The black-and-white ruffed lemur is being bred at the St.

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The black-and-white ruffed lemur is being bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States  as part of a broader effort to prevent their extinction.

(A)The black-and-white ruffed lemur is being bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States
(B)Black-and-white ruffed lemur were bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at other zoos across the United States
(C)Black-and-white ruffed lemurs are bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States
(D)Black-and-white ruffed lemurs are being bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at other zoos across the United States
(E)The black-and-white ruffed lemurs has been bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States

OA to follow .

sdas · Answer

Answer Choice D correct verb tense and - at the St Louis Zoo parallel to at other zoos

A, B and E uses incorrect verb tense
C uses simple present stating fact, uses "and" as parallelism marker - at the ..... and at zoos

guerrero25 · Answer

OA to follow .

Answer Choice D correct verb tense and - at the St Louis Zoo parallel to at other zoos

A, B and E uses incorrect verb tense
C uses simple present stating fact, uses "and" as parallelism marker - at the ..... and at zoos

Thanks OA is "D"

Carcass · Answer

Please put the OA in the original post and underline the original question.

Thanks

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rickyfication · Answer

Can someone please tell why C is the wrong choice??

chetan2u · Answer

hi,
C is wrong as the choice misses out on word 'other'..
 (C) Black-and-white ruffed lemurs are bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States.. 
 since we are talking of st louis zoo and all other zoos across the US, so when we say at zoos, it includes st louis too which has already been mentioned..
if it was given st louis zoo in country X and at zoos across the US .. other would not be required

rickyfication · Answer

Yes, it makes sense. :-)

Thank you chetan2u .

leanhdung · Answer

The black-and-white ruffed lemur is being bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States  as part of a broader effort to prevent  their  extinction.

(A)The black-and-white ruffed  lemur is  being bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States
(B)Black-and-white ruffed  lemur were  bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at other zoos across the United States
(C)Black-and-white ruffed lemurs are bred at the St. Louis Zoo and  at zoos  across the United States
(D)Black-and-white ruffed  lemurs are  being bred at the St. Louis Zoo and  at other zoos  across the United States
(E)The black-and-white ruffed  lemurs has been  bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States

ankursethi297 · Answer

Option C looks grammatically and would have been logically correct had it mentioned some other zoo(which is not in US)
Will Gmat ask a question which requires such specific details?

jabhatta2 · Answer

Hi - I understand why D is the right answer but i do have a query on A/B/ E

In A / B / E -- is it possible to eliminate based on tenses as mentioned in some of the analysis above ? if so, could someone elaborate as i dont know the theory why ...specifically i have marked in bold if based on these alone, i can eliminate answer choices

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(A)The black-and-white ruffed lemur  is  being bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States
(B)Black-and-white ruffed lemur  were  bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at other zoos across the United States
(C)Black-and-white ruffed lemurs  are  bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States
(D)Black-and-white ruffed lemurs  are  being bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at other zoos across the United States
(E)The black-and-white ruffed lemurs  has been  bred at the St. Louis Zoo and at zoos across the United States

Stanindaw · Answer

Why option B is incorrect? Please explain in details.

DmitryFarberMPrep · Answer

Stanindaw

We can say "The lemur was bred" (singular, referring to the species as a whole) or "Lemurs were bred" (plural, referring to multiple individuals). However, we can't say "Lemur were bred" (singular subject, plural verb). We can't even say "Lemur was bred," since if we want a singular subject, we need to say "THE lemur."

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