Due to his high metabolism rate, Jeff can eat anything he

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Due to his high metabolism rate, Jeff can eat anything he wants and  barely gain any weight at all.

a) barely gain any weight at all
b) barely gains any weight at all
c) hardly at all gains any weight
d) can barely gain some whenever
e) scarcely can gain much weight

This Question is from Gmatclub's Ultimate Grammar book.

The answer should be (A) but OA says otherwise.
Explanations?

akhileshgupta05 · Answer

This one too:

Brad  wanted to go to fish with his dad, but they had to wait  because it was a dreary and rainy day.

a) wanted to go to fish with his dad, but they had to wait
b) and his dad were wanting to go to fish, but they were waiting
c) were wanting to go fishing, but they had to wait
d) wanted going to fish with his dad, but they were waiting
e) planned on going fishing with his dad, but it needed waiting

This one too, OA says (C) but I aint too sure.

akhileshgupta05 · Answer

Just before the test began, Alexander asked his classmate  if he might be borrowing an extra sheet of paper. 
a) if he might be borrowing an extra sheet of paper
b) if he would be borrowing an extra sheet of paper
c) if he might be able to borrow an extra sheet of paper
d) if an extra sheet of paper might be borrowed
e) perhaps if he could borrow an additional piece of paper

OA is (C) but doesnt the 'he' seem ambiguous?

Correct me if I am wrong.

daagh · Answer

1. Due to his high metabolism rate, Jeff can eat anything he wants and  barely gain any weight at all.

The sentence is a compound sentence connecting two independent clauses by a conjunction ‘and’. The two clauses each must have there own working verbs. Read with the subject, Jeff, a third person singular noun, the verb should be ‘barely gains’ as in B rather than ‘barely gain’ as in A.

2. Brad  wanted to go to fish with his dad, but they had to wait  because it was a dreary and rainy day.

a) wanted to go to fish with his dad, but they had to wait –  but they is wrong pronoun for the singular subject Brad  
b) and his dad were wanting to go to fish, but they were waiting –  grammatically correct, and the best of the lot  
c) were wanting to go fishing, but they had to wait: – Brad were wanting? Problem in S –V number agreement; again, they can not refer to Brad 
d) wanted going to fish with his dad, but they were waiting -  they can not refer to Brad  
e) planned on going fishing with his dad, but it needed waiting; no antecedent for ‘it’

3. Just before the test began, Alexander asked his classmate  if he might be borrowing an extra sheet of paper.

The pronoun ambiguity of ‘he’ is a problem in every choice other than D. But D in addition to being in passive voice does not clarify from whom or by whom a sheet of paper might be borrowed. So C is the best as such

puneetj · Answer

Think of the sentence as follows:
Due to his high metabolism rate, Jeff can eat anything he wants and   barely gains any weight at all.

So A is correct

puneetj · Answer

Have you written sentence C in #2 completely? This will be the correct answer if "and his dad" is added.
Correct me if I am wrong

Brad  and his dad  were wanting to go fishing, but they had to wait:...

puneetj · Answer

Can someone explain question #3..."he" seems to be confusing me.

pkmme · Answer

in #3, "he" is bit ambiguous; however, all the choices have this flaw except D. D is passive and somewhat changes the intent of the sentence. So, C. bad among the worst..

Due to his high metabolism rate, Jeff can eat anything he

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