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by limestone » Sat Oct 30, 2010 9:22 pm
Glaciologists believe that the frozen corpse recently found in a melting Alpine glacier, apparently that of a shepherd who is thought to have lived about 4,600 years ago, was preserved uncrushed by snow and ice because of the body's unique topographical position.

A. apparently that of a shepherd who is thought to have lived
B. that of shepherd, apparently, who was thought to live
C. that of an apparent shepherd who was thought to live
D. that of a shepherd who is thought of as apparently living
E. that of a shepherd who was apparently thought to live

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by gmat_perfect » Sat Oct 30, 2010 11:35 pm
limestone wrote:Glaciologists believe that the frozen corpse recently found in a melting Alpine glacier, apparently that of a shepherd who is thought to have lived about 4,600 years ago, was preserved uncrushed by snow and ice because of the body's unique topographical position.

A. apparently that of a shepherd who is thought to have lived
B. that of shepherd, apparently, who was thought to live
C. that of an apparent shepherd who was thought to live
D. that of a shepherd who is thought of as apparently living
E. that of a shepherd who was apparently thought to live

OA later.
The issues

Apparently:

We should use the word apparently in the intended place.

Apparent shepherd ---is not correct because "shepherd" cannot be fake.
The intention of the sentence is not apparently living.
Apparently thought is not the intended meaning.
The use of "apparently" in between commas does not make sense since adverb modifies the clause, but in the option B there is not clause before "COMMA + Apparently"

Second thought:

Perfect infinitive:

It is used in the sentence when we mean something beyond the time we are talking. The structure is as follows:

"To have + Past participle of verb"

--> This sentence is saying something that is beyond the time we are talking about. Only option A does this.

Answer A.
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by limestone » Sun Oct 31, 2010 1:26 am
[spoiler]Yup, OA is A. You've made a very good explanation.[/spoiler]
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