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by challenger63 » Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:19 am
In geology, the term "transform fault potential" denotes the extent to which one tectonic plate could be moved along major transform fault line, such as California's San Andreas, by an instantaneous strain release, commonly known as a earthquake.

A) the extent to which one tectonic plate could be moved
B) the extent to which one tectonic plate could move
C) the extent that one tectonic plate could be moved
D) the extent of one tectonic plate moving
E) the extent of the movement of one tectonic plate

OA: A

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by Jim@StratusPrep » Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:08 am
D and E are eliminated first. With the prepositional phrases eliminate the verb from the sentence.


C is eliminated because 'extent that' indicates that a situation has reached a difficult, surprising or dangerous state.


B is then eliminated because it is unclear if the tectonic plate is going to move something else or itself. By introducing 'could be moved' it is clear the tectonic plate might be moved by something else.


The answer is A.
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by ice_rush » Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:56 am
agreed A should be correct. What's the OA?
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by challenger63 » Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:30 pm
ice_rush wrote:agreed A should be correct. What's the OA?
OA was provided in the initial post.
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