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The Bolas Spider, In Its Sticky Globules GMAT Sentence Correction

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Sayantani Barman

Experta en el extranjero | Updated On - Dec 21, 2022

Question: The bolas spider, in its sticky globules, hanging from silken threads dangled from its front legs, stores a pheromone-like secretion that lures male moths, which become stuck on the spider's globules.

  1. The bolas spider, in its sticky globules, hanging from silken threads dangled from its front legs,
  2. Hanging from silken threads dangled from its front legs, the bolas spider, in its sticky globules,
  3. In its sticky globules, which it hangs from silken threads dangled from its front legs, the bolas spider
  4. In its sticky globules, hanging from silken threads dangled from its front legs, the bolas spider
  5. The bolas spider, in its sticky globules, hangs from silken threads dangled from its front legs and

“The bolas spider, in its sticky globules, hanging from silken threads dangled from its front legs” - is a GMAT sentence correction question. These types of questions contain grammatical errors in the underlined sentence, and we have to choose the correct statement from the options. GMAT sentence correction is part of GMAT verbal.

Answer: C
Explanation:
 The following arguments could support the suggested change to the sentence:

  • Parallelism
  • Considering two distinct facts
  • Modifiers

This is how the sentence is put together:

The bolas spider contains a pheromone-like secretion in its sticky globules that hang from silken threads dangling from its front legs. This secretion attracts male moths, which become caught on the spider's globules.

Let’s check the options one by one -

Option A is incorrect:
A is an incorrect answer. dangling from its front legs on silken threads and in its gooey globules, back to back.

Option B is incorrect:
Option B is the incorrect choice. There is an issue with the modifier, what's hanging? It is not clear. NOT the spider, but glopsidous substances

Choice C is correct:
Option C is the correct choice. In its sticky globules…, the bolas spider stores. Therefore, the phrase "which it hangs from silken threads dangling from its front legs" changes the phrase correctly.

Choice D is incorrect:
D is an incorrect choice. Whereas the sentence is trying to imply that Giant Pandas maintain a difficult food habit, (how?) by eating 2 different..... season, (result) and therefore "procure....nutrients," the list converts "eat different parts...." into a list with "maintain a....year."

Choice E is incorrect:
This is the incorrect choice. This choice alters the meaning of the sentence.
To be precise, 1: Do not use a comma between "hanging" and "globules." The bolas spider was said to have sticky balls hanging from its front legs by silken threads.
To be accurate 2: View choice C.(correct choice)

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