Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized for You
we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History
Track Your Progress
every week, we’ll send you an estimated GMAT score based on your performance
Practice Pays
we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Thank you for using the timer!
We noticed you are actually not timing your practice. Click the START button first next time you use the timer.
There are many benefits to timing your practice, including:
The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along
[#permalink]
Show Tags
02 Feb 2005, 10:33
8
00:00
A
B
C
D
E
Difficulty:
5% (low)
Question Stats:
85% (00:32) correct 15% (00:23) wrong based on 675 sessions
HideShow timer Statistics
The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along with the white-tailed deer, the moose, and other species that are enlarging their natural domains, they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability to adjust to the environmental changes wrought by human beings has created a whole new class of dominant large mammals.
A. they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability
B. they have established themselves as being supreme adapters in an era when being able
C. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when to be able
D. it has established itself as being a supreme adapter in an era when its ability
E. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when the ability
Re: The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along
[#permalink]
Show Tags
06 Feb 2005, 01:52
"when" is a subordinating conjunction and thus calls for any Clause.
(E) correctly introduces adverbial clause "when the ability..." which is modifying the verb of the mail clause (established).
E is correct.. "has created a new class..." this one requires a noun to complete the sentence. to be able to adjust is not a noun but the ability to adjust is a noun ..
so the ability to adjust ... has created .. is right.
Re: The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along
[#permalink]
Show Tags
13 Apr 2012, 16:59
1
1
piyatiwari wrote:
The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along with the white-tailed deer, the moose, and other species that are enlarging their natural domains, they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability to adjust to the environmental changes wrought by human beings has created a whole new class of dominant large mammals.
A. they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability B. they have established themselves as being supreme adapters in an era when being able C. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when to be able D. it has established itself as being a supreme adapter in an era when its ability E. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when the ability
C or E?
E The coyote => singular => cross out A and B C. "to be able" or to do is never a subject in a sentence on gmat. The only exception is the situation in which " to do is to do.." D. change meaning: "its ability to..." and awkward : " as being a supreme adapter ..." .
_________________
Kudos!!!... If you think I help you in some ways....
Re: The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along
[#permalink]
Show Tags
17 Jun 2016, 23:20
The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along with the white-tailed deer, the moose, and other species that are enlarging their natural domains, they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability to adjust to the environmental changes wrought by human beings has created a whole new class of dominant large mammals.
A. they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability B. they have established themselves as being supreme adapters in an era when being able C. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when to be able D. it has established itself as being a supreme adapter in an era when its ability E. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when the ability
Answer : E
taking subject verb agreement into account , A and B can be easily eliminated
D uses being a supreme adapter , which is too wordy
C when to be able to ..adjust is incorrect construction , ability to adjust is correct wording
_________________
Re: The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along
[#permalink]
Show Tags
17 Jun 2016, 23:32
1
The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along with the white-tailed deer, the moose, and other species that are enlarging their natural domains, they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability to adjust to the environmental changes wrought by human beings has created a whole new class of dominant large mammals.
A. they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability B. they have established themselves as being supreme adapters in an era when being able C. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when to be able D. it has established itself as being a supreme adapter in an era when its ability E. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when the ability _________________
Re: The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along
[#permalink]
Show Tags
18 Jun 2016, 01:27
1
1
kingb wrote:
The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along with the white-tailed deer, the moose, and other species that are enlarging their natural domains, they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability to adjust to the environmental changes wrought by human beings has created a whole new class of dominant large mammals.
A. they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability B. they have established themselves as being supreme adapters in an era when being able C. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when to be able D. it has established itself as being a supreme adapter in an era when its ability E. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when the ability
Correct idiomatic usage of ability is - ability to
None but (E) presents the same...
Hence answer will be (E) _________________
Thanks and Regards
Abhishek....
