The sloth which is a south american mammal related to armadillos and a

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The sloth,  which is a South American mammal related to armadillos and anteaters, live in tropical forests where they travel  through the trees upside down.

A) which is a South American mammal related to armadillos and anteaters, live in tropical forests where they travel

B) a South American mammal related to armadillos and anteaters, live in tropical forests where they travel

C) a South American mammal related to the armadillo and the anteater, lives in tropical forests where it travels

D) a South American mammal related to the armadillo and the anteater, live in tropical forests where they travel

E) a South American mammal in relation to the armadillo and the anteater, lives in tropical forests where it travels

blueseas · Accepted Answer

The sloth,  which is a South American mammal related to armadillos and anteaters , live in tropical forests where they travel through the trees upside down.
 striked out part is a modifier modifying sloth .now when you read without modifier ==>THE SLOTH = singular subject ...LIVE = PLURAL VERB.
so this sub-verb agreement error is present. 
basis this error we can eliminate A/B/D..so left with C/E.

C) a South American mammal related to the armadillo and the anteater, lives in tropical forests where it travels
 CORRECT

E) a South American mammal  in relation to  the armadillo and the anteater, lives in tropical forests where it travels
in relation to==>this is unidiomatic in this case.hence C

gvvsnraju@1 · Answer

The Sloth is a singular noun & sentence cites of fact about the sloth. So singular verb should be of simple present tense. Option C

Narayana Raju

abhishekdadarwal2009 · Answer

The Sloth is singular and should be referd with appropriate subject verb agreement. lives is the correct verb form.

BloomingLotus · Answer

Option C

The sentence has Subject Verb ("sloth" (singular subject) is with plural verb "live" ). and Pronoun ("They" - plural pronoun points to "sloth" - singular noun) error.

Also, once we confirm plural pronoun "they" to singular "it" , the related plural verb "travel" should also be converted to singular "travels"

Bunuel · Answer

KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:

C

Every pronoun must CLEARLY and LOGICALLY refer to ONE specific noun, and agree with that noun. You’re talking about the sloth here. That’s singular. To be GMAT-correct, you have to comparethe sloth to the armadillo and the anteater. That knocks out (A) and (B). (D) uses “they.”“They”can’t stand for “sloth.”It can only stand for the plural noun “forests,” which makes no sense. If you were working quickly, you might think it’s OK to substitute “they” for “the sloth.” But GMAT English is picky. If the noun “sloth” is singular, its pronoun must be singular too. (E) is wrong because the phrase “in relation to” is unid- iomatic. Yousay “X is related to Y,” not “X is inrela- tion to Y.”

push12345 · Answer

Correct verb with Noun 
sloth ... lives... its
So C is correct

which is wordy in A
relation IN E

Abhishek009 · Answer

The sloth ,  a South American mammal related to the armadillo and the anteater,   lives  in tropical forests where  it travels  through the trees upside down.

Answer must be (C) for the highlighted errors in other options...

DeadHead · Answer

A) The sloth, which is a South American mammal related to armadillos and anteaters, LIVES in.....

Here  " which is s a South ......eats" is a Modifier,    which is modifying The sloth.

If we remove the modifier we get- "The sloth, live in...." 
Here sloth is a singular subject hence by using "Subject-Verb agreement" the answer is wrong and lives should replace live.

B)  Same as A

C)  Correct

D)  They - ambiguous.  "they"  is referring to same South American mammal related to armadillo of anteater i.e The Sloth.

E)   " In relation to"  gives a sense of comparison which impacts the meaning of the sentence.
 Also, Noun-form is not prefered in Gmat.

devavrat · Answer

The sloth, which is a South American mammal related to armadillos and anteaters, lives in tropical forests where it travels through the trees upside down.

Is this sentence correct??
Is the use of which in this case correct ?
Can someone pls explain?

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