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by alivapriyada » Sat Sep 25, 2010 10:39 am
During the twentieth century, the study of the large-scale structure of the universe evolved from the theoretical to the practical; the field of physical cosmology was made possible because of both Einstein's theory of relativity and the better ability to observe extremely distant astronomical objects.

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by akhpad » Sat Sep 25, 2010 10:48 am
Semicolon connects two closed related main clauses.

"was made" is passive voice construction because doer comes after "was made possible by".

Answer is B.

B is better than C.
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by alivapriyada » Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:01 am
akhpad wrote:Semicolon connects two closed related main clauses.

"was made" is passive voice construction because doer comes after "was made possible by".

Answer is B.

B is better than C.
ok i agreed B is better than C
well i chose A,could you please explain why A is wrong???
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by akhpad » Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:17 am
alivapriyada wrote:
ok i agreed B is better than C
well i chose A,could you please explain why A is wrong???
Because we need BY not BECAUSE
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by alivapriyada » Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:21 am
akhpad wrote:Semicolon connects two closed related main clauses.

"was made" is passive voice construction because doer comes after "was made possible by".

Answer is B.

B is better than C.
got it clear..many thanks!!!
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