Despite being a carnivore, the diet of the bear is largely

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Despite being a carnivore, the diet of the bear is largely vegetarian – fresh leaves, fruits, berries, nuts, roots, and tubers -  and animal carcasses rarely.

A. and animal carcasses rarely.

B. and animal carcasses is rare.

C. with animal carcasses as rare.

D. animal carcasses a rarity.

E. with animal carcasses a rarity.

chetan2u · Answer

E...
 a,b,d are straightway out.... in c as rare is not the correct usage

nehguup · Answer

OA is E.. but plz explain.

why rare usage is wrong??

bsv180985 · Answer

Please, double check E answer. I guess it should be
with animal carcasses  as  a rarity

zaarathelab · Answer

Despite being a carnivore, the diet of the bear is largely vegetarian – fresh leaves, fruits, berries, nuts, roots, and tubers - and animal carcasses rarely.

A. and animal carcasses rarely. incorrect position of rarely- adverb should be placed before the verb

B. and animal carcasses is rare. awkward and distorted meaning

C. with animal carcasses as rare. unidiomatic

D. animal carcasses a rarity. missing a conjunction or a preposition

E. with animal carcasses a rarity. CORRECT.Idiomatic. Correct usage of 'with' to show the contrast warranted by 'despite'

serbiano · Answer

E.

There is a similar question in OG 11, just talking about Greeks. 
Try to disregard the list of things bear eats, and then you will have:

Despite being a carnivore, the diet of the bear is largely vegetarian ...

A - and animal carcasses rarely; doesnt make sense - and is wrong, should use with; largely and rarely should not be parallel
B- and animal carcasses is rare - again and is wrong, this sounds like carcasses is in limited supply.
C- with animal carcasses as rare. - sounds like rare acts like something in the diet
D- carcasses cant be part of this list
E- with is used correctly and makes sense.

hope this helps

DestinyChild · Answer

E

bsv180985, my thought on missing 'a' is due to entire class of beer as a carnivore...!

mikeCoolBoy · Answer

what is the source of this question? there is a mistake in the non-underlined part

Despite being a carnivore,  the diet  of the bear is largely vegetarian

the diet cannot be a carnivore.

mango1banana · Answer

Why 'as ' ?? That would make ' rarity ' an object to eat For eg. "'.........eggs, carrot and animal carcass  as  dessert''

Despite being a carnivore, the diet of the bear is largely

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