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by GmatKiss » Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:40 am
A huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, believed to be the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.
(A) believed to be
(B) and that is believed to be
(C) and it is believed to have been
(D) which was, it is believed,
(E) which is believed to be

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by gmatblood » Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:46 am
GmatKiss wrote:A huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, believed to be the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.
(A) believed to be
(B) and that is believed to be
(C) and it is believed to have been
(D) which was, it is believed,
(E) which is believed to be

OA after discussion.
Please support your pick with explanation.
IMO: A
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by Juggernaut_86 » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:44 am
Hi,

IMO C

If we omit the modifier,
"A huge flying reptile .....years ago" and look at the rest of the sentence,

the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, and it is believed to have been the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.

This construction looks better than the rest.

D and E can be ruled out because "which" is used incorrectly.

B can be ruled out because it aims to make "that died out ......ago" parallel to "that is believed to be..." I am not sure if these two parts of the sentence should be parallel to each other.

A is missing a verb is/was which makes the sentence incomplete.

This is my take....

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by GmatKiss » Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:14 am
Juggernaut_86 wrote:Hi,

IMO C

If we omit the modifier,
"A huge flying reptile .....years ago" and look at the rest of the sentence,

the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, and it is believed to have been the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.

This construction looks better than the rest.

D and E can be ruled out because "which" is used incorrectly.

B can be ruled out because it aims to make "that died out ......ago" parallel to "that is believed to be..." I am not sure if these two parts of the sentence should be parallel to each other.

A is missing a verb is/was which makes the sentence incomplete.

This is my take....

Thanks!
Hi,

Is A correct if it was "is believed to be"

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by Juggernaut_86 » Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:38 am
GmatKiss,

I think that an "is" with a connecting word (such as and) will make option A correct.

What do you think?

Whats the OA?

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by GmatKiss » Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:56 am
Juggernaut_86 wrote:GmatKiss,

I think that an "is" with a connecting word (such as and) will make option A correct.

What do you think?

Whats the OA?

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Thanks!
OA after sometime, once there is complete agreement :)
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