agarbattis Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Need help to understand the answer for this and the reason too The 32 species that make up the dolphin family are closely related to whales and in fact include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is famous for its aggressive hunting pods. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is include the animal known as the killer whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and include the animal known as the killer whale, growing up to 30 feet long and being include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet long and is include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashesha Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I go with D..being in B is not prefered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontheway Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 grow to be - awkward - eliminating A & E which correctly modifies killer whale and introduces a non-essential clause. Therefore my take is D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anilmanu Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 Usage of "which" and "as long as" makes D the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natali2007 Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 The 32 species that make up the dolphin family are closely related to whales and in fact include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is famous for its aggressive hunting pods. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is include the animal known as the killer whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and ( the original sentence use "Can grow",growing changes the meaninig) include the animal known as the killer whale, growing up to 30 feet long and being (Chnaging the meaning) include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet long and is (we already have one adjctive "big" and we dont need "long"or inverse) include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is (which and It both refer to one noun (whale)so it 's not correst) So "A" is correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesfeaves Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 IMO A, nicely expl by natali2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dv_dheeraj Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 yes nice explanation I had picked D. Did nt see the redundancy in D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubicle Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 I will go for A too. what is OA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmatcraze Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 close call between A and D .... opt for A because of the redundant usage "... as big as 30 feet long ... " in D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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