{"id":32552,"date":"2022-09-24T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/?p=32552"},"modified":"2022-11-30T13:21:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T07:51:52","slug":"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","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/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\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solution] The 32 species that make up the dolphin family are closely related to whales"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">A <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">5<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min read <\/span><\/span>\n<p>In this article, we\u2019ll look at the solution to this GMAT sentence correction question. We have analyzed the 5 answer choices and arrived at the correct choice through 3 steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Meaning analysis<\/li><li>Error analysis<\/li><li>Answer choice analysis<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-general-information-on-this-question\">General information on this question<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"ub_styled_list \" id=\"ub_styled_list-21981460-41ae-4acc-b3b5-a693aac86683\"><ul class=\"fa-ul\"><li>Difficulty level \u2013 Medium<\/li><li>66% of people got this question correct<\/li><li>The average time is taken to correctly answer this question \u2013 1:16<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s look at the question and the answer choices:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>The 32 species that make up the dolphin family are closely related to whales and in fact&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is<\/span>&nbsp;famous for its aggressive hunting pods.<\/p><p>(A) include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is<\/p><p>(B) include the animal known as the killer whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and<\/p><p>(C) include the animal known as the killer whale, growing up to 30 feet long and being<\/p><p>(D) includes the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet long and is<\/p><p>(E) includes the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>OG &#8211; PQID : SC03207<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sentence-correction-question-killer-whale.jpg\" alt=\"gmat sentence correction question killer whale\" class=\"wp-image-32556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sentence-correction-question-killer-whale.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sentence-correction-question-killer-whale-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sentence-correction-question-killer-whale-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-solutions\">Solutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6pXrln7gGOA?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer rel=0; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-meaning-analysis\">Meaning Analysis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-sentence-structure\">Sentence Structure<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>The 32 species<\/em><ul><li><em>that make up the dolphin family<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><em>are closely related to whales<\/em><\/li><li><em>and in fact&nbsp;<u>include the animal known as the killer whale,<\/u><\/em><ul><li><em><u>which<\/u><\/em><ul><li><em><u>can grow to be 30 feet long<\/u><\/em><\/li><li><em><u>&nbsp;and is<\/u>&nbsp;famous for its aggressive hunting pods.<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><em>The 32 species<\/em><ul><li><em>that make up the dolphin family<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The sentence talks about the 32-different species that together constitute the dolphin family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>are closely related to whales<\/em><\/li><li><em>and in fact&nbsp;<u>include the animal known as the killer whale,<\/u><\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This part of the sentence states that these 32 species are closely linked to whales. The statement emphasizes this fact by saying that an animal called the killer whale also comes in the dolphin family and is one of these 32 species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em><u>which<\/u><\/em><ul><li><em><u>can grow to be 30 feet long<\/u><\/em><\/li><li><em><u>&nbsp;and is<\/u>&nbsp;famous for its aggressive hunting pods<\/em>.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The sentence then describes the killer whales. It presents two characteristics of the killer whale:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol type=\"i\"><li>it can grow up to a length of 30 feet<\/li><li>it is known for its hunting technique, which is to hunt in an aggressive group.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>To sum it up, the sentence says that the 32 species that constitute the dolphin family are closely linked to the whales. This fact is emphasized on by mentioning that these 32 species include an animal known as killer whale. A killer whale can grow up to a length of 30 feet. It is known for its hunting technique, which is to hunt in aggressive groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-error-analysis\">Error Analysis<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The plural verb <em>include<\/em> agrees in number with the plural subject <em>The 32 species<\/em>.<\/li><li>The idiom <em>grow to be 30 feet long<\/em> is grammatically correct and presents the intended meaning correctly.<\/li><li>In the given list, the two elements <em>can grow<\/em> and <em>is famous<\/em> are parallel. The subject for both these verbs is <em>which<\/em>.