Poisonous Colors

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Species that are colorful and aggressive in appearance like, for example, the deadly coral snake are so numerous that in general predators are deterred as much by nonpoisonous imitation as by the true appearance of poisonousness.

Review: Poisonous Colors


Explanation

Creating a filter: we can pause early on in the original sentence, because the word "like" is redundant with the words "for example." So (A) is eliminated. In giving an example, "such as" is preferable to "like," since "like" is comparative in nature. We'll look for something like that.

Applying the filter: our expectation leads is to favor (B), (C), and (E).

Finding objective defects: choice (C) is missing the word "by" before "the true appearance"; the "by" is required because "as much... as" is a two-part construction requiring parallelism of its elements. In fact, (D) and (E) have the exact same problem. The correct answer is (B).


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