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ashish.jere
 Post subject: killer whale
 Post Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:42 am 
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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 isfamous for its aggressive hunting pods.

A.include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is

B.include the animal known as the killer whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and

C.include the animal known as the killer whale, growing up to 30 feet long and being

D.include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet long and is

E.includes the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is

Request a special focus on eliminating (E).


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sambusinessgroup
 Post subject: Re: killer whale
 Post Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:06 pm 
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Option E has includes in GMAT Power Prep and not include. The sentence has a plural subject so include is needed. so E is eliminated.

My question is why not B. Is this choice wrong because of parallelism between growing and famous or because growing is refering to the whole clause before it. Please help me.
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ashish.jere
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 Post Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:41 pm 
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as big as 30 feet long is wrong. This is what I have read in another forum. However, I want to get it confirmed.

BTW,I 've edited option (E).

sambusinessgroup wrote:
Option E has includes in GMAT Power Prep and not include. The sentence has a plural subject so include is needed. so E is eliminated.

My question is why not B. Is this choice wrong because of parallelism between growing and famous or because growing is refering to the whole clause before it. Please help me.
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RonPurewal
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 Post Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:22 am 
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i gave a comprehensive treatment of this problem here:
post25674.html#p25674

posters: PLEASE SEARCH BEFORE YOU POST. thank you.

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sambusinessgroup
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 Post Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:30 pm 
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Thanks a ton Ron. I will take care of this going forward.
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RonPurewal
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 Post Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:07 pm 
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sambusinessgroup wrote:
Thanks a ton Ron. I will take care of this going forward.

no prob

please post any additional comments on that thread, not here. thanks.

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