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by karthikpandian19 » Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:51 pm
Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, which has made it an ideal site for researching rare flora and fauna.


Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, which has made it

Madagascar, one of the last habitable areas of the earth, underwent human settlement, making it

Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to have undergone human settlement, and that has made it

Madagascar underwent human settlement as one of the last habitable areas of the earth, which makes it

Because Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, it is
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by avik.ch » Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:43 am
Only E imparts correct meaning in a more logical and clear way.
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by shekhar.kataria » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:57 am
Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, which has made it an ideal site for researching rare flora and fauna.


Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, which has made it. Which here is referring to human settlement where as Undergoing of the human settlement has made it an ideal site.

Madagascar, one of the last habitable areas of the earth, underwent human settlement, making it . it here is ambigious

Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to have undergone human settlement, and that has made it Usage of present perfect is wrong

Madagascar underwent human settlement as one of the last habitable areas of the earth, which makes it undergoing not last habitable area

Because Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, it is
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by VivianKerr » Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:56 pm
I agree this one comes down to MEANING. Always check SC in three passes: 1) Grammar, 2) Style, and 3) Meaning.

Grammar = does this sentence comply with the known rules of sentence/idiom construction?

Style = does the sentence use active voice vs. passive voice, does it avoid redundancy, is it concise, etc.

Meaning = is the sentence logical? if you read it like you would read a story, does it make sense?
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by ArunangsuSahu » Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:49 pm
Clearly (e)
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by [email protected] » Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:51 pm
I am very much confused between the options B and E. I cannot find any flaws in the option B...

Could anyone please give a detailed explanation on these two options...

B and E...
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by [email protected] » Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:58 pm
Madagascar, one of the last habitable areas of the earth, underwent human settlement, making it


Got it, the option B changes the meaning of the sentence. It says that because Madagascar underwent human settlement, hence it makes it an ideal place for researching the flora and fauna...

The modifier 'one of the last habitable areas of the earth' in the option B, changes the meaning of the sentence...

Hence option E is the correct answer...

options A and D are wrong as it uses 'which' wrongly and 'which' modifies the incorrect preceding clause...

Option C: 'that' should modify a specific noun. Here it modifies a clause or a sentence, and hence the option C is wrong...

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by karthikpandian19 » Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:03 pm
Amit,

With the B, the problem is the pronoun "it" which can refer to human settlement or madagascar. Hence it cannot be considered.
does it makes sense????
[email protected] wrote:I am very much confused between the options B and E. I cannot find any flaws in the option B...

Could anyone please give a detailed explanation on these two options...

B and E...
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by avik.ch » Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:28 pm
[email protected] wrote:I am very much confused between the options B and E. I cannot find any flaws in the option B...

Could anyone please give a detailed explanation on these two options...

B and E...
B is wrong for couple of reasons.

1. "underwent human settlement" modifies the earth. - incorrect modifier.
2. Where is the verb. "making" is not a verb here.
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by EducationAisle » Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:52 am
avik.ch wrote:
1. "underwent human settlement" modifies the earth. - incorrect modifier.
2. Where is the verb. "making" is not a verb here.
Not entirely true Avik. For example, consider the following sentence:

Sachin, a master with the bat, scored his hundredth century.

In the above sentence, "scored his hundredth century" does not modify "bat". "a master with the bat" is just an appositive for "Sachin". So, the "core" of the sentence is:

Sachin scored his hundredth century.

Similarly, in the current sentence, "one of the last habitable areas of the earth" is an appositive for Madagascar.

By the way, "underwent" is the verb.
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by karthikpandian19 » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:16 pm
Avik.ch...

the only problem with B is the pronoun "it" reference
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[email protected] wrote:I am very much confused between the options B and E. I cannot find any flaws in the option B...

Could anyone please give a detailed explanation on these two options...

B and E...
B is wrong for couple of reasons.

1. "underwent human settlement" modifies the earth. - incorrect modifier.
2. Where is the verb. "making" is not a verb here.
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by EducationAisle » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:23 pm
karthikpandian19 wrote: the only problem with B is the pronoun "it" reference
Not really. A larger problem is that of meaning. "one of the last habitable areas of the earth" is used as an appositive in B. So, the core of the sentence in B is: Madagascar underwent human settlement, making it an ideal site for researching rare flora and fauna.

So, this seems to sugges that Madagascar is an ideal site for researching rare flora and fauna because it underwent human settlement!! Clearly not the case. The whole idea of this sentence is that the reason why Madagascar is an ideal site for researching rare flora and fauna is "because" it was one of the last habitable areas of the earth.

This meaning is not coming out at all in B.
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by avik.ch » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:27 pm
EducationAisle wrote:
avik.ch wrote:
1. "underwent human settlement" modifies the earth. - incorrect modifier.
2. Where is the verb. "making" is not a verb here.
Not entirely true Avik. For example, consider the following sentence:

Sachin, a master with the bat, scored his hundredth century.

In the above sentence, "scored his hundredth century" does not modify "bat". "a master with the bat" is just an appositive for "Sachin". So, the "core" of the sentence is:

Sachin scored his hundredth century.

Similarly, in the current sentence, "one of the last habitable areas of the earth" is an appositive for Madagascar.

By the way, "underwent" is the verb.
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I mistook the word " underwent", which is a verb.

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by vikram4689 » Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:24 pm
Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to have undergone human settlement, and that has made it Usage of present perfect is wrong
I think use of present perfect in "has made" is fine as it can be use to present an EFFECT as well. "to have undergone" is not acting as a verb as "to + verb" does NOT act as VERB

The problem with C is ambiguity related to "IT" only. What do you think of referent of "and that", does "that" result of preceding clause. I think it is correct e.g. Sachin scored 100th century and that has made him top batsman in world cricket.
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