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Australian embryologists have found evidence that sugges

by sumithshah » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:31 am
42. Australian embryologists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolved as a kind of snorkel.

(a)..
(b) that has suggested the elephant descended from an aquatic animal, its trunk originally evolving
(c)suggesting that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal with its trunk originally evolving
(d) to suggest that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal and its trunk originally evolving
(e) to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally evolved

OA E
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by GG04 » Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:39 pm
I think it is C. What is the OA?
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by crak.gmat » Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:22 pm
Initially I thought C, but after careful analysis, E makes sense. The construction 'that' ... and 'that' is parallel. What throws me off is the usage 'is descended'. Any body have thoughts on that?
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by sumithshah » Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:25 pm
totally agree. but i guess its the best of the worst that we are expected to pick
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by Mani_mba » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:09 pm
I am not convinced on the construction "Australian embryologists have found evidence to suggest ...... " as suggested by option E.

Because It seems the embryologists have found evidence in order to suggest something... To me, "evidence that suggests.... " looks correct.

Can somebody explain ?
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by sumithshah » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:18 pm
The construction ( the elephant had descended) implies that the elephants had once descended and not any more. This is logically not possible.

E is the only one that makes sense
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:46 pm
I think it should be A. It cant't be D or E. found evidence to prove seems akward.what is OA
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by sumithshah » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:51 pm
OA is E
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by Indradeep » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:52 pm
The correct answer is E because "find evidence to suggest ..." is fine gramatically. The main concern is "is descended from". A better way to putting this would be "descended from" but it is the best of the lot.
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by kvcpk » Fri Jun 18, 2010 2:41 am
Can some one explain clearly why the answer is E. Also, what is wrong with C?
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by Fractal » Sat Aug 27, 2011 7:02 am
OG claims that "evidence that suggests" is awkward and confusing. MG claims that "a study suggests that more work is needed" is correct.

could anybody clarify plz?

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by riteshv » Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:16 am
Revoking the thread....

Here subject "evidence" is singular and only A reflects singular verb. Pls correct me if i'm wrong.


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by karthikgmat » Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:50 am
What's wrong with A?
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by sai.99.gmat » Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:06 am
E does seem right...but 'is descended' makes no sense at all!
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