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by neha.patni » Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:26 am
It was anomalies in the orbit of Uranus that led to the discovery of Neptune.

(A) It was anomalies in the orbit of Uranus that
(B) It was the orbit of Uranus showing anomalies that
(C) They were anomalies in the orbit of Uranus that
(D) The orbit of Uranus being anomalous was what
(E) The anomalies in the orbit of Uranus was what

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by kvcpk » Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:29 am
IMO A
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by indiantiger » Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:20 pm
It is x that led to y

A
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by neha.patni » Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:01 am
indiantiger wrote:It is x that led to y

A

OA A

But my confusion is that anomalies is plural, why we have used "is" here. Is "is" not the verb for anomalies?
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