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The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than any other animal yet tested, thus allowing it to hunt efficiently under the gloomy conditions at its feeding depths of between 300 and 700 meters. A) The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than any other animal yet tested, thus allowing it B) The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than any other animal yet tested, allowing them C) The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than do those of any other animal yet tested, allowing it D) Because they adapt to darkness more quickly than any other animal yet tested, the eyes of the elephant seal allow it E) Because the eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than do those of any other animal yet tested, it allows them OG 2017 New Question
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AbdurRakib wrote: The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than any other animal yet tested, thus allowing it to hunt efficiently under the gloomy conditions at its feeding depths of between 300 and 700 meters. A) The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than any other animal yet tested, thus allowing it B) The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than any other animal yet tested, allowing them C) The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than do those of any other animal yet tested, allowing it D) Because they adapt to darkness more quickly than any other animal yet tested, the eyes of the elephant seal allow it E) Because the eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than do those of any other animal yet tested, it allows themOG 2017 New Question In answer choices a,b, and d eyes of the elephant seal is incorrectly compared to any other animal. e is out because of usage of them(plural) is incorrectly referring to elephant seal (singular) c is the answer as it is correctly comparing the eyes with those of any other animal.
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AbdurRakib wrote: The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than any other animal yet tested, thus allowing it to hunt efficiently under the gloomy conditions at its feeding depths of between 300 and 700 meters. A) The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than any other animal yet tested, thus allowing it B) The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than any other animal yet tested, allowing them C) The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than do those of any other animal yet tested, allowing it D) Because they adapt to darkness more quickly than any other animal yet tested, the eyes of the elephant seal allow it E) Because the eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than do those of any other animal yet tested, it allows themOG 2017 New Question Comparison issue.... The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than do those of any other animal yet tested, allowing it to hunt efficiently under the gloomy conditions at its feeding depths of between 300 and 700 meters.The green part here - | CLAUSE + COMMA + VERB ING MODIFIER |
can have 2 roles to play - 1. Presenting additional informations about the preceding clause.
2. Presents results of preceding clause..Here results of adaptation ( hunting efficiently under the gloomy conditions ) is the result of the adaptation of the eyes..
Hence IMHO (C)
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I agree C is the correct and best answer, but isn't the "it" in allowing "it" somewhat ambiguous? It's still the best choice by far, but it seems like "it" could also refer to any other animal? A lot of the new OG 2017 SC questions have some pretty weird stuff going on.
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Uh, I don't understand this. I was down to (C) and (E) as they're the only options that have a parallel comparison, and I eliminated (C) because:
"The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than do those of any other animal yet tested, allowing it to hunt efficiently.."
Here, doesn't "it" seem to refer to "the eyes of the elephant"?
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AnishG wrote: Uh, I don't understand this. I was down to (C) and (E) as they're the only options that have a parallel comparison, and I eliminated (C) because:
"The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than do those of any other animal yet tested, allowing it to hunt efficiently.."
Here, doesn't "it" seem to refer to "the eyes of the elephant"? 'it' is singular so cannot refer to eyes which is plural. However I felt the it here was still ambiguous because it could refer to elephant seal or any other animal Pronoun ambig is a last resort though, as proper grammar takes precedence Sent from my SM-G928T using GMAT Club Forum mobile app
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AnishG wrote: Uh, I don't understand this. I was down to (C) and (E) as they're the only options that have a parallel comparison, and I eliminated (C) because:
"The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than do those of any other animal yet tested, allowing it to hunt efficiently.."
Here, doesn't "it" seem to refer to "the eyes of the elephant"? In answer choice E "it" refers to the preceding action! pronouns cannot refer to actions. " it" in answer choice E clearly refers to Elephant :D
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"The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than do those of any other animal yet tested, allowing it to hunt efficiently." Logic is the cornerstone of SC, especially pronoun reference. “It” in this context will not refer to any other animal because there are over one million animal species on the earth. Which one shall we take? - The point here is that if we take ‘it’ to refer to the eyes, then we end up meaning that the Seal’s adaptation allows the eyes to hunt efficiently, which is illogical. For all that, we know that the eyes do not hunt but the animal does. Hence, “it” decisively refers to the Seal.
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daagh wrote: "The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than do those of any other animal yet tested, allowing it to hunt efficiently."
Logic is the cornerstone of SC, especially pronoun reference. “It” in this context will not refer to any other animal because there are over one million animal species on the earth. Which one shall we take? - The point here is that if we take ‘it’ to refer to the eyes, then we end up meaning that the Seal’s adaptation allows the eyes to hunt efficiently, which is illogical. For all that, we know that the eyes do not hunt but the animal does. Hence, “it” decisively refers to the Seal. But wouldn't that make almost every pronoun correct? When do I know if "logical" pronoun works and doesn't? The "seal" never appeared as a subject or an object in this sentence. For example: The legacy of Obama is X and he is my best friend I always thought "he" in this case CANNOT refer to Obama and will leave this pronoun without proper antecedent. Please help.
