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The reason that the word

by Target2009 » Tue May 10, 2011 7:20 pm
The reason that the word cladistics was chosen to refer to a system of species classification based on the relationships and evolutionary ancestry of groups of organisms is because it is derived from the ancient Greek klados meaning branch.
A. The reason that the word cladistics was chosen to refer to a system of species classification based on the relationships and evolutionary ancestry of groups of organisms is because
B. The reason that the word cladistics is a system of species classification based on the relationships and evolutionary ancestry of groups of organisms is that
C. The word cladistics was chosen to refer to a system of species classification based on the evolutionary ancestry and relationships of groups of organisms because
D. The word cladistics was chosen to refer to a system for the classification of species that is based on the relationships and evolutionary ancestry of groups of organisms because
E. The word cladistics was chosen to refer to a system of species classification based on the relationships and evolutionary ancestry of groups of organisms and

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by cyrwr1 » Tue May 10, 2011 7:38 pm
A long time, 1:45ish

I'm going with C

I eliminated A because it contains reason and because.
I eliminated B because a term/word/phrase refers to.
I eliminated D because of system for classification
I don't think E makes sense. THe word was chosen to refer.... and it derived.... ??

Please advise.

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by HSPA » Tue May 10, 2011 9:40 pm
Btw A and D for me D > A.

I think cladistics is a system and was/is in A is wrong
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by abhi0697 » Wed May 11, 2011 12:48 am
+1 for D

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by bakhshaliyev » Wed May 11, 2011 2:56 am
E for me ;)

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by champmag » Wed May 11, 2011 3:01 am
+1 for D.

Clarity of meaning in D is superior to C.

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by mirantdon » Wed May 11, 2011 3:11 am
D for me .!

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by aspirant2011 » Wed May 11, 2011 7:20 am
The reason that the word cladistics was chosen to refer to a system of species classification based on the relationships and evolutionary ancestry of groups of organisms is because it is derived from the ancient Greek klados meaning branch.

A. The reason that the word cladistics was chosen to refer to a system of species classification based on the relationships and evolutionary ancestry of groups of organisms is because -------->usage of reason and because with in the same sentence causes redundancy,therefore, wrong option
B. The reason that the word cladistics is a system of species classification based on the relationships and evolutionary ancestry of groups of organisms is that ------> usage of this "that" again is not required
C. The word cladistics was chosen to refer to a system of species classification based on the evolutionary ancestry and relationships of groups of organisms because
D. The word cladistics was chosen to refer to a system for the classification of species that is based on the relationships and evolutionary ancestry of groups of organisms because -------> i would have rejected this because of wordiness and moreover here "that" refers to species not to "classification of species"
E. The word cladistics was chosen to refer to a system of species classification based on the relationships and evolutionary ancestry of groups of organisms and

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