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PostFri Oct 30, 2009 11:19 am Reply with quote
In their studies of botany, scientists have researched and discover many of the causes of certain natural phenomena, whose applications came slowly and unpredictably.


discover many of the causes of certain natural phenomena, whose applications came

discover many of the causes of certain natural phenomena, that had applications coming

discover many of the causes of certain natural phenomena, with the applications for them coming

discovered many of the causes of certain natural phenomena, with applications for the discoveries coming

discovered many of the causes of certain natural phenomena, whose applications has come
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PostFri Oct 30, 2009 12:38 pm Reply with quote
think D should be the answer.

because of "have researched" in the non underline portion, sentence needs a past participle "discovered".
this eliminates A,B,C.

out of D and E, in E i think "whose" is ambiguous, it can either refer to causes/natural phenomena or studies.

What is the OA ?
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PostFri Oct 30, 2009 1:54 pm Reply with quote
should be - 'D'

Reasoning - same as above.
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PostFri Oct 30, 2009 2:06 pm Reply with quote
IMO D ...
scientists have [color=red]researched and discovered[/color] many of the

Also, with applications for the discoveries coming ...
is correct
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PostSat Oct 31, 2009 3:12 am Reply with quote
IMO E

"discover" is wrong because there is no reason to change tense

"with application" is adverbial of preceding clause which modify previous clause. in other words, the adverbial modify both subject and verb of the clause.Because it modify subject of clause, if must be in logic place. the adverbial is not logic to modify "scientis"

but E is wrong because "has" can not go with "applications"

this question is wrong.
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PostSat Oct 31, 2009 4:49 am Reply with quote
imo D .. its the best choice here

a,b and c are out on parallelism...

e has subject verb and modifier issues
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PostSat Oct 31, 2009 12:10 pm Reply with quote
IMO E. I eliminated D coz of 'with' which seems to mean that scientists researched and doscivered with something...
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PostTue Nov 03, 2009 5:20 am Reply with quote
I would go for E, only if the sentence had "applications HAVE come". But it is "has come"...
D is the best one.
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PostWed Nov 04, 2009 2:40 am Reply with quote
E should be the right answer. The subject is about the scientists, researching and discovering ..., whose applications came slowly...

with applications is incorrect usage
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PostWed Nov 04, 2009 2:47 am Reply with quote
in E whose will refer to phenomena and not the dicoveries....thats why i feel E is incorrect
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PostWed Nov 04, 2009 3:42 am Reply with quote
I would go with D.
Can we get the OA?
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