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by hritik » Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:12 pm
In astronomy the term "red shift" denotes the extent" to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted "toward the red, or long-wave, end of the light spectrum by the rapid motion of the galaxy away from the Earth.
(A) to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted
(B) to which light from a distant galaxy has shifted
(C) that light from a distant galaxy has been shifted
(D) of light from a distant galaxy shifting
(E) of the shift of light from a distant galaxy

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by cans » Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:24 pm
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by sl750 » Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:07 am
B.. extent to is the correct idiom. ..shifted is in the simple past

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by GmatKiss » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:32 am
hritik wrote:In astronomy the term "red shift" denotes the extent" to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted "toward the red, or long-wave, end of the light spectrum by the rapid motion of the galaxy away from the Earth.
(A) to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted
(B) to which light from a distant galaxy has shifted
(C) that light from a distant galaxy has been shifted
(D) of light from a distant galaxy shifting
(E) of the shift of light from a distant galaxy
IMO:B