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by gmatmachoman » Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:41 am
Australian embryologists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolving as a kind of snorkel.

suggesting that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally evolved

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to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally evolved...

I am confused whether we should use " to suggest" or "suggesting".. Both are modifying "evidence". SO how to go about this kind of scenario?

How to pick a verbal( particple vs infinitive form)
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by albatross86 » Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:00 am
Hey bro,

Actually in the original question the choice with "suggesting..." ends in "...evolving", which is why it is incorrect.

Otherwise I don't see why you should prefer infinitives to participles/gerunds, they both look fine in this context - looking fwd to expert answers.

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by gmatmachoman » Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:05 am
albatross86 wrote:Hey bro,

Actually in the original question the choice with "suggesting..." ends in "...evolving", which is why it is incorrect.

Otherwise I don't see why you should prefer infinitives to participles/gerunds, they both look fine in this context - looking fwd to expert answers.

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abhay,

sorry man..i am unable to construe ur point..can u be bit more explanative? yeah it s a OG question..but I modified the options C &E for some explanation frm u guys..

Hoping for a good explanation frm u!
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by albatross86 » Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:15 am
Hey,

No what I was saying is that if you alter them to this form, I don't see why either one is more correct than the other - they are both acceptable usage. I am pretty sure a GMAT question will never expect you to distinguish between these two :)

So in short, hopefully you will never have to make this kind of a choice - there will be other killer words to eliminate one of the verbal choices. (in this case - evolving)
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by gmatmachoman » Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:26 am
albatross86 wrote:Hey,

No what I was saying is that if you alter them to this form, I don't see why either one is more correct than the other - they are both acceptable usage. I am pretty sure a GMAT question will never expect you to distinguish between these two :)

So in short, hopefully you will never have to make this kind of a choice - there will be other killer words to eliminate one of the verbal choices. (in this case - evolving)
yeah u r damn correct..u nailed it..I just want to see what is the better usage!!
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by albatross86 » Tue Jul 06, 2010 8:28 am
Oh ok, sorry bhai :)

I hope someone answers that - would be useful to know!
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