Despite being a carnivore, the diet of the bear is largely vegetarian

Question

Despite being a carnivore, the diet of the bear is largely vegetarian – fresh leaves, fruits, berries, nuts, roots, and tubers -  and animal carcasses rarely .

A. and animal carcasses rarely.
B. and animal carcasses is rare.
C. with animal carcasses as rare.
D. animal carcasses a rarity.
E. with animal carcasses a rarity.

push12345 · Accepted Answer

Sentence is talking about diet of bear

A. and animal carcasses rarely.
--usage of and here while talking about diet of bear does not make sense

B. and animal carcasses is rare.
--same as A

C. with animal carcasses as rare.
--with makes sense but usage of 'as rare' diet as rare is awkward

D. animal carcasses a rarity.
--need to have conjunction to associate vegetarian diet with animal carcass

E. with animal carcasses a rarity
--sounds good
Usage of with +
Describing combination a rarity as a noun

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bhavyadua11 · Answer

how to find which one is better between, is rare, rarity or rarely. 
haven't read the difference anywhere.

swapnilce.nitdgp · Answer

Despite being a carnivore, the diet of the bear is largely vegetarian – fresh leaves, fruits, berries, nuts, roots, and tubers - and animal carcasses rarely.

In the above sentence : fresh leaves, fruits, berries are described as vegetarian diet within hypens.
In the underlined part exception is provided for non vegetarian diet. Hence use of 'and' is unwarranted
'with' should be used. Leaving us to option A and E.

Option E clearly modifies diet. Hence Option E

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parijit · Answer

This one looks tough can someone help.

DmitryFarberMPrep · Answer

This sentence doesn't work. The non-underlined portion mistakenly says that "the diet of the bear" is a carnivore. That is a standard modifier error, so we need to throw this problem out!

amberlinnnnn · Answer

I think the mark C is also correct.

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DmitryFarberMPrep · Answer

amberlinnnnn

Something can't be "as rare." "Rare" is an adjective, so we'd need to SEE something AS rare, or we'd need something to appear "as a rare exception." But really, this entire problem is highly flawed. For your own sake, don't study it!

Despite being a carnivore, the diet of the bear is largely vegetarian

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