The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapts to new foods

Question

The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash without inducing gastrointestinal distress.

(A) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it
(B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, it enables them
(C) Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable it 
(D) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does any other animal ever studied, enabling them
(E) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it

kavach · Answer

A lot of changes in the question, this is the third one I am solving, should get 3 kudos.

The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash without inducing gastrointestinal distress.

Meaning of the sentence : The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal. So this will enable the pig to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash without inducing gastrointestinal distress.

analysis:
The stomach and intestines ( subject 1) of the pot-bellied pig adapt ( verb1) to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it ( singular pronoun ) to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash without inducing gastrointestinal distress.

error :
1) stomach and intestines are compared with any other animals which is wrong
2) Thus is redundant and don’t serve any purpose . moreover thus enabling gives the reason as whole comparison as an issue. Intended meaning is not conveyed properly.

POE

(A) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it
error as explained above.

(B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, it enables them

1)the cause and effect mode is not right, the adaptation of stomach and intestines leads to eat is conveying wrong meaning.
2) Them is a wrong pronoun which marks to pig which is singular. So subject verb error. . Hence this is wrong .

(C) Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable it

1)the cause and effect mode is not right, .
2) Pigs adapt to new foods, wrong intended meaning. This is wrong

.
(D) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does any other animal ever studied, enabling them

1)Poor comparison issue, stomach and intestine is wrongly compared with what animals does .
2) Them is a wrong pronoun which marks to stomach and intestines. So wrong meaning. This is wrong

(E) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it

1) this rectifies the comparison error by comparing stomach and intestines to those of other animals
2) Singular pronoun marks the pig so no pronoun error
3) enabling modifies the previous clause ie the adaption leads to eat .
Hence this is correct choice.

So ans is E

techloverforever · Answer

This is a parallelism question wherein 'X more ..than Y' is the structure.
x= stomach and intestines of pot-bellied pig
y = any other animal
Hence x and Y are not parallel
POE:

(A)  The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig  adapt to new foods more quickly than  any other animal  ever studied, thus enabling it --> Incorrect as described above
(B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied,  it  enables  them  --> Incorrect as 'it' and 'them' add pronoun ambiguity to the sentence
(C) Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied,  the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable  it --> Incorrect as meaning error : here 'because pigs adapt to new foods their stomach and intestines enable them to eat' is a wrong causal effect relation. the meaning has been changed 
(D)  The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig  adapt to new foods more quickly than  does any other animal ever studied , enabling them : Incorrect as X and Y are not parallel.
(E)  The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig  adapt to new foods more quickly than  do those of any other animal  ever studied, enabling it ---> Correct as X and Y are parallel . Here those represents ' the stomach and intestines'. hence perfect.

Option E is the answer.

ancored · Answer

The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash without inducing gastrointestinal distress.

(A)  The stomach and intestines  of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than  any other animal  ever studied, thus enabling it 
Here "The stomach and intestines" and "any other animal" are compared and this is incorrect

(B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied,  it  enables  them 
Here we have a pronounce issue. First, "it" does not have a referent. Second, "them" refers to...other animals? and this distorts the meaning.

(C) Because  they  adapt to new foods more quickly than  any other animal  ever studied,  the stomach and intestines  of the pot-bellied pig enable it 
 Again, "the stomach and intestines" and "any other animal" are compared and this is incorrect

(D)  The stomach and intestines  of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does  any other animal  ever studied, enabling  them 
First, "the stomach and intestines" and "any other animal" are compared and this is incorrect. Second, "them" refers to animals and this distorts the meaning

(E)  The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it

Correct

The answer is E

Sayon · Answer

Checking errors in every option:

(A) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it
  Comparison Error: Compares stomach and intestines to other animals.

(B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, it enables them
  Pronoun error. “Them” points to “stomach and intestines”.
 
 (C) Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable it 
  Says stomach and intestines adapt to new foods.

(D) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does any other animal ever studied, enabling them
  Comparison Error: Compares stomach and intestines to other animals.
 
 (E) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it 
  Correct all the errors. 
 
