OG #39
Scientist have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushroom and root like tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore of some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.
A. Extending
B. Extends
C. Extended
D. It extended
E. Is extending
Can anyone explain to me why the correct answer is A? I have read the explanations, but it just doesn’t make sense. I understand that “spawned” is the word that we need to be parallel to, which would make “extended” the parallel verb (in my opinion). I don’t understand why “extending” is parallel to “spawned”. Can anyone please explain? Thanks?
Scientist have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushroom and root like tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore of some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.
A. Extending
B. Extends
C. Extended
D. It extended
E. Is extending
Can anyone explain to me why the correct answer is A? I have read the explanations, but it just doesn’t make sense. I understand that “spawned” is the word that we need to be parallel to, which would make “extended” the parallel verb (in my opinion). I don’t understand why “extending” is parallel to “spawned”. Can anyone please explain? Thanks?
