait for OA..

kwasi7 · Answer

i must say these Pearson VUE questions don't provide "clear" answers. For this one i'll stick with C.

HIMALAYA · Answer

Go with A. it is not clear for me that what is refering which?

tinyseal · Answer

Another vote for C.
A)"called the taste pore" modifies opening, should be closer to opening. 
B)"have" should be "has"
C)I do not see anything wrong with it. 
D)awkward structure
E)same reason as B)

Pauline · Answer

Ah, I see!
So in A: e ach of them has fingerlike projections poking through the opening   located at the top of the taste bud   called the taste pore 
"taste pore" is about "the opening". Thanks!

 OA  is C

riteshgupta1 · Answer

WOW.

I am amazed.... I can never accept C as the OA.

Can someone explain me how can C be right.

Here is the structure of C


First IC
subject   Taste buds   
Verb   are   
predicate   onion-shaped structures with between 50 and 100 taste cells  
comma , 

another IC

subject   each of them   
verb   has   
predicate   fingerlike projections poking through the opening located at the top of the taste bud called the taste pore  .


SO we have 2 IC's joined with Comma in C.

Can someone shed any light...

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