 Answer E

RusskiyLev · Answer

This is Sentence Correction (SC) question, and we need to identify if the underlined section of the sentence is the correct option or there is a better option to choose from. Let us analyze each option separately: 
(A) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling   it   -   In this option, stomach and intestines of a pig are compared to other animals, which does not make any logical sense. Also, it is not clear what the word "it" refers to.      Incorrect  
(B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied   pig   adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, it enables   them   -   In this option, the word "pig" is in singular, but the word "them" is in plural, thus, there is no parallelism.      Incorrect  
(C) Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable it -   In this option, again, the wrong comparison is made between other animals and stomach and intestines of a pig.      Incorrect  
(D) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does any other animal ever studied, enabling them -  In this option the comparison is made between stomach and intestines of a pig and other animals, which is logically incorrect.     Incorrect  
(E) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it -   This option correctly uses parallelism, and the comparison between stomach and intestines of a pig and those of other animals is made.     Correct

Answer:  E

freedom128 · Answer

Original sentence:   The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it  to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash without inducing gastrointestinal distress.

(A)  The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig  adapt to new foods more quickly than  any other animal ever studied , thus enabling it 
This choice has dual meaning in its comparison: (1) it may illogically compare  the stomach and intestines of pot-bellied pig  with  any other animal ever studied , and (2) it may also illogically compare  new foods  with  any other animal ever studied .

(B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied,  it  enables  them  
Though this choice presents unambiguous comparison between  the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig  and  (the stomach and intestines) of any other animal ever studied , the meaning of the second part of the sentence is not logical:  the pot-bellied pig  enables  the stomach and intestines  to eat a broad diet??

(C) Because  they  adapt to new foods more quickly than  any other animal ever studied , the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable it 
Located too far from its intended antecedent  -the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig-  , the pronoun  they  arguably has no clear referent. In addition, this sentence illogically compares  they , which is  the stomach and intestines of pot-bellied pig , with  any other animal ever studied.

(D) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than  does any other animal ever studied , enabling  them  
This choice illogically compares  the stomach and intestines of pot-bellied pig (adapt...)  with  any other animal ever studied (adapts...).  Since  them   refers to the stomach and intestines, the sentence  enabling (the stomach and intestines) to eat a broad diet...  doesn't make any sense.

(E) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it 
 CORRECT ANSWER.  This choice unambiguously and logically compares  the stomach and intestines of pot-bellied pig   with  (the stomach and intestines) of any other animal ever studied.  The word  those  has clear antecedent, which is  the stomach and intestines . The word  it  also has clear antecedent, which is  the pot-bellied pig . Overall, the sentence is grammatically correct and properly conveys the intended meaning.

Answer is (E)

Vinit1 · Answer

The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash without inducing gastrointestinal distress.

Options prefixed with X are discarded

X  (A) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it
>>  Stomach and Intestines adapt more quickly than ANIMALS?? Stomach and intestines are compared to animals, they should be compared to stomach and intestines of other animals..... DISCARDED

X  (B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, it enables them
>>  Comparison between oragans and organs is correct. But, IT enables THEM... It is unclear what pronouns IT and THEM are referring to? intestines? stomach? animals? ability to adapt? ... DISCARDED

X  (C) Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable it
>>  THEY adapt?? what is they referring to? animals? organs? pigs? Also, if they (plural) is referring to organs, organs are compared to animals... DISCARDED

X  (D) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does any other animal ever studied, enabling them
>>  ORGANS adapt more quickly than ANIMALS? Organs are compared to animals... DISCARDED

(E) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it
>>   THIS SEEMS CORRECT.    Organs are correctly compared to organs of other animals.

ANSWER: E

firas92 · Answer

The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash without inducing gastrointestinal distress.

(A) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it
 Wrong comparison. Stomach and intestines are compared to other animals - Eliminate

(B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, it enables them
 Causality is reversed here. The stomach and intestines enable the pig but here "it enables them" reverses the causality and distorts meaning and logic - Eliminate

(C) Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable it 
 Wrong comparison. Stomach and intestines are compared to other animals - Eliminate

(D) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does any other animal ever studied, enabling them
 Here again there is a pronoun error. To refer to the pig, "it" must be used - Eliminate

(E) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it 
 Stomach and intestines of the pig are correctly compared with those of another animal. "it" correctly refers to the pig - Correct

Answer is  (E)

rahaman26 · Answer

IMO E

(A)  The stomach and intestines  of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than  any other animal  ever studied, thus enabling it -  ”the stomach and intestines” are compared to “any other animal”

(B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, it enables them
(D) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does any other animal ever studied, enabling them

(C) Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than  any other animal  ever studied,  the stomach and intestines  of the pot-bellied pig enable it -  Pronoun “they” correctly points to “the stomach and intestines”, BUT ”the stomach and intestines” are compared to “any other animal” which is wrong

(D)  The stomach and intestines  of the pot-bellied   pig   adapt to new foods more quickly than does  any other animal  ever studied, enabling   them   -  ”the stomach and intestines” are compared to “any other animal”. Also Plural ”them” cannot refer to singular “pig”, additionally “them” cannot address “the stomach and intestines“ here, as pig eats a broad diet…, not the stomach and intestines

(E) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it -  Correct, “The stomach and intestines” are correctly compared to “those of any other animal”. Also pronoun “it” unambiguously refers to “pig”

123deepa · Answer

The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash without inducing gastrointestinal distress.

