Genetically modified seeds with no requirement of costly

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Genetically modified seeds,  with no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture, help  farmers grow crops in a cost effective manner.

(A) with no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture, help

(B) with no requirements of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture, helps

(C) having no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture, helps

(D) without the requirement of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture, help

(E) without the requirement of costly fertilizer or no expensive agriculture, help

XyLan · Accepted Answer

Sentence Structure  
 Subject  -  Verb :
  Genetically modified seeds , 
  without the requirement of  costly fertilizer  or (  of  ) expensive agriculture , 
 help  farmers grow crops in a cost effective manner.

Issues:  
 
The subject(  Genetically modified seeds ) is plural. Thus, verb MUST be plural.
 B and C    Subject-Verb disagreement

Answer choice analysis:  
 
(A) with no requirement of costly fertilizer or  with expensive agriculture , help 
   Meaning issue: Ideally, GMC should NOT utilise the either the expensive agriculture or the costly fertilizer

(B) with no requirements of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture,  helps  
   Subject-Verb disagreement

(C) having no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture,  helps  
   Subject-Verb disagreement

(D)  without  the requirement of  costly fertilizer  or  expensive agriculture , help 
   Without X or Y. the construction of phrases is better --------->  D  is the champ!

(E) without the requirement of costly fertilizer or  no expensive agriculture , help
   Meaning issue: Ideally, GMC should NOT utilise the either the expensive agriculture or the costly fertilizer

generis · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION EXPLANATION The sentence is trying to state that genetically modified seeds help farmers grow crops in a cost effective manner because they do not require costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture. • Option A distorts this meaning by suggesting that these seeds require expensive agriculture. • The use of singular verb "helps" with plural subject "seeds" is incorrect, eliminating B and C. • The use of without and no together in E creates a double negative • , D is the correct answer In general, GMAC tends towards the use of without ABC or XYZ rather than with no ABC or XYZ The first time I read this sentence I couldn't understand it, let alone explain what was wrong with it. Takeaway: do not panic when the first sentence makes no sense. You are not wrong. The sentence is dumb. Keep reading.

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Lampard42 · Answer

(A) with no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture, help -  gives meaning that these seeds requires expensive agriculture - contrasting with main statement

(B) with no requirements of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture, helps  Subject verb issue - "Seeds - help"

(C) having no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture, helps - Combination of errors in A and B

(D) without the requirement of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture, help  Correct

(E) without the requirement of costly fertilizer or no expensive agriculture, help  -ve without and -ve no causes issues

Raxit85 · Answer

IMO D.

Genetically modified seeds,  with no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture , help farmers grow crops in a cost effective manner.

(A) with no requirement of costly fertilizer  or with expensive agriculture , help - Meaning clarity error; as mentioned 'cost effective manner' in non underlined part of the sentence, '...... or with expensive agriculture' contrasts the information, ultimately changing the intended meaning of the sentence.

(B) with no requirements of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture,  helps  - SVA error; GMS (plural) ,....., helps (singular)

(C) having no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture,  helps  - SVA error; GMS (plural) ,....., helps (singular)

(D) without the requirement of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture, help - No error

(E) without the requirement of costly fertilizer or  no  expensive agriculture, help - Redundancy error which alters the meaning of the sentence.

prashanths · Answer

(A) with no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture, help 
Meaning of sentence is in issue. should be 'with no .... or expensive agriculture'

(B) with no requirements of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture, helps 
Subject-Verb agreement error. Seeds.... help

(C) having no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture, helps 
Parallelism issue - 'having no requirement of..... with....'. Subject-Verb agreement error - help

(D) without the requirement of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture, help 
Correct

(E) without the requirement of costly fertilizer or no expensive agriculture, help
similar issue as A. 'without requirement of ..... or expensive agriculture'.

