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Nakool Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

1) They are social insects, __________, regulated by definite laws, each member of society bearing a well-defined and separate part in the work of a colony.

a) living in communities
b) living among a communities
c) who are living in communities
d) who lives with a community

Ans:- a

I don't understand this.I thought the answer would be (c). Please shed some light on it. Thanks!
  

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Nakool c) who are living in communities Insects are not people. 'Who' is an incorrect relative pronoun. The continuous tense are living isn't a good choice either.

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  • Nakool c) who are living in communities Insects are not people.
  • 'Who' is an incorrect relative pronoun.
  • The continuous tense are living isn't a good choice either.
  • CB
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Nakoolc) who are living in communities
Insects are not people. 'Who' is an incorrect relative pronoun. The continuous tense are living isn't a good choice either.

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I have to disagree with the awesomely intelligent CB and say that "who" is often fine with animals.

The sentence speaks about these insects in general terms. The progressive wrongly makes it specific and immediate. It's like saying that dogs are turning around three times before they are lying down.
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enoonI have to disagree with the awesomely intelligent CB and say that "who" is often fine with animals.
I know very well that many native speakers consider it correct. When I joined EF seven years ago, I gave the forum members a kind of "test" in which they were asked to give their opinions about the correctness of a number of sentences containing controvers
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Hi ,

Can we use ' who lives in communities' in the above sentence?
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Nakool Hi ,Can we use ' who lives in communities' in the above sentence?
I can't believe you are asking whether the wrong form of the verb would work there, so please type the whole sentence you are asking about.
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They are social insects,who lives in communities, regulated by definite laws, each member of society bearing a well-defined and separate part in the work of a colony.

Would the above sentence work?
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If you make it "live", and bear in mind that some people don't like "who" with insects, yes, but it would be much better without the second comma, probably.
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