PLEASE FOLLOW THE RULES FOR POSTING IN QA AND VA FORUM AND USE SEARCH FUNCTION BEFORE POSTING NEW QUESTIONS
Re: The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along
[#permalink]
Show Tags
04 Oct 2016, 02:13
The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along with the white-tailed deer, the moose, and other species that are enlarging their natural domains, they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability to adjust to the environmental changes wrought by human beings has created a whole new class of dominant large mammals.
A. they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability. --Subject is Coyote (singular)
B. they have established themselves as being supreme adapters in an era when being able --Subject is Coyote (singular)
C. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when to be able
D. it has established itself as being a supreme adapter in an era when its ability
E. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when the ability --Correct. _________________
"If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate."
Re: The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along
[#permalink]
Show Tags
04 Oct 2016, 08:27
chunjuwu wrote:
The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along with the white-tailed deer, the moose, and other species that are enlarging their natural domains, they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability to adjust to the environmental changes wrought by human beings has created a whole new class of dominant large mammals.
A. they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability
B. they have established themselves as being supreme adapters in an era when being able
C. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when to be able
D. it has established itself as being a supreme adapter in an era when its ability
E. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when the ability
The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along with the white-tailed deer, the moose, and other species that are enlarging their natural domains,it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when the ability to adjust to the environmental changes wrought by human beings has created a whole new class of dominant large mammals. Correct answer must be (E) for the errors highlighted in the other options... _________________
Thanks and Regards
Abhishek....
PLEASE FOLLOW THE RULES FOR POSTING IN QA AND VA FORUM AND USE SEARCH FUNCTION BEFORE POSTING NEW QUESTIONS
Please explain the difference between the highlighted BOLD BLUE text. which is correct between C and E and WHY and what's the difference between the highlighted text.
The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along with the white-tailed deer, the moose, and other species that are enlarging their natural domains, they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability to adjust to the environmental changes wrought by human beings has created a whole new class of dominant large mammals.
A. they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability
B. they have established themselves as being supreme adapters in an era when being able
C. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when to be able
D. it has established itself as being a supreme adapter in an era when its ability
E. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when the ability
sayantanc2k Please can you throw some light? C vs E ?
Read the two sentences below:
C) to be able to adjust to the environmental changes wrought by human beings has created a whole new class of dominant large mammals.c--> Doesn't make Sense
E) the ability to adjust to the environmental changes wrought by human beings has created a whole new class of dominant large mammals. --> CLEAR and Meaningful
Note that after when we have an independent clause. "The ability to do something has created something".
Re: The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along
[#permalink]
Show Tags
21 Nov 2017, 20:28
The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along with the white-tailed deer, the moose, and other species that are enlarging their natural domains, they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability to adjust to the environmental changes wrought by human beings has created a whole new class of dominant large mammals.
A. they have established themselves as supreme adapters in an era when the capability - Pronoun they can't refer to singular coyote B. they have established themselves as being supreme adapters in an era when being able - same as A C. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when to be able - the ability in E is better than to be able to D. it has established itself as being a supreme adapter in an era when its ability - usage of being E. it has established itself as a supreme adapter in an era when the ability - Correct
Answer E
_________________
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. - Henry Ford The Moment You Think About Giving Up, Think Of The Reason Why You Held On So Long +1 Kudos if you find this post helpful
Re: The coyote is one of several recent ecological success stories: along
[#permalink]
Show Tags
20 Apr 2018, 13:52
Guys. I got this question right in the exam but upon reviewing it I got a little confused.
Begining of the sentence "The coyote is ..." makes it clear that Coyote is singular and we need to use a singular(it) in order to refer to coyote. However, what if we want to talk about species. In that case, we will use they to refer to species. Now can "they" used in the original sentence not refer to species?
Also, I had a confusion if species is singular or plural, but by looking at this sentence it seems that species is plural.correct?
so sorry if it's too dumb of a question. Appreciate any input.
_________________
1. Well Begun is Half done 2. He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. 3. The night is darkest just before the dawn
close
85% (00:32) correct 
