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by sreak1089 » Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:19 am
Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes and so were probably without language, a shortcoming that may explain why they were supplanted by our own species.

(A) Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes
(B) Neanderthals had a vocal tract resembling an ape's
(C) The vocal tracts of Neanderthals resembled an ape's
(D) The Neanderthal's vocal tracts resembled the apes'
(E) The vocal tracts of the Neanderthals resembled those of the apes
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by rish » Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:33 am
IMO B
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Re: Neandarthals

by vivek.kapoor83 » Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:45 am
sreak1089 wrote:Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes and so were probably without language, a shortcoming that may explain why they were supplanted by our own species.

(A) Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes
(B) Neanderthals had a vocal tract resembling an ape's
(C) The vocal tracts of Neanderthals resembled an ape's
(D) The Neanderthal's vocal tracts resembled the apes'
(E) The vocal tracts of the Neanderthals resembled those of the apes
It should be between A & E and i will go with E...
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by sreak1089 » Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:37 pm
OA is B. I am little confused because the sentence has "Neanderthals had a vocal tract resembling an ape's". My doubt is should it not be "...had a vocal tract resembling an ape's vocal tract" ??
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by uptowngirl92 » Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:40 pm
This is a an important question and has not been discussed adequately.Keep getting it wrong..
I had straight away eliminated B,C,D because of "resembling an ape's.." resembling an ape's what?!which body part?hand,leg?!The comparision is between the vocal tract of Neanderthals with the vocal tracts of ape's..
Please discuss
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by sunnyjohn » Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:16 pm
i think this was a simple question.

look at the sentence later part.

AND so were without a language.

were : plural subject.

no comma before AND.

subject of first clause before end is the subject of clause after and.

so straight option C,D and E are out.
A is clearly wrong.
those of apes : those means plural
where they said
Neanderthals had A vocal tract.

So B is clear winner here.
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by uptowngirl92 » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:05 pm
sunnyjohn wrote:i think this was a simple question.

look at the sentence later part.

AND so were without a language.

were : plural subject.

no comma before AND.

subject of first clause before end is the subject of clause after and.

so straight option C,D and E are out.
A is clearly wrong.
those of apes : those means plural
where they said
Neanderthals had A vocal tract.

So B is clear winner here.

Hey..what is this before AND there is a comma concept?Could you please elaborate with examples?
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by vaibhav.iit2002 » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:57 pm
I have confusion between B and D. Why not D?
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by viju9162 » Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:58 pm
I think the answer should be E. Here, we are comparing the vocal tracts of Neanderthals to those of vocal tracts of apes.... Other than E, none of them show a proper comparsion ...

But in E, The vocal tracts of the Neanderthals resembled those of the apes ... but it should be "those of the apes tracts" right? Or it is straightly assumed ...
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