Chinchilla owners should care and nurture their sensitive pets by prov

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Chinchilla owners should care  and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal .

A. and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal

B. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as it will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal

C. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in the animal having a calm temperament and healthy physique

D. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage because it will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal

E. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so may result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal

MrSengupta · Answer

I guess the answer is (D) . Looks good and less wordy too

exc4libur · Answer

notes: "care for" is the intent; "it" is ambiguous (could mean many singular nouns).

Ans (C)

eakabuah · Answer

I settled on C as the right answer.

Split #1:  care  their sensitive pets vs  care for  their sensitive pets
The right idiom is care for their sensitive pets. Care their sensitive pets is unidiomatic and hence incorrect. A can be eliminated based on this.

Split #2:  doing so  vs  it 
 doing so  is a pro - verb that can rightly refer to an action previously mentioned in the sentence. In the context of the sentence, doing so refers to the act of caring for and nurturing pets by their owners. The pronoun  it  cannot have the aforementioned action as its antecedent. Hence B and D can be eliminated.

Split #3: meaning.  will result  vs  may result 
Between C and E, E changes the meaning of the sentence. The original sentence expresses a sense of higher possibility with the use of  will result . In E, however,  will result  is replaced with  may result , and by so doing implying a lesser likelihood of the act of nurturing and caring for pets by their owners to result in a calm temperament and healthy physique. E thus changes the meaning of the original sentence. Hence E is inferior to C, which maintains the original meaning of the sentence.

globaldesi · Answer

IMO C

For is need to maintain parallelism so A is out.
it does not refer back to its antecedent (pronoun antecedent missing)
B and D out
The statement start with should and E somehow makes it "may" indefinite . Also calm temprament of the animal sounds wierd.
C in my opinion.

A.  and  nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal. for missing

B. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as  it  will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal

C. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in the animal having a calm temperament and healthy physique
 
D. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage because  it  will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal

E. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so  may result in a  calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal

h31337u · Answer

Chinchilla owners should care and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal.

A. and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal
--> care for is a correct usage.

B. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as it will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal
--> "it" can't refer the whole main clause.

C. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in the animal having a calm temperament and healthy physique
--> correct

D. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage because it will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal
--> "it" can't refer the whole main clause.

E. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so may result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal
--> the author recommend one to do an action because that action "will" result in a good condition. using "may" does not justify the author's usage of "should".

The answer, IMO, is C.

NutHead · Answer

Answer C.
A. and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal :  Not parallel since care for their secitive pets will be right.

B. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as it will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal :   is wrong since and expects a plural pronoun

C. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in the animal having a calm temperament and healthy physique

D. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage because it will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal  error same as in B
 
E. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so may result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal :  "May result" is not what the sentence intends to support. It should be will

Waiting for OA

razorhell · Answer

Chinchilla owners should care  and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal.

ANS E

A. and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal ... CARE FOR SEEMS BETTER

B. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as  it  will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal UNCLEAR ANTECEDENT

C. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in the animal having a calm temperament and healthy physique

D. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage because  it  will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal
 
 E. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so may result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal

archanam9449 · Answer

E is the correct answer.

B and D has the pronoun "it", with no antecedent.

A should be "care for".

in C "animal having" is awkward.

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

Chinchilla owners should care  and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal .

A. and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. The verb  care  requires another preposition in order to correctly connect to  their sensitive pets . You cannot care a pet - you can  care for  a pet. someone, etc.

Whenever the first verb requires a preposition after it and the second verb does not the preposition must not be omitted:

Incorrect: John cares and loves Jane.
Correct: John cares for and loves Jane.

What helps us identify this question as a Split Construction question and identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: A split construction: Verb A + and/or + Verb B + object

B. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as it will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal

Although this answer choice corrects the original Preposition error by adding the preposition for, it is grammatically incorrect. A pronoun (in this case, it) refers to a previously mentioned noun. If we wish to refer to a previously mentioned verb (in this case care for and nurture), we need to use the phrase to do so or doing so.

What helps us identify this question as a Pronoun question is the following Stop Sign: Any pronoun in the underlined part or after it.

What helps us identify this question as a pronoun question is the following Stop Sign: Any pronoun in the underlined part or after it.

C. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in the animal having a calm temperament and healthy physique

The verb  care  requires another preposition in order to correctly connect to  their sensitive pets . This answer choice solves this error by adding the preposition  for .

D. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage because it will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal

Although this answer choice corrects the original Preposition error by adding the preposition for, it is grammatically incorrect. A pronoun (in this case, it) refers to a previously mentioned noun. If we wish to refer to a previously mentioned verb (in this case care for and nurture), we need to use the phrase to do so or doing so.

What helps us identify this question as a Pronoun question is the following Stop Sign: Any pronoun in the underlined part or after it.

What helps us identify this question as a Pronoun question is the following Stop Sign: Any pronoun in the underlined part or after it.

E. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so may result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal

Although this answer choice corrects the original Preposition error by adding the preposition  for , it changes the meaning of the original sentence by replacing  will result  (which implies a definite result) with  may result  (which implies an indefinite result).

RICHA1189 · Answer

Chinchilla owners should  care and nurture  their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal.

Split 1 # care for and care ..  correct care for their pets 
Split 2 # doing so and it … correct  doing so

Errors are highlighted

A. and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal

B. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as  it  will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal

C. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so will result in the animal having a calm temperament and healthy physique  correct

D. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage because  it  will result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal

E. for and nurture their sensitive pets by providing them with a suitable diet and a spacious cage as doing so  may  result in a calm temperament and healthy physique of the animal . Meaning change if the advisor is only not sure of the results, what is the meaning of giving advice then . Should is used for describing mild obligation.

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