Submarine exploration

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Submarine exploration

by gmatmachoman » Thu Jun 10, 2010 3:52 am
Submarine exploration reveals both that hot
water vents through the sea floor at great
depths, but also that it supports diverse life
forms
in the complete absence of light.

(A) both that hot water vents through the sea
floor at great depths, but also that it
supports diverse life forms
(B) both hot water venting through the sea
floor at great depths, as well as their
supporting diverse life forms
(C) that the support of diverse life forms at
great depths where hot water vents
through the sea floor
(D) both that hot water vents through the sea
floor at great depths, and that it supports
diverse life forms
(E) that hot water both vents through the sea
floor at great depths, and the support of
diverse life forms

OA :D
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by samarpan_bschool » Thu Jun 10, 2010 4:01 am
i will go with D

A-> both ... but also is wrong
B -> both ... as well as is wrong
C -> no verb after 'that', making a sentence fragment - wrong
D -> OK (vents is parallel with supports and 'it' refers to 'hot water')
E -> both 'vents'...'the support of' is not parallel

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by RumpelThickSkin » Thu Jun 10, 2010 4:04 am
D for meaning clarity (using of it appropriately to refer to hot water) , parallelism and use of that after reveals

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by andrey_tsi » Thu Jun 10, 2010 4:13 am
Yes, from my point of view the right answer is D.
It is the only choise where idiom "both... and..." and parallelism are right

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