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Elephant

by mukgera » Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:03 pm
Australian embryologists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolved as a kind of snorkel.

(a)that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolved
(b) that has suggested the elephant descended from an aquatic animal, its trunk originally evolving
(c)suggesting that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal with its trunk originally evolving
(d) to suggest that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal and its trunk originally evolving
(e) to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally evolved
OA is E..to suggest doesn't seems right.
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by cans » Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:16 pm
B) has suggested is wrong
C) had descended.. wrong
D) same as C.
A) not parallel... (that... and that should be there)
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by 1947 » Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:49 pm
cans wrote:B) has suggested is wrong
C) had descended.. wrong
D) same as C.
A) not parallel... (that... and that should be there)
even E does not fit in terms of paralel structure...
to suggest....that....
why is E preferred over A ????
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by gunjan1208 » Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:57 am
E: to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally evolved

yes, this is parallel. See the emboldened portion. That the elephant.....is parallel to that its.....This is how its refer to elephant...Else it should refer to aquatic animal...


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