try if u can Q3

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try if u can Q3

by geet » Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:33 am
NASA’s methodical approach to the exploration of Mars has not yet answered the questions of whether biological life forms ever emerged on Mars and whether, presuming such life forms having left fossil traces to begin with, those traces can still exist in some moist recesses of the cold and arid planet.

A. and whether, presuming such life forms having left fossil traces to begin with, those traces can
B. and whether, if it is presumed that such life forms left some fossil traces to begin with, can those traces
C. and whether, presuming such life forms left fossil traces to begin with, those traces
D. and, presuming such life forms did leave some fossil traces to begin with, if they can
E. and, presuming such life forms to have left fossil traces to begin with, if they
OA l8r!!!!!
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Re: try if u can Q3

by real2008 » Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:35 am
geet wrote:NASA’s methodical approach to the exploration of Mars has not yet answered the questions of whether biological life forms ever emerged on Mars and whether, presuming such life forms having left fossil traces to begin with, those traces can still exist in some moist recesses of the cold and arid planet.

A. and whether, presuming such life forms having left fossil traces to begin with, those traces can (redundancy)
B. and whether, if it is presumed that such life forms left some fossil traces to begin with, can those traces (redundancy)
C. and whether, presuming such life forms left fossil traces to begin with, those traces (correct)
D. and, presuming such life forms did leave some fossil traces to begin with, if they can (parallelism error)
E. and, presuming such life forms to have left fossil traces to begin with, if they (parallelism error)
OA l8r!!!!!
What is the OA?

Somebody may correct me, if I am wrong....

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by Naruto » Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:25 am
IMO C

I agree with real, although request you to explain the parallelism errors, I thought we can simply eliminate because it uses if instead of whether

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by geet » Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:51 pm
Sorry guyz but OA is E

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