The wandering albatross, the first albatross ever to be described by n

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The wandering albatross, the first albatross ever to be described by naturalists, is a large seabird that belongs to the albatross family  and found primarily in the seas around Antarctica .

A) and found primarily in the seas around Antarctica

B) and that is found primarily in the seas around Antarctica

C) and primarily found in the Antarctic seas

D) being found primarily in the seas around Antarctica

E) and are found primarily in the seas around Antarctica

generis · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC1) • Most of this sentence does not matter for our purposes • Understanding how this sentence works depends on our recognizing that the underlined portion of the sentence is part of the clause beginning with that —and that the correct answer will be parallel to the non-underlined portion of the that-clause, and that clause only. • Split #1: the missing helping verb Options A and C are incorrect because found primarily should be is found primarily. Omit the first part of the that -clause in order to see the verb problem. The albatross is not a large seabird that . . . found primarily in the seas around Antarctica. Rather, the albatross is a large seabird that is found primarily in the seas around Antarctica. Eliminate A and C • Split #2: subject-verb disagreement In option E, the singular subject the albatross does not agree with the plural verb are . Eliminate E • Split #3: parallelism In option D, the gerund being (a verb-like noun) is not parallel to the verb belong in the non-underlined portion of the sentence. Eliminate D. The correct answer is B → it correctly uses the verb is before found → its use of that makes it parallel to the beginning of the clause: … that belongs … that is found COMMENTS Ranasaymon (thanks again for letting me know about my half-pasted question) and anthien128 , welcome to SC Butler.

And of course, I am glad to see veterans, semi-veterans, occasional visitors . . . it takes all kinds. I like the dialogue, cooperation, and graciousness. tyildirim92 , another interesting tidbit! You wrote, here : Speaking of albatrosses . . . Did you know that they can go years without touching land and predict the weather? No. Very cool. Weird, but very cool.

Have you ever seen their mating dance ritual? here is a short video for those who want to have a look at their unique dancing style. OMG.

Too funny. Answers range from good to very good. Nice work.

raunakd11 · Answer

The wandering albatross, the first albatross ever to be described by naturalists, is a large seabird that belongs to the albatross family and found primarily in the seas around Antarctica.

A) and found primarily in the seas around Antarctica

- Parallelism error;

- Incorrect

B) and that is found primarily in the seas around Antarctica

- removes all the error

- Correct

C) and primarily found in the Antarctic seas

- Parallelism error

- Incorrect

D) being found primarily in the seas around Antarctica

- modifier error; "it modifies " family" which changed the intended meaning of the sentence
- usage of "being" is inappropriate.

- Incorrect

E) and are found primarily in the seas around Antarctica

- Subject verb agreement error; subject is singular but verb is plural.

- Incorrect

IMO(B)

rajatchopra1994 · Answer

Eliminate  Option D , the use of the word  'being'  is not appreciated on the GMAT.

Dear  raunakd11  , why "being" word is not appreciated on the gmat any reasons?
as I found D option correct. 
Please give examples if u have any.

Useful topic on Word "Being" :  https://gmatclub.com/forum/experts-topic-of-the-week-6-4-17-being-is-not-the-enemy-242299.html

Regards!!

raunakd11 · Answer

Dear rajatchopra1994 , Referring to the GMAT Club forum and https://www.expertsglobal.com/use-of-be ... nstruction We can say that in most of the cases, the usage is considered 'redundant' . There are a couple of examples where the usage is appreciated, i will agree with you on this! But in the above question, The option B was pretty close, and that's the reason i did not consider about Option D in the first place. Still, I will agree to you that it is appreciated at few places, but IMO, the other options strengthened and made me rule out Option D. Thank you for your approach towards this topic !

Regards, Raunak Damle

tyildirim92 · Answer

The wandering albatross, the first albatross ever to be described by naturalists, is a large seabird that belongs to the albatross family  and found primarily in the seas around Antarctica .

A) and found primarily in the seas around Antarctica  // a seabird that belongs and found in the seas??? found is intended to be a modifier here, but in this construction, it is an active verb. This mistake makes the sentence a mess.

B) and that is found primarily in the seas around Antarctica  // as Spanish people say: una oración perfecta (a perfect sentence)

C) and primarily found in the Antarctic seas  // a seabird that belongs and found in the seas??? found is intended to be a modifier here, but in this construction, it is an active verb. This mistake makes the sentence a mess.

D) being found primarily in the seas around Antarctica  // the word "being" implies a continuous tense. we definitely do not need any continuous action here.

E) and are found primarily in the seas around Antarctica  // a large seabird that  is   are ??? a subject and a verb disagree here.

p.s. speaking of albatrosses, a couple of things that I remember from one TOEFL reading passage about Albatrosses. did you know that they can go years without touching land and predict the weather? have you ever seen their mating dance ritual? here is a short video for those who want to have a look at their unique dancing style.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwCd40E9NXI

suchita2409 · Answer

IMO B as well.

"that" in option B goes back to the sea bird making the sentence parallel.

Other options does not show parallelism.

As of for option D apart from the usage of being the birds are not "in" the sea they are "around" the sea.
So D is wrong.

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Ranasaymon · Answer

The first Albatross is a sea bird that belongs to...and found primarily...
Here, ' that belongs to..' and 'found primarily..' act as modifiers to modify a sea bird which is singular .

We can see a parallelism marker 'and'. To maintain parallelism, we need to use ' that+singular verb..and..that+singular verb '

option B matches with our explanation, ' a sea bird that belongs to..and..that is found primarily..'  
  B is the correct answer.

Options A and C are incorrect because  ' that+verb..and verb-ed modifier'

Option D are incorrec t for  using 'being' incorrectly.

Option E has SV error.  ' a sea bird..are found'

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arvind910619 · Answer

Imo B.

Parallelism error. Clause after " and " needs " that is " to have proper parallelism.

Or it can have " is found " after and to make it parallel to the main sentence.

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vipulshahi · Answer

The wandering albatross, the first albatross ever to be described by naturalists, is a large seabird that belongs to the albatross family  and found primarily in the seas around Antarctica .

A)  and found  primarily in the seas around Antarctica

- Parallelism error;

- Incorrect

B)  and that is  found primarily in the seas around Antarctica

- removes all the error

- Correct

C) and  primarily found  in the Antarctic seas

- Parallelism error

- Incorrect

D)  being found  primarily in the seas around Antarctica

- modifier error; "it modifies " family" which changed the intended meaning of the sentence
- usage of "being" is inappropriate.

- Incorrect

E) and  are found  primarily in the seas around Antarctica

- Subject verb agreement error; subject is singular but verb is plural.

- Incorrect

IMO(B)

anthien128 · Answer

IMO - B is the correct answer

Meaning:
- The wandering albatross is the first albatross ever to be described by naturalists
- The wandering albatross is a large seabird
- The wandering albatross belongs to the albatross family
- The wandering albatross is found primarily in the seas around Antarctica

Split #1: Parallelism 
IMO "belongs to the albatross family" and "found primarily in the seas around Antarctica" should be parallel because both modify "a large seabird". Therefore they should have same tense.
--> Eliminate A because "belongs" is simple present while "found" is simple past
--> Eliminate C because of same reason as A. Besides, C is wrong because "in the Antarctic seas" is a specific location, which change the meaning of the original sentence (in the seas  around  Antarctic).
--> Eliminate D because "belongs" and "being found" are not parallel.

Split #2: Is vs. Are 
"Are" do not make sense because it is incorrectly modify "seabird"
--> Eliminate E

B is the only answer left and is the correct answer.

generis · Answer

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