Sentence Correction

Five hundred million different species of living creatures have appeared on Earth, nearly
99 percent of them vanishing.

A. Five hundred million different species of living creatures have appeared on Earth,
nearly 99 percent of them vanishing.
B. Nearly 99 percent of five hundred million different species of living creatures that
appeared on Earth have vanished.
C. Vanished are nearly 99 percent of the five hundred million different species of
living creatures that appeared on Earth.
D. Of five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on
Earth, nearly 99 percent of them have vanished.
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E. Of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that have
appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent have vanished.

[spoiler]B ?[/spoiler]

B it is for me ..

I see problems with all other options, don't think i have the correct grammar rules to point the problems out though. OA?

IMO E

Good one Macmohan......it easily comes down to B and E...

B. Nearly 99 percent of five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth have vanished.

B is wrong because...."that appeared" is a simple past tense....we need the sentence to convey that something started in the past and is still true - we need a present perfect tense. Replace "that appeared" with "that have appeared" and check how B sounds

E. Of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent have vanished

E for me

viidyasagar wrote:Good one Macmohan......it easily comes down to B and E...

B. Nearly 99 percent of five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth have vanished.

B is wrong because...."that appeared" is a simple past tense....we need the sentence to convey that something started in the past and is still true - we need a present perfect tense. Replace "that appeared" with "that have appeared" and check how B sounds

E. Of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent have vanished

E for me

look at the modified clause in E. Does it have any word which actually connects it with the modifying clause?

About B, rethink what is " have + vanished" . Isn't it have + past participle of vanish
IMO B

viidyasagar wrote:Good one Macmohan......it easily comes down to B and E...

B. Nearly 99 percent of five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth have vanished.

B is wrong because...."that appeared" is a simple past tense....we need the sentence to convey that something started in the past and is still true - we need a present perfect tense. Replace "that appeared" with "that have appeared" and check how B sounds

E. Of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent have vanished

E for me

Vidya..

bro,i am seeing u after a long long time after sharing the funny moments of that "craziest CR of simplyjat & stuart".

OA:B

What's the source govi?

mohit11 wrote:What's the source govi?

Dear Mohit,

It feels good that I have networked nicely with all of the posters for this post..Just I scrolled up thru the post, I saw ur name, then Vidya's then Harsha & then Gio.. & phenoix& I know I have spent some valuable discussions with all u ppl amidst our busy wrking schedule..I felt good for Knowing u all thru this forum!! Thx guys making our GMAT Journey Bit more interesting!

Source is GMAT sets..I think OA is quite authenticated...

can anyone elaborate on the issue with option D?

I still think it's 'E'. Can someone provide a link to the GMAT set in which the OA appears?

Try this link

https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/post1849.html#p1849

It might be E.

My doubt about E, was whether the phrase , nearly 99 percent have vanished was correctly pointing to 5 million different species. I think of the used at the beginning clears that part. Infact between D and E only this diff is suff. to choose E . If the option a mixture of D and E that could be the best.
Of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that have
appeared on Earth , nearly 99 percent of them have vanished.
Blue hue from D rest from E.

I think it is E because we need "have done" to show actions which begin in the past and go in to present

But, why A is wrong, pls, explain more detail

gmatmachoman wrote:

viidyasagar wrote:Good one Macmohan......it easily comes down to B and E...

B. Nearly 99 percent of five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth have vanished.

B is wrong because...."that appeared" is a simple past tense....we need the sentence to convey that something started in the past and is still true - we need a present perfect tense. Replace "that appeared" with "that have appeared" and check how B sounds

E. Of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent have vanished

E for me

Vidya..

bro,i am seeing u after a long long time after sharing the funny moments of that "craziest CR of simplyjat & stuart".

OA:B

same here..... I just love these discussions with you, thephoenix. the way you dissect a problem and look at the minutest details, is something I can only long for.