(A) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it
(B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, it enables them
(C) Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable it
(D) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does any other animal ever studied, enabling them
(E) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it

Analysis and POE:
 
Main issue here is the comparison. Stomach and intestines of pot-bellied pig should be compared with the stomach and intestines of the other animals, not with the animals themselves. Hence A is out.
Also looking at answer choice splits, there is a split between "enable/enabling it" vs. "enable/enabling them"

Them we know is incorrect, because the sentence talks about the singular pot-bellied pig. Hence, B and D are out.

Between C and E, C has comparison errors similar to A and also an awkward construction.
 
Hence E is the correct answer.

JonShukhrat · Answer

Correct Comparison is what we want to test our answer choices on. In the construction more A than B, the elements of the comparison A and B must be not only structurally parallel, but also fundamentally the same type of thing. So we compare people with people, animal with animal, organ with organ, but not organ with animal.

1. In our particular case we can compare:

I. Pot-bellied pig with any other animal. Correct
II. The stomach and intestines (of the pot-bellied pig) with the stomach and intestines (of any other animal). Correct

2. However, we can’t compare:

I. The stomach and intestines with any other animal. Incorrect
II. New foods with any other animal. Incorrect

For our own convenience let’s use just organs instead of stomach and intestines, and just pig instead of pot-bellied pig. Keeping all the above in mind, let’s begin to analyze our answer choices.

A. The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it

In short: Organs of a pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal... A has an incorrect comparison like that in 2-I and 2-II because we can interpret it in following ways:

a. Organs of a pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal adapt to new foods
b. Organs of a pig adapt to new foods more quickly than the organs of a pig adapt to any other animal

In a, organs are illogically compared with animals, not with other organs. In b, organs illogically adapt to animals, not to foods. Both interpretations are nonsensical. Thus A is out.

B. Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, it enables them to eat

In short: Because organs of a pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal, it enables them… The comparison now completely makes sense because those refers to organs and do means adapt to new foods. In a nutshell, we have:

Because organs of a pig adapt to new foods more quickly than organs (those) of any other animal adapt to new foods (do)…

Logically, the part after comma is trying to say that organs allow a pig to eat… So we need they allow it to eat… But we have the reverse and incorrect structure it allows them to eat…

As we have “because subordinate clause, main clause”, the subject of the subordinate clause must talk about the subject of the main clause.
Hence, it has to refer to organs, but this reference is impossible and thus it has no clear and logical referent. There are two nouns them may refer to - organs or new foods. In both cases the sentence is nonsensical:

a. it enables organs to eat a broad diet… organs themselves don’t eat. That’s nonsensical.
b. it enables new foods to eat a broad diet… are new foods cannibals?

C. Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable it

In short: Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal, the organs… What is they referring to? Well, because they is the subject of the subordinate clause, they has to refer to the subject of the main clause organs. In a nutshell, we have:

Because organs adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal… We again have an incorrect comparison like that in 2-I and 2-I. This choice has two nonsensical interpretations like those in A.

D. The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does any other animal ever studied, enabling them

In short: Organs of a pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does (adapts) any other animal… We again have an incorrect comparison like that in 2-I. In other words, the sentence illogically compares organs with animals. Another error is the pronoun them after the comma. There are two nouns them may refer to - organs or new foods. In both cases, as we have seen in B, the sentence is nonsensical.

E. The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it

In short: Organs of a pig adapt to new foods more quickly than organs (those) of any other animal adapt to new foods (do). Just bellissimo!
Finally, we have a correct comparison. The pronoun it after the comma logically refers to a pig, so the sentence is:

Organs of a pig adapt more quickly and thereby enable a pig to eat a broad diet. Again perfecto! A pig is full and we are happy

Hence E

C. Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable it In short : Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal, the organs… What is they referring to? Well, because they is the subject of the subordinate clause, they has to refer to the subject of the main clause organs . In a nutshell, we have: Because organs adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal… We again have an incorrect comparison like that in 2-I and 2-I. This choice has two nonsensical interpretations like those in A. D. The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does any other animal ever studied, enabling them In short : Organs of a pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does (adapts) any other animal… We again have an incorrect comparison like that in 2-I. In other words, the sentence illogically compares organs with animals. Another error is the pronoun them after the comma. There are two nouns them may refer to - organs or new foods . In both cases, as we have seen in B, the sentence is nonsensical. E. The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it In short : Organs of a pig adapt to new foods more quickly than organs (those) of any other animal adapt to new foods (do). Just bellissimo! Finally, we have a correct comparison. The pronoun it after the comma logically refers to a pig , so the sentence is: Organs of a pig adapt more quickly and thereby enable a pig to eat a broad diet. Again perfecto! A pig is full and we are happy

Hence E

ccheryn · Answer

The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash without inducing gastrointestinal distress.

