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Kererū pigeons, of the species Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae, which won the Bird of the Year award in New Zealand in 2018, can become intoxicated when they eat fermented fruit from the forest floor and, if they consume enough, may fall from the trees where they roost.
A. which won the Bird of the Year award in New Zealand in 2018, can become intoxicated when they eat fermented fruit from the forest floor and, if they consume enough, may
B. winners of New Zealand’s 2018 Bird of the Year award, can become intoxicated when they eat fermented fruit from the forest floor but, if they consume enough, may
C. which won the Bird of the Year award in New Zealand in 2018, becoming intoxicated if they were to eat fermented fruit from the forest floor if they were to consume enough, and may
D. winners of the Bird of the Year award in New Zealand in 2018, can become intoxicated when it eats fermented fruit from the forest floor and, if it consumes enough, may
E. which won the Bird of the Year award in New Zealand in 2018, can become intoxicated when they eat fermented fruit from the forest floor and, if they consume enough, then they may
A. which won the Bird of the Year award in New Zealand in 2018, can become intoxicated when they eat fermented fruit from the forest floor and, if they consume enough, may
B. winners of New Zealand’s 2018 Bird of the Year award, can become intoxicated when they eat fermented fruit from the forest floor but, if they consume enough, may
C. which won the Bird of the Year award in New Zealand in 2018, becoming intoxicated if they were to eat fermented fruit from the forest floor if they were to consume enough, and may
D. winners of the Bird of the Year award in New Zealand in 2018, can become intoxicated when it eats fermented fruit from the forest floor and, if it consumes enough, may
E. which won the Bird of the Year award in New Zealand in 2018, can become intoxicated when they eat fermented fruit from the forest floor and, if they consume enough, then they may
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Step 1: Read the Original Sentence Carefully, Looking for Errors
The underlined text begins with “which,” a word that typically refers to the noun immediately before it. Here, “which” refers appropriately to the species, so there’s no pronoun error.
“[W]hich” introduces a modifying phrase set off by commas, as does “if they consume enough” later in the sentence. In this second dependent clause, confirm that the plural pronoun “they” is correct. In fact it is, as it clearly refers to the “pigeons.”
Now try reading the sentence without these asides to see whether the parts fit together correctly: “Kererū pigeons . . . can become intoxicated when they eat fermented fruit from the forest floor and . . . may fall from the trees where they roost.” This sentence has a correctly formed compound predicate: “can become . . . and . . . may fall” is parallel, and both verbs are in the correct simple present tense to describe actions that are generally true. The conjunction “and” expresses the correct relationship between the two actions.
The sentence seems correct as written. Suspect that (A) is the answer but check the other choices to be sure.
Step 2: Scan and Group the Answer Choices
(A), (C), and (E) begin with “which won,” while (B) and (D) start with “winners.” Either could be correct.
A more useful split occurs at the end, where (A), (B), and (D) use “may” while (C) uses “and may” and (E) uses “then they may.” Evaluating this connection to the next thought will be helpful. In addition, there’s a difference in the verb after the modifying phrase, where four of the choices use “can become” and one, (C), uses “becoming.” Evaluating this verb may be helpful.
Step 3: Eliminate Choices Until Only One Remains
With “becoming . . . and may,” (C) is not parallel and in effect loses the main verb of the sentence. In (E), the “then they” is superfluous; eliminate this choice. Now move on to (B) and (D), which use “may” at the end. (B) replaces the conjunction “and” with “but.” This is incorrect because the fact that the pigeons become intoxicated and the fact that sometimes they fall out of the trees should be joined by a continuation key word, not a contrast key word. (D) replaces the plural pronoun “they” with the singular “it,” which doesn’t correctly refer to the “pigeons.” (A) is correct.
General Discussion
Kererū pigeons, of the species Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae, which won the Bird of the Year award in New Zealand in 2018, can become intoxicated when they eat fermented fruit from the forest floor and, if they consume enough, may fall from the trees where they roost.
A. which won the Bird of the Year award in New Zealand in 2018, can become intoxicated when they eat fermented fruit from the forest floor and, if they consume enough, may --- This is the correct answer by POE
B. winners of New Zealand’s 2018 Bird of the Year award, can become intoxicated when they eat fermented fruit from the forest floor but, if they consume enough, may --- There is no contrast implied in the statement. Use of ‘but’ is not needed. ‘And’ is good enough. Not correct.
C. which won the Bird of the Year award in New Zealand in 2018, becoming intoxicated if they were to eat fermented fruit from the forest floor if they were to consume enough, and may – There is no main verb for the subject pigeons. A fragment
D. winners of the Bird of the Year award in New Zealand in 2018, can become intoxicated when it eats fermented fruit from the forest floor and, if it consumes enough, may -- the ‘plural pigeons and singular it’ is an SV error
E. which won the Bird of the Year award in New Zealand in 2018, can become intoxicated when they eat fermented fruit from the forest floor and, if they consume enough, then they may – they at the end is superfluous. The first ‘they’ can act as the subject of the second part also, as per parallelism.
A. which won the Bird of the Year award in New Zealand in 2018, can become intoxicated when they eat fermented fruit from the forest floor and, if they consume enough, may --- This is the correct answer by POE
B. winners of New Zealand’s 2018 Bird of the Year award, can become intoxicated when they eat fermented fruit from the forest floor but, if they consume enough, may --- There is no contrast implied in the statement. Use of ‘but’ is not needed. ‘And’ is good enough. Not correct.
C. which won the Bird of the Year award in New Zealand in 2018, becoming intoxicated if they were to eat fermented fruit from the forest floor if they were to consume enough, and may – There is no main verb for the subject pigeons. A fragment
D. winners of the Bird of the Year award in New Zealand in 2018, can become intoxicated when it eats fermented fruit from the forest floor and, if it consumes enough, may -- the ‘plural pigeons and singular it’ is an SV error
E. which won the Bird of the Year award in New Zealand in 2018, can become intoxicated when they eat fermented fruit from the forest floor and, if they consume enough, then they may – they at the end is superfluous. The first ‘they’ can act as the subject of the second part also, as per parallelism.