<\/li><li>The relative pronoun modifier <em>which<\/em> correctly modifies the preceding noun <em>killer whale<\/em>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This sentence does not have any error and is correct as is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"h-answer-choice-analysis\">Answer Choice Analysis<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"h-choice-a-include-the-animal-known-as-the-killer-whale-which-can-grow-to-be-30-feet-long-and-is\">Choice (A): include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"ub-styled-box ub-bordered-box\" id=\"ub-styled-box-8dfb58c6-5cfe-4fb8-8e35-8a8cbe21c163\">\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#24b517\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#24b517\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Correct<\/mark>. This choice has no errors, as pointed out in the error analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 id=\"h-choice-b-include-the-animal-known-as-the-killer-whale-growing-as-big-as-30-feet-long-and\">Choice (B): include the animal known as the killer whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"ub-styled-box ub-bordered-box\" id=\"ub-styled-box-1e3b9d7a-952c-4c81-9f8b-cda5f6d211fa\">\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0606\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Incorrect<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol type=\"1\"><li><strong>Modifier errors<\/strong>:<\/li><li>The comma + verb-ing modifier <em>growing&#8230;<\/em> incorrectly modifies the preceding action <em>include<\/em> though logically it should modify <em>killer whale<\/em>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The comma + verb-ing modifiers present the \u201chow\u201d aspect, the result, or the logical description of the preceding action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It makes no sense to say the 32 species <em>include<\/em> the killer whale by growing as big as 30 feet. It also does not make sense to say that the action of including the killer whale leads to growing 30 feet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hence, this modifier cannot logically modify the preceding action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol type=\"i\"><li>The adjective <em>famous<\/em> fails to connect to a noun in this choice.<\/li><li><strong>Expression Errors<\/strong><\/li><li>The use of the modifier <em>comma + growing<\/em>\u2026 fails to present the idea of possibility that is conveyed by <em>which <strong>can<\/strong> grow<\/em> in the original sentence.<\/li><li>The expression <em>as big as 30 feet long<\/em> is incorrect since use of both <em>big<\/em> and <em>tall<\/em> results in redundancy. The correct usage can be<ul><li>as big as 30 feet<\/li><li>to be 30 feet long<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Parallelism Error<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The comma + verb-ing modifier <em>growing<\/em>\u2026 and the adjective <em>famous<\/em> are grammatically not parallel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"h-choice-c-include-the-animal-known-as-the-killer-whale-growing-up-to-30-feet-long-and-being\">Choice (C): include the animal known as the killer whale, growing up to 30 feet long and being<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"ub-styled-box ub-bordered-box\" id=\"ub-styled-box-843a11d7-16c5-45f2-8ca9-3ba7ca982de3\">\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0606\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Incorrect<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul type=\"1\"><li><strong>Modifier Error<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This choice repeats the <em>comma + growing<\/em>\u2026 modifier error as seen in Choice B.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Parallelism Error<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The phrase <em>being famous<\/em> is neither logically nor grammatically parallel to the comma + verb-ing modifier <em>growing\u2026<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"h-choice-d-includes-the-animal-known-as-the-killer-whale-which-can-grow-as-big-as-30-feet-long-and-is\">Choice (D): includes the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet long and is<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"ub-styled-box ub-bordered-box\" id=\"ub-styled-box-51b21f1a-032e-4519-b95d-e4ac2dad7d29\">\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0606\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Incorrect<\/mark> (16% people chose this option)<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol type=\"1\"><li><strong>SV Number Agreement Error<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The singular verb <em>includes<\/em> cannot be used with the plural subject <em>The 32 species<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Expression Error<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This choice repeats the second expression error with regards to the usage of <em>as big as 30 feet long<\/em> as seen in choice B.