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yvonne915

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.

?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\include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is

答案到底是A还是D？

yvonne915

By merging its two publishing divisions, the company will increase their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging from obscure textbooks to mass-market paperbacks.

A\their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging
B\from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
C\to 10 percent from 6 percent in their share of the $21 billion book market in the country, a market ranging
D\in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent, of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
E\to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges

E为什么是对的，B为什么不对

v19suffered

选A，当然貌似你所有的选项都是include，但是还是可以得到A，以下是摘自http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/the-32-species-that-make-up-the-dolphin-family-t6878.html

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
you see "include" vs "includes". this is a singular/plural split, so you know that you should look for the subject of this verb.
looking back through the sentence, we see that "32 species" is the subject, and that a plural verb is thus required.
two ways to tell this:
(a) the desired verb is PARALLEL to "are closely related to whales". since these two verbs are connected by "and", they must have parallel grammar. since "are" is plural, we need another plural verb.
(b) "that make up the dolphin family" is a modifier and can therefore be excluded from our search for the subject. the only possible subject that's left, then, is "32 species".

this kills d/e.

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REDUNDANCY

you don't say both "as big as..." and "long" in the same sentence. you can use only one of these words, both of which express the same idea (i.e., length or size).

this kills b/d.

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-ING MODIFIER FOLLOWING COMMA

this type of modifier modifies the entire preceding clause.

this is illogical in the case of "growing up to 30 feet long", because the suggestion is that the 32 species of the dolphin family grow up to this long as a consequence of being closely related to whales, etc.

this is actually two problems. one, the modifier refers to the wrong agent/noun (the 32 species, rather than just the killer whale as intended), and, two, the "-ing" makes this modifier modify the entire clause rather than just a noun, a situation that makes no sense.

this kills b/c.

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only (a) remains. there are other issues, too; for instance, the "and" at the end of (b) introduces false parallelism, "being" in (c) is problematic, and "it" in (e) violates parallelism. post back if you don't understand any of these

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.

?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\include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is

答案到底是A还是D？

-- by 会员 yvonne915 (2011/1/11 21:22:17)

v19suffered

http://www.beatthegmat.com/publishing-divisions-t24630.html

A. their share of the country's $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging
Their is the incorrect pronoun

B. from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
its is the correct pronoun, however which incorrectly modifies country instead of the book market.

C. to 10 percent from 6 percent in their share of the $21 billion book market in the country, a market ranging
Their is the incorrect pronoun

D. in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent, of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
This is very awkward sounding. "the company will increase in its share"

E. to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country's $21 billion book market, which ranges
its is the correct pronoun and which correctly refers to the book market.

I choose E.

另外In MGMAT sc book:

Idoms:

The price fell FROM 10 euros TO 3 euros.
The price fell TO 3 euros FROM 10 euros.

They are both correct

By merging its two publishing divisions, the company will increase their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging from obscure textbooks to mass-market paperbacks.

A\their share of the country’s $21 billion book market from 6 percent to 10 percent, a market ranging
B\from 6 percent to 10 percent its share of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
C\to 10 percent from 6 percent in their share of the $21 billion book market in the country, a market ranging
D\in its share, from 6 percent to 10 percent, of the $21 billion book market in the country, which ranges
E\to 10 percent from 6 percent its share of the country’s $21 billion book market, which ranges

E为什么是对的，B为什么不对

-- by 会员 yvonne915 (2011/1/11 21:42:47)

yvonne915

非常感谢~