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Flying reptile

by syflysun » Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:42 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 madhur_ahuja » Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:11 am
Its C
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by gmatv09 » Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:43 am
IMO C
because - the creature is still the largest in the world. Hence use present perfect
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by syflysun » Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:13 pm
I choose C as well. But why A is incorrect? because "believed to be" is to modified wingspan instead of the creature? Thanks
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