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17 Nov 2018, 07:35
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Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes the eater ill, but only recently has it been established that the illness is caused by a toxin present in the quail’s body only under certain conditions.
(A) Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes
(B) Europeans have long known quail eating is sometimes able to make
(C) Eating quail has long been known to Europeans to sometimes make
(D) It has long been known to Europeans that quail eating will sometimes make
(E) It has long been known to Europeans that quail, when it is eaten, has sometimes made
(A) Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes
(B) Europeans have long known quail eating is sometimes able to make
(C) Eating quail has long been known to Europeans to sometimes make
(D) It has long been known to Europeans that quail eating will sometimes make
(E) It has long been known to Europeans that quail, when it is eaten, has sometimes made
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
January 1980
Volume 242, Issue 1
Since ancient times it has been known in Europe and North Africa that the European migratory quail, Coturnix, was good eating but that eating it sometimes made the eater deathly ill. More recently it has been established that the cause of illness is a unique kind of food poisoning now named coturnism. The symptoms include difficulty in breathing, impaired speech, nausea, weakness and loss of feeling in the legs and partial paralysis; death may result. The reason the explicit connection between these symptoms and eating quail took so long to establish is that only certain of the birds are toxic to human beings at certain times of the year and in certain parts of their migratory range, so that the symptoms were often attributed to other causes.
January 1980
Volume 242, Issue 1
Since ancient times it has been known in Europe and North Africa that the European migratory quail, Coturnix, was good eating but that eating it sometimes made the eater deathly ill. More recently it has been established that the cause of illness is a unique kind of food poisoning now named coturnism. The symptoms include difficulty in breathing, impaired speech, nausea, weakness and loss of feeling in the legs and partial paralysis; death may result. The reason the explicit connection between these symptoms and eating quail took so long to establish is that only certain of the birds are toxic to human beings at certain times of the year and in certain parts of their migratory range, so that the symptoms were often attributed to other causes.
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17 Nov 2018, 10:38
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I think the most important thing which will help us to eliminate the answer choices is Subject Verb Pair
Looking at the statment 'Europeans' is Plural therefore 'have' is the correct verb and 'eating quail' is Singular therefore makes is also the correct verb, in my opinion A seems correct lets look at the other choices to see if we can find some error
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Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes the eater ill, but only recently has it been established that the illness is caused by a toxin present in the quail’s body only under certain conditions.
(A) Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes -> seems Ok to me as per above evaluation
(B) Europeans have long known quail eating is sometimes able to make -> what is the need for 'able to' here??
(C) Eating quail has long been known to Europeans to sometimes make -> Subject Verb error as discussed above
(D) It has long been known to Europeans that quail eating will sometimes make -> incorrect use of will, as 'sometimes make' alone tells that there is a possibility of illness
(E) It has long been known to Europeans that quail, when it is eaten, has sometimes made -> I don't how to explain it but it's such a bad construction it seems like it is not the eating but quail itself causes the illness
Looking at the statment 'Europeans' is Plural therefore 'have' is the correct verb and 'eating quail' is Singular therefore makes is also the correct verb, in my opinion A seems correct lets look at the other choices to see if we can find some error
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Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes the eater ill, but only recently has it been established that the illness is caused by a toxin present in the quail’s body only under certain conditions.
(A) Europeans have long known that eating quail sometimes makes -> seems Ok to me as per above evaluation
(B) Europeans have long known quail eating is sometimes able to make -> what is the need for 'able to' here??
(C) Eating quail has long been known to Europeans to sometimes make -> Subject Verb error as discussed above
(D) It has long been known to Europeans that quail eating will sometimes make -> incorrect use of will, as 'sometimes make' alone tells that there is a possibility of illness
(E) It has long been known to Europeans that quail, when it is eaten, has sometimes made -> I don't how to explain it but it's such a bad construction it seems like it is not the eating but quail itself causes the illness
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17 Nov 2018, 08:07
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), and sometimes in these older questions you see subtler distinctions than you're likely to see in newer ones, so I wouldn't worry too much about this example.
