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by sarthak » Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:19 am
Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant
fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized
spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.
(A) extending
(B) extends
(C) extended
(D) it extended
(E) is extending

What is the correct ans for same ? I am nt able to agree with OGs reasoning.
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by mmslf75 » Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:38 am
sarthak wrote:Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant
fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized
spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.
(A) extending
(B) extends
(C) extended
(D) it extended
(E) is extending

What is the correct ans for same ? I am nt able to agree with OGs reasoning.
Sarthak,

Search before you create a thread.
It's already answered here..www.beatthegmat.com/og210-t19678.html

Read on :

a giant fungus spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago
AND
a giant fungus extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.


Remeber whenever you have a passive sense sentence fragment and/or sentence
here: A giant fungus ...... by a single....
You use "-ED" form
By the same token, for active sense use here, "-ING" form
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by sarthak » Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:22 pm
hi,
sorry for duplicating the post ... just one small thing ... how do I find if a problem has already been discussed ? Is there some trick or just regular use of the forum ?
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