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Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn other birds away from their territory or their mate, female alpine accentors sing to attract potential mates.


A. the way song is used by female birds of most species,

B. most species,with female birds that use their song

C. female birds of most species,which use their song

D. the use of song by female birds of most species,which is

E. in most species,in which song is used by female birds


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Originally posted by NandishSS on 30 May 2016, 23:54.
Last edited by Bunuel on 12 Nov 2018, 04:34, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn [#permalink] Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn   31 May 2016, 00:07
C looks the most appropriate to me though I am not so sure about the use of 'which' in it.

Only C does the right comparison.

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Re: Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn [#permalink] Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn   31 May 2016, 02:01
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A is wrong because wordy and also compares apple with bananas

C compares female with female, hence is correct

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Re: Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn [#permalink] Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn   31 May 2016, 08:58
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Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn other birds away from their territory or their mate, female alpine accentors sing to attract potential mates.

A.the way song is used by female birds of most species,
B.most species,with female birds that use their song
C.female birds of most species,which use their song
D.the use of song by female birds of most species,which is
E.in most species,in which song is used by female birds

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Correct idiomatic usage of Like /Unlike is -

Unlike/Like X , Y

(C) is correct because it uses correct idiomatic usage -

Unlike female birds of most species,which use their song, to warn other birds away from their territory or their mate, female alpine accentors sing to attract potential mates.

Hence (C) is correct...

Why option A is wrong?

Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn other birds away from their territory or their mate, female alpine accentors sing to attract potential mates.

Here the comparison is between the way song and female alpine accentors which is incorrect comparison....
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Re: Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn [#permalink] Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn   12 Jun 2016, 21:44
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All other options except C have illogical comparison .
C compares female birds of most species with female alpine accentors


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Re: Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn [#permalink] Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn   12 Nov 2018, 07:40
"Unlike" can only be used to compare nouns(Unlike X, Y), now look at the non underlined part to find out what is being comparedand you will find that we are comparing "female alpine accentors" with something.

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Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn other birds away from their territory or their mate, female alpine accentors sing to attract potential mates.


A. the way song is used by female birds of most species, -> can't compare the way song with noun female alpine ancestors

B. most species,with female birds that use their song -> same problem

C. female birds of most species,which use their song -> this is correct as now we are comparing female birds with female alpine ancestors

D. the use of song by female birds of most species,which is -> same problem as A

E. in most species,in which song is used by female birds -> here we are comparing the characteristics of a species with Female alpine ancestors


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Re: Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn [#permalink] Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn   12 Nov 2018, 08:01
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option C corrects the illogical comparison present in all other options

C compares female birds of most species with female alpine accentors

best option and ans ..C
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Re: Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn [#permalink] Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn   06 May 2019, 06:54
NandishSS wrote:
Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn other birds away from their territory or their mate, female alpine accentors sing to attract potential mates.


A. the way song is used by female birds of most species,

B. most species,with female birds that use their song

C. female birds of most species,which use their song

D. the use of song by female birds of most species,which is

E. in most species,in which song is used by female birds


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Option C compares "female birds" with "female alpine accentors ".
That's why Option C is correct.
"which" in this sentence is referring to "species ". Is it ? chetan2u VeritasKarishma GMATNinja
female birds of most species,which use their song

Option B is wrong because it uses incorrect "comma + with " construction.
species,with
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Re: Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn [#permalink] Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn   01 Jun 2019, 08:48
Although I understand why option C is correct, I still think use of 'which' is dubious, since 'which' is not used for people/living being-here species.
Can anyone throw light on the same.


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Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn [#permalink] Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn   01 Jun 2019, 09:49
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Although I understand why option C is correct, I still think use of 'which' is dubious, since 'which' is not used for people/living being-here species.
Can anyone throw light on the same.

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Using that and which with species is absolutely fine. There is some debate about whether that and which can be used to refer to humans, so I won't get into that, but we should be fine as long as we're discussing animals.

Here is another official question that uses both that and which to refer to species/animals.
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Re: Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn [#permalink] Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn   01 Nov 2020, 02:34
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Re: Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn [#permalink] Unlike the way song is used by female birds of most species, to warn   01 Nov 2020, 02:35
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