Meaning of the sentence :   The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal. So this will enable the pig to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash without inducing gastrointestinal distress.

analysis:   
The stomach and intestines ( subject 1) of the pot-bellied pig adapt ( verb1) to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it ( singular pronoun ) to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash without inducing gastrointestinal distress.

error :   
1) stomach and intestines are compared with any other animals which is wrong 
2) Thus is redundant and don’t serve any purpose . moreover thus enabling gives the reason as whole comparison as an issue. Intended meaning is not conveyed properly.

POE

(A) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it
 error as explained above.

(B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, it enables them
 
1)the cause and effect mode is not right, the adaptation of stomach and intestines leads to eat is conveying wrong meaning. 
2) Them is a wrong pronoun which marks to pig which is singular. So subject verb error. . Hence this is wrong .

(C) Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable it 
 
1)the cause and effect mode is not right, .
2) Pigs adapt to new foods, wrong intended meaning. This is wrong

. 
(D) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does any other animal ever studied, enabling them
 
1)Poor comparison issue, stomach and intestine is wrongly compared with what animals does . 
2) Them is a wrong pronoun which marks to stomach and intestines. So wrong meaning. This is wrong

(E) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it 
  
1) this rectifies the comparison error by comparing stomach and intestines to those of other animals
2) Singular pronoun marks the pig so no pronoun error
3) enabling modifies the previous clause ie the adaption leads to eat . 
Hence this is correct choice.

So ans is E

GKomoku · Answer

The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash without inducing gastrointestinal distress.

) Meaning: 1. We have The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig 2. Both of them adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied (most probably the author wants to compare here stomach and intestines of other animals rather than animals themselves) 3. thus enabling it to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash (meaning is more or less clear here 'it' logically refer to pig) 4. without inducing gastrointestinal distress Errors: A.PNG Once we've got intended meaning correct, the rest is easy. 'thus' to me here - incorrect - needs to be followed by full clause Original sentence compare: adopting ability of the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig with any other animal Does this make any sense to you? To me no. So most probably the author wants to compare the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt with the stomach and intestines of the other anim in terms of how quickly they adopt to new food. heart of the comparison.PNG For more about comparison please refer ---> POE (A) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it (B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, it enables them it - pig, they - what? - the stomach and intestines ? pig enables the stomach and intestines to eat a broad diet that may include manure? out (C) Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied , the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable it 'they' refers? - the stomach and intestines? okay then, we sill compare other animals with adopting ability (D) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does any other animal ever studied, enabling them this answer choice wants to paint out errors just to confuse us, we have plural subject - the stomach and intestines - takes plural verb - adopt, so far good, then for sake of comparison we can replace this verb with - plural - do - but not singular does! SV agreement error. then, what is the antecedent of 'them'? The stomach and intestines? subject of the sentence - The stomach and intestines- V-ing modifier - enabling - makes sense with the subject but (The stomach and intestines enabling The stomach and intestines) doesn't make any sense, out (E) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it E.PNG E is the answer.

MayankSingh · Answer

IMO-E

Meaning Analysis:   
# The  Stomach & intestines of the pot-bellied pig  adapt to new foods more quickly than Stomach & intestines any other animal......   
# This enable the pig to eat a broad diet that may include .......... without gastrointestinal distress. ......

Error Analysis:    
  SV Agreement  - Plural Sub. (Stomach & intestines) Plural Verb (adapt)--- Ok 
  Pronoun  - "It" correctly refers to pot-bellied pig- Ok 
  Verb  - Simple present-  Ok 
  Parallelism  - the two entities compared are not alike. i.e  X  than  Y     X-  Stomach and intestines  of the pot-bellied pig , Y-  any other animal   ] -  Not Ok 
  IDIOMS  - NA
  Meaning  &  Redundancy  - Use of "thus" may not be required since V-ing modifier will suffice the requirement to show the cause & effect relationship (reason). So thus becomes redundant -  Not Ok

The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash without inducing gastrointestinal distress.

