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by resilient » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:59 pm
Geologists once thought that the molten rock known as lava was an underground remnant of Earth's earliest days, sporadically erupting through volcanoes, but they now know that it is continuously created by the heat of the radioactivity deep inside the planet.
a.was an underground remnant of Earth's earliest days, sporadically erupting
b.had been an underground remnant of Earth's earliest days and sporadically erupted
c.was an underground remnant of Earth's earliest days, which sporadically erupted
d.would be an underground remnant of Earth's earliest days that sporadically erupted
e.was an underground remnant of Earth's earliest days, having sporadically erupted
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by resilient » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:13 pm
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by khurram » Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:35 pm
Geologists once thought that the molten rock known as lava was an underground remnant of Earth's earliest days, sporadically erupting through volcanoes, but they now know that it is continuously created by the heat of the radioactivity deep inside the planet.
a.was an underground remnant of Earth's earliest days, sporadically erupting
b.had been an underground remnant of Earth's earliest days and sporadically erupted
c.was an underground remnant of Earth's earliest days, which sporadically erupted
d.would be an underground remnant of Earth's earliest days that sporadically erupted
e.was an underground remnant of Earth's earliest days, having sporadically erupted

A correct
B use of and sporadically-wrong
C Had been -tense and which sporadically - not needed but IS THIS SENTENCE OTHERWISE INCORRECT IN ANY WAY.
D known as lava would be-wrong
E having -tense in relation to rest of sentence
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by lunarpower » Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:51 am
khurram wrote: C Had been -tense and which sporadically - not needed but IS THIS SENTENCE OTHERWISE INCORRECT IN ANY WAY.
not sure what you're saying about 'which', so here's the lowdown:
when a relative clause follows a comma and begins with 'which', that relative clause is taken to refer to the nearest noun. in this case, that noun is '(earth's earliest) days'; therefore, the sentence takes on the absurd meaning that earth's earliest days erupted through volcanoes.

answer choice c doesn't contain 'had been' (go back and look at it again).
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hi lunarpower

by resilient » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:30 am
So let me get this straight any noun / subject that is before the comma wil be used as the main subject if a WHICH is used right after?

apple, which is sweet.
tree, which is tall

like that?>

if so I learned something important today.

By the way my last name means lunarpower. ha how cool. I am finally feling comfortable with the exam just nervous to take the actual exam now. any suggestions
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by arunima88 » Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:37 pm
Why we are eliminating Option ' B'? Please explain.

'had been' is Past Perfect Continuous.
We use the Past Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and continued up until another time in the past.
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