Answer should be D.

firas92 · Answer

Seeds....help is the right S-V structure as 'seeds' is plural

Eliminate (B) & (C)

(A) changes the intended meaning, giving the impression that genetically modified seeds either eliminate the need for costly fertilizers or the seeds bring the need for expensive agriculture. Illogical

-This is seen is (C) as well

Eliminate (A)

In (E), the double negation - without....no expensive agriculture changes the meaning again

Eliminate (E)

Answer is  (D)

J2S2019 · Answer

Correct Answer is D

Genetically modified seeds, with no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture, help farmers grow crops in a cost effective manner.

(A) with no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture, help -  not with the intended meaning, seeds dont require fertilizer...

(B) with no requirements of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture, helps -  SVA error, Seeds as a plural Sub. , agreement with Verb will also be Plural

(C) having no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture, helps -  Same as B

(D) without the requirement of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture, help -  No Error

(E) without the requirement of costly fertilizer or no expensive agriculture, help -  Meaning changes by the introduction of no after OR

Archit3110 · Answer

main catch of the sentence is the SV error ; subject is Genetically modified seeds so plural verb help will be correct
negate B,C,E
among A & D 
A) with no requirement of costly fertilizer  or with  expensive agriculture, help ; usage of 'with' is wrong

D)without the requirement of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture, help
 
  IMO D

OC2910 · Answer

Genetically modified seeds, with no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture, help farmers grow crops in a cost effective manner.

5 seconds scan
1)helps vs help 
2)with x or with y parallel

(A) with no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture, help : meaning error we want to say seeds are less expensive so both legs should convey the same

(B) with no requirements of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture, helps :subject verb error

(C) having no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture, helps :subject verb error

(D) without the requirement of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture, help

(E) without the requirement of costly fertilizer or no expensive agriculture, help : not parallel without and no

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Turkish · Answer

Genetically modified seeds,  with no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture , help farmers grow crops in a cost effective manner.

(A) with no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture, help ( awkward, doesn't make sense -- how can Genetically modified seeds with expensive agriculture-- help farmers)

(B) with no requirements of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture, helps --- seeds plural needs help not helps(singular)

(C) having no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture, helps ( having-- its continuous tense, no need here)

(D) without the requirement of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture, help

(E) without the requirement of costly fertilizer or no expensive agriculture, help ( doesn't require the additional "NO" after or)

amitanshumaity · Answer

Genetically modified seeds, with no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture, help farmers grow crops in a cost effective manner.

Sentence Structure--> Subject , Modifier , Verb + Object.

Error Analysis--> There is a problem with the modifier (of) costly fertilizer is not parallel to (with) expensive agriculture and thus renders an incorrect meaning. 
S-V is accounted for.
Let's look for a choice which corrects this error.
Choice D uses --> Without --> which is nothing but a better concise version of( with no).

IMHO D

cristianosubo · Answer

The obvious split is "helps/help". Seeds is plural, so we need to use "help".Eliminate B and C.
The intended meaning is GMS can help farmers without requirements of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture.
Only D preserves this meaning. Hence IMO D.

shridhar786 · Answer

A) with no requirement of  costly fertilizer  or  with expensive agriculture , help 
not parallel x or y should be parallel change the intended meaning

(B) with no requirements of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture,  helps  
subject verb error

(C) having no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture,  helps  
subject-verb error

(D)  without  the requirement of  costly fertilizer  or  expensive agriculture , help 
without x or y is correct correct subject verb (CORRECT)

(E)  without  the requirement of costly fertilizer or  no  expensive agriculture, help 
double negative is wrong in the sentence

Annet1524 · Answer

Genetically modified  seeds , with no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture,  help  farmers grow crops in a cost effective manner.

(A) with no requirement of costly fertilizer or  with expensive  agriculture, help - with no ... or with ...wrong meaning

(B) with no requirements of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture,  helps    - seeds is plural word, so it requires plural form of verb
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(C) having no requirement of costly fertilizer or with expensive agriculture,  helps    - seeds is plural word, so it requires plural form of verb

(D) without the requirement of costly fertilizer or expensive agriculture,  help  - correct answer

(E) without the requirement of costly fertilizer or  no  expensive agriculture, help -redundancy

generis · Answer

I have posted the official explanation  here .

Genetically modified seeds with no requirement of costly

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