nayas96 wrote:
sayantanc2k wrote:
razelle wrote:
Please explain how to get to the correct answer for the below question:
There is generally agreement that feral swine are unwelcome ??? such as the Asian carp that are threatening to invade Lake Michigan, but that are far larger, more vicious and mounted on four legs.
A)such as the Asian carp that are threatening to invade Lake Michigan, but that are far larger, more vicious and mounted on four legs
B)like the Asian carp that have threatened an invasion of Lake Michigan, but far larger, more vicious, and mounted on four legs
C)like the Asian carp that are threatening to invade Lake Michigan, but are far larger, more vicious, and are mounted on four legs
D)like the Asian carp that are threatening to invade Lake Michigan, but far larger, more vicious, and mounted on four legs
E)such as the Asian carp that threaten to invade Lake Michigan, but are far larger and more vicious, and mounted on four legs
[Reveal] Spoiler: OA
"Asian carp" is not an example of "feral swine". Hence A and E can be eliminated ("such as" is used to introduce examples). It is meant that "Asian carp" is similar to "feral swine". Hence "like" is correct. B, C and D remain.
Comma + conjunction is used to introduce a clause - therefore ", but" must have been followed by a subject and a verb ("that are", not just "are"). Hence C can be eliminated. B and D remain.
The past perfect "have threatened" is wrong. The "threatening" is not an action that has been completed in the past, but whose effect is stil there. Henec B is wrong. D remains.
I agree with all the reason for why option (D) is supposed to be correct, but regarding the explaination for option (C)
Paris75 wrote:
For non-native speaker, this one is really hard. First, what is carp? and second: is it a swine?
In order to kick out such as or like, you are quite stuck...
nevertheless, I have a question here:
Why chose D over C? because for me C has a better comparison: Zombies are funny but ARE dead
Can somone explain here plz?
Thanks
As per the above quote, is it mandatory for a
Comma + conjunction to always introduce a subject? - (the above example)
Kindly please help me clarify the above discrepancy
Sajjad1994 sayantanc2k egmat KarishmaB - As much as possible, stay away from the words 'always' and 'never' in Grammar.
It is not necessary that comma + coordinating conjunction will always be followed by a clause.
I like him very much, but not his sister.
A is like B, but larger.
I like swimming, basketball, and baseball. (oxford comma)
We can ignore all swine carp discussion and still see that (C) is certainly wrong.
C) like the Asian carp that are threatening to invade Lake Michigan,
but are far larger, more vicious, and are mounted on four legsThe three highlighted elements should be in parallel. They are the three characteristics of one of them for sure. Then there is an extra 'are' before mounted or an 'are' is missing before vicious.
Either one of the following would be correct.
but are far larger, more vicious, and mounted on four legs
or
but are far larger, are more vicious, and are mounted on four legs
Look at the other three options.
(A) such as the Asian carp that are threatening to invade Lake Michigan, but that are far larger, more vicious and mounted on four legs
Whatever carp is, it is threatening to invade a lake. So it certainly cannot have four legs. But we have a parallel structure here:
...the Asian carp
that are threatening to invade Lake Michigan, but
that are far larger, more vicious and mounted on four legsThen they both must be talking about the Asian carp. But the Asian carp cannot invade a lake and have four legs. So this must be incorrect.
(B) like the Asian carp that have threatened an invasion of Lake Michigan, but far larger, more vicious, and mounted on four legs
"have threatened an invasion" sounds like an intentional thing to do, a human thing to do.
(E) such as the Asian carp that threaten to invade Lake Michigan, but are far larger and more vicious, and mounted on four legs
The 3 characteristics are not parallel. It should be "but are far larger, more vicious, and mounted on four legs".
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22 Apr 2022, 03:01
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