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30 Jul 2021, 03:00
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The cardiovascular system, which regulates blood distribution, and the lymphatic system, which controls lymph distribution, combine to form the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gaseous, nutritional, and waste between cells.
A. combine to form the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gaseous, nutritional
B. combine to form the circulatory system, a system responsible for the transport of gases, nutrients
C. combines to form the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gases, nutrients
D. combine to form the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gaseous, nutrients
E. together forms the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gases, nutrients
A. combine to form the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gaseous, nutritional
B. combine to form the circulatory system, a system responsible for the transport of gases, nutrients
C. combines to form the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gases, nutrients
D. combine to form the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gaseous, nutrients
E. together forms the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gases, nutrients
01 Aug 2021, 03:00
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
The cardiovascular system, which regulates blood distribution, and the lymphatic system, which controls lymph distribution, combine to form the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gaseous, nutritional, and waste between cells.
A. combine to form the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gaseous, nutritional
Incorrect.
This answer choice contains a Parallelism error and is grammatically incorrect. The first two items in the list at the end of the sentence are adjectives (gaseous, nutritional) but the third item is a noun (waste). In a list, the items must be in the same part of speech and/or of the same kind of part of speech.
What helps us identify this question as a Parallelism question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: A list of 3 items or more, separated by commas and and/or before the last item.
B. combine to form the circulatory system, a system responsible for the transport of gases, nutrients
This answer choice corrects the original Parallelism error by using only nouns in the list at the end of the sentence. It also matches the plural verb combine with the plural subject The cardiovascular system...and the lymphatic system.
C. combines to form the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gases, nutrients
Incorrect.
Although this answer choice corrects the original Parallelism error by using only nouns in the list at the end of the sentence, it is grammatically incorrect. The plural subject The cardiovascular system...and the lymphatic system does not agree with the singular verb combines.
Two Stop Signs identify this question as a Subject Verb Agreement question and help us detect the mistake:
- A plural subject made up of singular nouns connected by and
- A long complex subject / long distance between subject and verb
D. combine to form the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gaseous, nutrients
Incorrect.
This answer choice repeats the original Parallelism error. The first item in the list at the end of the sentence is an adjective (gaseous) but the last two items are nouns (nutrients, waste). In a list, the items must be in the same part of speech and/or of the same kind of part of speech.
What helps us identify this question as a Parallelism question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: A list of 3 items or more, separated by commas and and/or before the last item.
E. together forms the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gases, nutrients
Incorrect.
Although this answer choice corrects the original Parallelism error by using only nouns in the list at the end of the sentence, it is grammatically incorrect. The plural subject The cardiovascular system...and the lymphatic system does not agree with the singular verb forms.
General Discussion
30 Jul 2021, 04:52
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IMO B
A. combine to form the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gaseous, nutritional: gaseous and nutritional are not the correct versions to be used here. It should be gases and nutrients.
B. combine to form the circulatory system, a system responsible for the transport of gases, nutrients: correctly use combine for the two systems, and gases and nutrients are the correct versions.
C. combines to form the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gases, nutrients: "combines" is incorrect
D. combine to form the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gaseous, nutrients: use of 'gaseous' is wrong here, it should be gases instead.
E. together forms the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gases, nutrients: "forms" is incorrect as we are talking of two systems.
A. combine to form the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gaseous, nutritional: gaseous and nutritional are not the correct versions to be used here. It should be gases and nutrients.
B. combine to form the circulatory system, a system responsible for the transport of gases, nutrients: correctly use combine for the two systems, and gases and nutrients are the correct versions.
C. combines to form the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gases, nutrients: "combines" is incorrect
D. combine to form the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gaseous, nutrients: use of 'gaseous' is wrong here, it should be gases instead.
E. together forms the circulatory system, responsible for the transport of gases, nutrients: "forms" is incorrect as we are talking of two systems.
