Together with Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary, the John Pennekamp

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Together with Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary, the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the first underwater park in the United States,  provide 165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers, which includes  more than 500 species of fish and 55 varieties of coral.

(A) provide 165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers, which includes
(B) provide for underwater explorers 165 square nautical miles of marine life, which include
(C) provide 165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers and includes
(D) provides 165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers and including
(E) provides underwater explorers with 165 square nautical miles of marine life, including

daagh · Accepted Answer

Additives such as 'together' 'with' ' as well as' etc. do not render the subject plural. Plural noun 'provide' is out. Between D and E, we cannot join a modifier using a conjunction 'and' with an IC as in D. E is the correct one.

SonalSinha803 · Answer

(A) ((provide)) 165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers, ((which)) includes

(B) ((provide)) for underwater explorers 165 square nautical miles of marine life, ((which)) ((include))

(C) ((provide)) 165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers and ((includes))

One thing to know here is that, whenever we use together with X, Y .......is always followed by a singular noun, if the Y is in singular form. The verb must agree with the nearest noun Y. Thus, here, "provide" is wrong. So, A, B, C is directly eliminated.

Coming to D and E,

(D) //provides// 165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers ((and including)) - unparallel. Leads to the sentence becoming a single fragment.

(E) //provides// underwater explorers with //165 square nautical miles of marine life//, //including// - brings out the true meaning and is grammatically correct.

Thus, E is best.

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hiranmay · Answer

Together with Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary,  the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park , the first underwater park in the United States,  provide 165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers, which includes  more than 500 species of fish and 55 varieties of coral.

(A)  provide  165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers, which includes -->  subject is singular 
(B)  provide  for underwater explorers 165 square nautical miles of marine life, which include
(C)  provide  165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers and includes
(D) provides 165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers and  including  --> not parallel
(E) provides underwater explorers with 165 square nautical miles of marine life, including -->  correct

debabrata1234 · Answer

Together with Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary, the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the first underwater park in the United States, provide 165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers, which includes more than 500 species of fish and 55 varieties of coral.

(A) provide 165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers, which includes
(B) provide for underwater explorers 165 square nautical miles of marine life, which include
(C) provide 165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers and includes
(D) provides 165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers and including
(E) provides underwater explorers with 165 square nautical miles of marine life, including

meaning:
a park together with another park provides someting, includes something

grammar:
1. to describe the additional info: comma+ verb-ing mod
2. park = provides

ans = e

WeWillGetIn · Answer

Hello everyone,

In the correct answer, what is 'including' modifying? Is it a noun modifier? Can we use a noun modifier after a comma? Will it not lead to a misunderstanding that it is parallel to 'provide'?

Thanks!!

DmitryFarber · Answer

jesliwoo Although "comma + -ing" typically introduces an adverbial modifier, it's quite common to use "including" as a noun modifier that introduces an example of the noun just provided. However, sometimes the GMAT gets a little pedantic if the noun in question can't literally include the things that follow. See this tricky example: https://gmatclub.com/forum/as-an-actres ... l#p2445522

As for the parallelism part, I'm not sure what you mean. I don't see any kind of parallel marker connecting "provides" and "including."

konig666 · Answer

Hi guys, taking everything else out, I wanted to ask if the below subject is plural or singular?

"provide   165 square nautical miles of marine life   for underwater explorers, which includes"

In this instance, are we referring to the MILES (which would be plural) or MARINE LIFE (which would be singular), I was wondering if we were to choose between INCLUDE vs INCLUDES- which would it be?

Again- this question is constructed with the assumption to excluding everything else out of the sentence.

100mitra · Answer

Together with Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary, the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the first underwater park in the United States,  provide 165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers, which includes  more than 500 species of fish and 55 varieties of coral.

Subject: The John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park (singular)
Verb : Provides (singular)

Eliminate A, and C 
- for using plural verb for singular noun
- under water exploreres does not have "more than 500 species of fish and 55 varieties of coral"
- usage of "includes" plural verb, which has no SV agreement 
(A)  provide  165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers, which includes
(C)  provide  165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers and includes

Eliminate B
- usage of Plural verb "provide" for singular noun
- usage of (,which) for essential information
- usage of "include" singular verb, which has no SV agreement 
(B)  provide  for underwater explorers 165 square nautical miles of marine life, which include

Eliminate D:
- Intended meaning error, park provides X and including Y
- under water exploreres does not have "more than 500 species of fish and 55 varieties of coral"
(D) provides 165 square nautical miles of marine life for underwater explorers and including

(E) provides underwater explorers with 165 square nautical miles of marine life, including
Correct: 
- Singular Verb: "provides" singular subject
- marine life have "more than 500 species of fish and 55 varieties of coral"
- Intended meaning, Park provides X, including  Y

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello everyone,

We hope this finds you well.

To provide clarity for anyone confused on this point, the subject here is, indeed, "miles".

All the best!
Experts' Global Team

krndatta · Answer

EducationAisle  sir,

Please have a look at my reasoning below particularly the usages of "which" and share your two cents.

Option A:-
1. Subject Verb Disagreement. We need singular verb "provides". 
 The usage of which is correct here. "Which" refers to the nearest grammatically eligible word. So over here "which" refers to marine life. "Which" cannot refer to underwater explorers.

Option B:-
1. Same error as option A.
2. Provide X for Y. So a better construction would be provide 165 square nautical miles for underwater explorers. 
3.  We need a singular verb "includes". Include is the verb of "which", and "which" refers to marine life. Hence, we need a singular verb .

Option C:- 
1. Subject Verb Disagreement. 
2. Parallelism Error. "includes" is not parallel to anything earlier in the sentence. If we take "includes" to be the verb of reef state park, then this does not make sense because the park does not include more than 500 species of fish. It is the marine life.

Option D:-
1. and including is not parallel to anything earlier in the sentence. Although the verb is correct in this sentence.

Option E:- This is the correct answer choice.

EducationAisle · Answer

Very accurate analysis of all the options. Good job.

woohoo921 · Answer

DmitryFarber

If you swapped out "including" for ",which includes" in Choice E, would that also work?

Is there a preference for "including" vs. ", which includes"?

Thank you for all of your time and help.

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  woohoo921 ,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, yes; "which includes" would be perfectly correct in the context of Option E, but "including" is preferrable, as it is more concise.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

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