The design of the neck muscles and the spinal bones of the molluscs al

Question

The design of the neck muscles and the spinal bones of the molluscs  allow that it can pull in the exposed parts of the body such that  the predator doesn’t find anything but a hard shell to bite.

A. allow that it can pull in the exposed parts of the body such that
B. allow it to pull in its exposed parts, and so
C. allows that it can draw in its exposed parts, and so
D. allows for it to draw in its exposed part, and that
E. allows it to draw in its exposed parts, so that

GMAT VERBAL Daily Challenge RC/CR/SC (2022) Project

IanStewart · Accepted Answer

At the moment, no answer is right, because in each answer choice we find something like "allows  it ", but it's the "molluscs" which retract their "exposed parts", and "molluscs" is plural. So the right answer needs to say "they" or "them" (and later "their"). The word "it" and "its" can't refer to "the design", because it's the molluscs that are retracting things, not the "design of the neck muscles". I also don't see how answer C can be right here; it is not using "allows that" correctly, and there is an extraneous conjunction at the end. Answer E looks good to me if I ignore the it/they issue.

UMANGSURANA · Answer

very strange! isn't it a rule to use 'to+verb' with 'allow'? I chose E because it made complete sense to me. Can anyone please explain where i went wrong?

gloomybison · Answer

The design of the neck muscles and the spinal bones of the molluscs allow that it can pull in the exposed parts of the body such that the predator doesn’t find anything but a hard shell to bite.

A. allow that it can pull in the exposed parts of the body such that
Subject verb agreement error; "The design" is a singular subject but "allow" is a plural verb

B. allow it to pull in its exposed parts, and so
Subject verb agreement error; "The design" is a singular subject but "allow" is a plural verb

C. allows that it can draw in its exposed parts, and so
Correct

D. allows for it to draw in its exposed part, and that
Illogical meaning;
The design allows that it can draw in... and that predator doesn't find anything...
E. allows it to draw in its exposed parts, so that
so that implies a purpose however what we need is cause and effect, mollusk draw in its body parts and as a consequence predators can't bite it. This option implies that the design is deliberately trying that predator find nothing but a hard shell...Design is not a smart existence that can deliberately has a purpose for something but rather the designer sculpts the design for the intended purpose

Enough of philosophy for today

carcass · Answer

The design   of the neck muscles and the spinal bones of the molluscs

Hope this helps

carcass · Answer

Because the meaning of E is that it to draw means he can but we do not know what?

In C that it can to draw X....blah blah

After comma we need also something that introduces a sort of conclusion of tbe process.

And so is correct

Regards

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DmitryFarber · Answer

This is not a salvageable question. "The design allows that it can" is unidiomatic and has no clear meaning. Toss!

gingerrrrrrrrrrrr · Answer

are you sure E is not the correct answer?

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