The webbed feet of the Alabio duck has neither nerves nor blood vessel

Feet is plural, hence have should be used in place of has.
which incorrectly modifies vessels.
A and B out.
POE:
(C) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet. Pronoun ambiguity
(D) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet. Correct
(E) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on its feet. Pronoun ambiguity

Option D

(A) has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet. We need "have" instead of "has"
(B) has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet. We need "have" instead of "has"
(C) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet. Feet can't feel the cold, a duck - can
(D) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet. Correct
(E) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on its feet. Feet can't feel the cold, a duck - can

(A) has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet. - 'which' modifies closest noun, blood vessels, but blood vessels do not render the duck, it is illogical. Based on this, we can eliminate A. Also, we have subject verb error - the webbed feet........has... wrong
(B) has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet. - same as A
(C) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet. - now we have correct modifier but pronoun 'them' refers to either vessels or feet, which makes no sense from meaning point of view. For whatever reason, we can eliminate C.
(D) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet. - correct in my opinion.
(E) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on its feet. - pronoun 'them' refers to either vessels or feet, which makes no sense from meaning point of view.

Answer is D

The webbed feet of the Alabio duck has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet.

Mistakes are bolded like this "mistake"

(A) "has" neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet. WRONG. feet have
(B) "has" neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet. WRONG. feet have
(C) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, "rendering them" incapable of feeling the cold on their feet. WRONG. them? what subject
(D) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet. RIGHT.
(E) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, "rendering them" incapable of feeling the cold on its feet.WRONG. them? what subject

Answ D

The webbed feet of the Alabio duck has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet.

reason 1 : here a and b carries two mistakes one is singular verb has and relative pronoun which wrongly modifing the blood vessels or the subject (either way it is wrong)

(A) has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet. ( wrong due to reason 1 )
(B) has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet. ( wrong due to reason 1 )
(C) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet. ( wrong due to pronoun issue. them and their are ambiguous with multiple nouns in the previous clause)
(D) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet. correct without errors
(E) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on its feet.( wrong due to pronoun issue. them is ambiguous with multiple nouns in the previous clause)[/color]

hence the ans is D

The webbed feet of the Alabio duck has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet.

Here, "feet" is plural.

(A) has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet...............Incorrect (due to SVA).

(B) has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet...............Incorrect (Due to SVA).

(C) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet............Incorrect(Meaning is distorted).

(D) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet...........Correct.

(E) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on its feet...............Incorrect. (doesn't make sense).



ANSWER: D

The webbed feet of the Alabio duck has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet.

(A) has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet.
The subject is feet NOT the duck. So, have is required.

(B) has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet.
Has the same error as has the option (A)

(C) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet.
The duck is incapable of feeling NOT the feet. So a singular subject is required.

(D) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet.

(E) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on its feet
Has the same error as has the option (C)

IMO D.

The webbed feet of the Alabio duck has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet. --> Use of "has" for plural noun feet.

(A) has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet. --> Use of "has" for plural noun feet
(B) has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet. --> Use of "has" for plural noun feet
(C) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet. --> "Them" is incorrect ad points to the feet of the duck than the duck itself.
(D) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet. -->Correct.
(E) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on its feet. --> "Them" is incorrect ad points to the feet of the duck than the duck itself.

The webbed feet of the Alabio duck has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet.

(A) has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet.
(B) has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet.
(C) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet.
(D) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet.
(E) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on its feet.

Solutions:
Meaning of the sentence:
The webbed feet of Alabio duck have neither nerves nor blood vessels ----------->and hence the duck becomes incapable of feling the cold on its feet.
Subject-Webbed feet (Plural)
Verb has to be plural i.e Have


(A) has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet.Incorrect.verb is singular(has) for the plural subject webbed feet.
(B) has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet..Incorrect.Same reason as in option A.Also the word "them is referrent to what -bloods vessels or duck is not clear

(C) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet.Incorrect.Them refers to what-boold vessels or duck is not clear.

(D) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet.Correct.Plural Subject webbed feet is having a plural verb have.Also by using the word
"the duck" makes it clear that the duck is incapable of feeling.

(E) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on its feet.Incorrect.Again them is referring to what is not clear.Althogh" its feet" is used but again w ecant make out its with use of 'them".

Hence D IS THE ANSWER

(A) has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet. - "has" is wrong as it cannot refer the plural noun "feet". It should be "have". Also "which" modifies blood vessels which is wrong.

(B) has neither nerves nor blood vessels, which renders them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet. - "has" and "which" are wrong as explained in (A). Also, "them" refers to "feet" which is logically wrong.

(C) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on their feet. - "them"is wrong as explained in (B). Also "their" is wrong as it cannot refer to the singular "duck".

(D) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering the duck incapable of feeling the cold on its feet. - Correct. The meaning is expressed clearly.

(E) have neither nerves nor blood vessels, rendering them incapable of feeling the cold on its feet - "them" is wrong as explained.

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