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But wouldn't that make almost every pronoun correct? When do I know if "logical" pronoun works and doesn't? The "seal" never appeared as a subject or an object in this sentence. For example:
The legacy of Obama is X and he is my best friend
I always thought "he" in this case CANNOT refer to Obama and will leave this pronoun without proper antecedent.
Please help. Ok. We will try to use some other noun than Obama to refer to he and see how it works out. The legacy of Obama is X and (he) Putin is my best friend. What is the point in this sentence? Does this sentence give a complete sense? Unless you indicate who that he is, the sentence remains infructious. On the contrary, if ‘he’ is seen to refer to Obama, then the semblance of disconnect and discreteness disappears in the context. In that same fashion, try to ascribe the pronoun ‘it’ to any other animal, say a lion, and see what is the connect between the eyes of the Seal and a lion hunting efficiently. After all, there is a law of proximity in the antecedence of a pronoun and the nearest noun, even it be an object, can be referred to by the pronoun. Here it may be noted the elephant seal is the object of the preposition ‘of’ Basically, a pronoun stands for a noun already extant in the clause as the name defines, and therefore, there can never be a stand-alone pronoun in formal writing. Finally, will you say that Tom had a pint of beer to quench his (Dick’s) thirst? Why would the seal adapt swiftly to darkness to make some other animal hunt efficiently? Pl. ponder
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daagh wrote: Quote: Tae808 wrote
But wouldn't that make almost every pronoun correct? When do I know if "logical" pronoun works and doesn't? The "seal" never appeared as a subject or an object in this sentence. For example:
The legacy of Obama is X and he is my best friend
I always thought "he" in this case CANNOT refer to Obama and will leave this pronoun without proper antecedent.
Please help. Ok. We will try to use some other noun than Obama to refer to he and see how it works out. The legacy of Obama is X and (he) Putin is my best friend. What is the point in this sentence? Does this sentence give a complete sense? Unless you indicate who that he is, the sentence remains infructious. On the contrary, if ‘he’ is seen to refer to Obama, then the semblance of disconnect and discreteness disappears in the context. In that same fashion, try to ascribe the pronoun ‘it’ to any other animal, say a lion, and see what is the connect between the eyes of the Seal and a lion hunting efficiently. After all, there is a law of proximity in the antecedence of a pronoun and the nearest noun, even it be an object, can be referred to by the pronoun. Here it may be noted the elephant seal is the object of the preposition ‘of’ Basically, a pronoun stands for a noun already extant in the clause as the name defines, and therefore, there can never be a stand-alone pronoun in formal writing. Finally, will you say that Tom had a pint of beer to quench his (Dick’s) thirst? Why would the seal adapt swiftly to darkness to make some other animal hunt efficiently? Pl. ponder Thank you!
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AbdurRakib wrote: The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than any other animal yet tested, thus allowing it to hunt efficiently under the gloomy conditions at its feeding depths of between 300 and 700 meters. A) The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than any other animal yet tested, thus allowing it B) The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than any other animal yet tested, allowing them C) The eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than do those of any other animal yet tested, allowing it D) Because they adapt to darkness more quickly than any other animal yet tested, the eyes of the elephant seal allow it E) Because the eyes of the elephant seal adapt to darkness more quickly than do those of any other animal yet tested, it allows them OG 2017 New Question If we have comma +ing then it should make sense with the subject of the sentence. eyes allow it (seals) to hunt efficiently.....Am I right? # e-gmat #daagh
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If we compare options, we can see ‘more than’. We have comparison here. In option A, ‘the eyes of the elephant’ are compared to ‘any other animal’. Wrong comparison. Eliminate In option B, ‘the eyes of the elephant’ are compared to ‘any other animal’. Wrong comparison. Eliminate In option D, ‘they’ refers to ‘the eyes’. Again ‘the eyes of the elephant’ are compared to ‘any other animal’. Wrong comparison. Eliminate In E, comparison is correct but towards the end of the option, ‘it’ refers to ‘the eyes’ . Singular pronoun cannot refer to plural noun. Eliminate. Option C is correct.
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choice C, the OA, tell us that comma+doing can be used to show a result of main clause.
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Imo C The comparison should be between eyes . So A B D are out Only C and E remain Them is ambiguous in E Sent from my ONE E1003 using GMAT Club Forum mobile app
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