First discovered more than 30 years ago, Lina's sunbird, a four-and-a-half-inch animal found in the Philippines and that resembles a hummingbird, has shimmering metallic colors on its head; a brilliant orange patch, bordered with red tufts, in the center of its breast; and a red eye.

(A) found in the Philippines and that resembles (B) found in the Philippines and that, resembling (C) found in the Philippines and resembling (D) that is found in the Philippines and it resembles (E) that is found in the Philippines, resembling

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Kameron Lewis

Mathematics

8 March, 05:02

First discovered more than 30 years ago, Lina's sunbird, a four-and-a-half-inch animal found in the Philippines and that resembles a hummingbird, has shimmering metallic colors on its head; a brilliant orange patch, bordered with red tufts, in the center of its breast; and a red eye.

(A) found in the Philippines and that resembles (B) found in the Philippines and that, resembling (C) found in the Philippines and resembling (D) that is found in the Philippines and it resembles (E) that is found in the Philippines, resembling

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Scarlett Huff · Answer 1

Answer: the correct one is C) found in the Philippines and resembling

Step-by-step explanation:

To maintain parallelism, you must list items with equal grammatical structure.

"Found" is just an adjective that modifies the animal, and so is "resembling." Sure, they don't sound the same, but they're both adjectives.