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"h-choice-e-includes-the-animal-known-as-the-killer-whale-which-can-grow-to-be-30-feet-long-and-it-is\">Choice (E): includes the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"ub-styled-box ub-bordered-box\" id=\"ub-styled-box-5427c80a-3c07-4ca4-82f3-591c31c80007\">\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0606\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Incorrect<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol type=\"1\"><li><strong>SV Number Agreement Error<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>This choice repeats the SV number mismatch error as seen in Choice D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Parallelism Error<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The relative pronoun modifier <em>which can grow\u2026<\/em> is grammatically not parallel to the independent clause <em>it is\u2026<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Structure Error<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The independent clause <em>it is&#8230;<\/em> is connected to the preceding independent clause <em>The 32 species are closely related and include\u2026<\/em> just by the connector <em>and<\/em>. The correct connector to join two independent clauses is <em>comma + and<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P.S.: The singular pronoun <em>it<\/em> correctly and unambiguously refers to the singular noun <em>the killer whale<\/em>. This is the only logical and grammatical noun that the pronoun <em>it<\/em> can refer to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Modifier and Idiom errors are some of the most commonly tested error types on the GMAT SC. To know more about all the error types on the GMAT SC, read our article <a href=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/gmat-sentence-correction-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">What is tested on the GMAT SC<\/a>?<\/p><p>Our SC course covers all the topics you need to know to ace the GMAT SC. 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I am confused with the use of &#8216;The&#8217; referring singular subject. If we consider &#8216;the&#8217; as singular it will go with the singular verb for &#8216;includes&#8217;<\/h4><div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-toggle-wrap right\"><span class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-state-indicator wp-block-ub-math-plus\"><\/span>\n                    <\/div><\/div><div role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-content-wrap ub-hide\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-0-33d4c8a8-ea0a-4c37-a946-8d6704ae9973\">\n\n<p>The article &#8216;a&#8217; and &#8216;an&#8217; are used with singular nouns. Article &#8216;the&#8217; can be used for both singular and plural nouns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sc-question-32-species.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32646\" width=\"445\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sc-question-32-species.png 977w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sc-question-32-species-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sc-question-32-species-768x434.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion\">\n                <div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title-wrap\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-1-33d4c8a8-ea0a-4c37-a946-8d6704ae9973\" tabindex=\"0\">\n                    <h4 class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title ub-content-toggle-title-33d4c8a8-ea0a-4c37-a946-8d6704ae9973\">The 32 species has to be considered as a unit, right? It should have been singular<\/h4><div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-toggle-wrap right\"><span class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-state-indicator wp-block-ub-math-plus\"><\/span>\n                    <\/div><\/div><div role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-content-wrap ub-hide\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-1-33d4c8a8-ea0a-4c37-a946-8d6704ae9973\">\n\n<p>No. The sentence talks about 32 different species that make up one family. Hence, 32 species is a plural subject, as clearly indicated by the sentence.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion\">\n                <div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title-wrap\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-2-33d4c8a8-ea0a-4c37-a946-8d6704ae9973\" tabindex=\"0\">\n                    <h4 class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-title ub-content-toggle-title-33d4c8a8-ea0a-4c37-a946-8d6704ae9973\">What is wrong with option B?<\/h4><div class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-toggle-wrap right\"><span class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-state-indicator wp-block-ub-math-plus\"><\/span>\n                    <\/div><\/div><div role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-ub-content-toggle-accordion-content-wrap ub-hide\" id=\"ub-content-toggle-panel-2-33d4c8a8-ea0a-4c37-a946-8d6704ae9973\">\n\n<p>In Choice B, the growing modifier is placed after a clause and is preceded by a comma. Hence, it acts as an action modifier, not a noun modifier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"977\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sc-question-32-species-killer-whale.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sc-question-32-species-killer-whale.png 977w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sc-question-32-species-killer-whale-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sc-question-32-species-killer-whale-768x570.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 977px) 100vw, 977px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Also, check out our solutions for other SC questions:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/sc73561-01-chinese-public-buildings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Chinese Public Buildings<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/while-most-of-the-earliest-known-ball-courts-in-mesoamerica-date\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">While most of the earliest known ball courts in Mesoamerica\u2026<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/dinosaur-tracks-show-them-walking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Dinosaur tracks show them walking \u2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, we\u2019ll look at the solution to this GMAT sentence correction question. 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