(A) The  stomach and intestines  of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than  any other animal  ever studied, thus enabling it-----   Incorrect   ------   Parallelism in Comparison Error  ---Stomach & Intestines of Pot-bellied pig are compared to any other animal. Also "Thus" is redundant.

(B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, it enables them
(D) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does any other animal ever studied, enabling them

(C) Because  they  adapt to new foods more quickly than  any other animal  ever studied, the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable it-----   Incorrect   ------  Parallelism in Comparison Error  ----- They (refer-- stomach and intestines) is compared to any other animal.

(D) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than  does any other animal  ever studied, enabling  them -----   Incorrect   ------  Pronoun & Comparison Error  --- As per intended meaning, "them" should refer to "Pig" because adaptation to new foods enables pig.... but use of plural "them" for singular "pig" is incorrect. Also there is no pronoun after than to refer back to noun "stomach & intestines" so comparison is also not apt.

(E) The   stomach and intestines   of the pot-bellied pig  adapt  to new foods more quickly than  do    those   of any other animal ever studied,   enabling   it-----   Correct   ------ This option rectifies all errors. First, 'thus' dropped so redundancy removed. Second, "Those" refer to "Stomach & intestines" so comparison between "Stomach & intestine of Pig to those of any other animal " is appropriate.

prashanths · Answer

The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash without inducing gastrointestinal distress.

Stomach and Intestines should have plural verb - adapt
Stomach and intestines of pig should be compared with stomach and intestines of other animals - those of other animals should be used.

(A) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it
Incorrect. 'those of any other animal' should be there to compare stomach and intestines of pigs to those of other animals

(B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, it enables them
Incorrect. pronoun it does not have a singular precedent apart from pig or animal, which does not make sense.

(C) Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable it 
Incorrect comparison between stomach and intestines of pigs with other animals

(D) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does any other animal ever studied, enabling them
'them' pronoun should be 'it' since it should refer to singular pig

(E) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it 
Correct.

Option E.

Ilishar · Answer

The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash without inducing gastrointestinal distress.

(A) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it (wrong comparison of stomach, intestine and animal)
(B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, it enables them (no antecedent of it)
(C) Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable it (they is ambiguous and wrong cause and effect relationship )
(D) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does any other animal ever studied, enabling them (same as A)
(E) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it (right answer - expressing the meaning clearly)

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baru · Answer

The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash without inducing gastrointestinal distress.

comparison should be between pig stomach and intestine to stomach and intestine of another animal

(A) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly  than any other animal  ever studied, thus enabling it-Incorrect 
comparison error , comparison is done be between pig stomach and intestine to stomach and another animal - this is wrong

(B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied,  it enables   them -Incorrect
Here the comparison error is corrected but one new error of SV pair is added 
stomach and intestine enables pig to eat -- So it doesn't refer to stomach and intestine and not pig to them

(C) Because  they  adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable it -Incorrect 
they here can refer to pig or stomach and intestine .

(D) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly  than does any other animal  ever studied, enabling  them -Incorrect 
this sentence again has comparison error and SV pair error as well

(E) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it-Correct
Corrects Comparison error and SV pair error

aarkay · Answer

Error Analysis:  Comparison error. 'The stomach and intestines' of pig are being compared to other animals. In the correct form, the sentence should compare stomach and intestines of pig to stomach and intestines of other animals.

(A) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it  -Incorrect, for the reason stated in error analysis 
(B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, it enables them  -Incorrect, plural pronoun 'them' is referring to singular antecedent 'pig' .
(C) Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable it  -Incorrect, Comparison error as in 'A'.  
(D) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does any other animal ever studied, enabling them  -Incorrect, comparison error, Correct form would be-'...... more quickly than do those of other animal,...' . Also, pronoun following 'enabling' must be singular as it is referring to 'pigs' 
(E) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it  -Correct

Ans:E

AvidDreamer09 · Answer

The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it to eat a broad diet that may include manure, insects and grubs, and household trash without inducing gastrointestinal distress.

"They' does not have a pronoun antecedent
 (C) Because they adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig enable it

"Them" does not have a pronoun antecedent... them cannot refer to animal...
 (B) Because the stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, it enables them
(D) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than does any other animal ever studied, enabling them

Comparison error....stomach and intestines.........adapt more quickly than any other animal.... compares stomach and intestines to other animals
 (A) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than any other animal ever studied, thus enabling it

Leaving with Answer choice E
 (E) The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapt to new foods more quickly than do those of any other animal ever studied, enabling it

The stomach and intestines of the pot-bellied pig adapts to new foods

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