Unlike frogs that metamorphose from tadpoles into adults within a one-year period, it takes three to four years for the mountain yellow-legged frog of the Sierra Nevada to reach adulthood, and so they are restricted to deeper bodies of water that do not dry up in summer or freeze solid in winter.
(A) it takes three to four years for the mountain yellow-legged frog of the Sierra Nevada to reach adulthood, and so they are
(B) it takes the mountain yellow-legged frog of the Sierra Nevada three to four years until it reaches adulthood, and therefore it is
(C) in the Sierra Nevada, mountain yellow-legged tree frogs take three to four years to reach adulthood, thus being
(D) mountain yellow-legged frogs of the Sierra Nevada take three to four years until they reach adulthood, thus
(E) mountain yellow-legged frogs of the Sierra Nevada take three to four years to reach adulthood, and so they are
nah, not really. there are 2 things wrong with that choice, though.
* unidiomatic use of "until".
you can't say "you'll take X amount of time UNTIL..."
UNTIL is used after a description of an action: i will run until i become exhausted.
the correct idiomatic expression is "you'll take X amount of time to VERB," as used in the correct choice.
* the modifier doesn't make sense. since "(thus) restricted" functions as an adjective, this modifier (like all other adjectival modifiers) tags onto the preceding noun. therefore, this sentence is saying thatadulthood is confined to deeper bodies of water, a nonsense statement.
hi -
if you use "and" to connect two independent clauses (i.e., two constructions each of which is a complete sentence on its own), then it is normally preceded by a comma.
this is not a 100% rule; you'll occasionally see two independent clauses separated by just "and", without a comma. (usually, this only happens if the clauses are really short.) but it's the usual convention.
(A) it takes three to four years for the mountain yellow-legged frog of the Sierra Nevada to reach adulthood, and so they are
(B) it takes the mountain yellow-legged frog of the Sierra Nevada three to four years until it reaches adulthood, and therefore it is
(C) in the Sierra Nevada, mountain yellow-legged tree frogs take three to four years to reach adulthood, thus being
(D) mountain yellow-legged frogs of the Sierra Nevada take three to four years until they reach adulthood, thus
(E) mountain yellow-legged frogs of the Sierra Nevada take three to four years to reach adulthood, and so they are
rohit21384 wrote:
Hi
is d wrong because it is changing the meaning:
wording in d means that it takes 3-4 years to metamorphose until they reach adulthood, then they might take different time (differnent from 3 to 4 years) to metmorphose.
is d wrong because it is changing the meaning:
wording in d means that it takes 3-4 years to metamorphose until they reach adulthood, then they might take different time (differnent from 3 to 4 years) to metmorphose.
nah, not really. there are 2 things wrong with that choice, though.
* unidiomatic use of "until".
you can't say "you'll take X amount of time UNTIL..."
UNTIL is used after a description of an action: i will run until i become exhausted.
the correct idiomatic expression is "you'll take X amount of time to VERB," as used in the correct choice.
* the modifier doesn't make sense. since "(thus) restricted" functions as an adjective, this modifier (like all other adjectival modifiers) tags onto the preceding noun. therefore, this sentence is saying thatadulthood is confined to deeper bodies of water, a nonsense statement.
agha79 wrote:
Hi Ron -
In “E” the correct answer choice why “…adulthood, and” is correct? I have seen on the form in some other questions that if we don’t have a list of items we can’t use “ , and”. Can you please help me understand when this construction is acceptable?
I eliminated “E” right away because of this construction
Regards,
In “E” the correct answer choice why “…adulthood, and” is correct? I have seen on the form in some other questions that if we don’t have a list of items we can’t use “ , and”. Can you please help me understand when this construction is acceptable?
I eliminated “E” right away because of this construction
Regards,
hi -
if you use "and" to connect two independent clauses (i.e., two constructions each of which is a complete sentence on its own), then it is normally preceded by a comma.
this is not a 100% rule; you'll occasionally see two independent clauses separated by just "and", without a comma. (usually, this only happens if the clauses are really short.) but it's the usual convention.
