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by BTGmoderatorDC » Wed May 23, 2018 4:12 am

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Much like the belief that the world is flat, challenged by Galileo Galilei, there are currently widely-accepted hypothesis about the planet that are about to be put into question as quantum physics are developing rapidly, changing the way we understand our world.

A) are currently widely-accepted hypothesis about the planet that are about to be put into question as quantum physics are developing rapidly
B) is currently a widely-accepted hypothesis about the planet that is about to be put into question as quantum physics are developing rapidly
C) are currently widely-accepted hypothesis about the planet that are about to be put into question as quantum physics is rapidly developing
D) is currently a widely-accepted hypotheses about the planet that is about to be put into question as quantum physics is rapidly developing
E) are currently widely-accepted hypotheses about the planet that are about to be put into question as quantum physics rapidly develops
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OA: Much like the belief that the world is flat, challenged by Galileo, there are currently widely-held hypotheses.
Here, COMMA + challenged is incorrectly preceded by the clause in red.
A COMMA + VERBed modifier must be preceded by a NOUN or NOUN PHRASE.
Also, the referent for an introductory like-modifier must be the first word of the main clause.
Here, much like refers to hypotheses, which is not the first word of the main clause.
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