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by limestone » Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:52 am
As researchers continue to probe the highly expressive vocal and postural languague of wolves, their close resemblance to dogs has become ever more striking.

B. the closeness of their resemblance to dogs has become
C. the close resemblance between them and dogs has become
D. the close resemblance between wolves and dogs becomes
E. the close resemblance of wolves with dogs becomes

[spoiler]OA : D. My choice A. Why I should not use present perfect here?[/spoiler]
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by ankurmit » Thu Sep 16, 2010 1:41 am
Idiom is resemblence between X and Y

A : We dont know word " their" is used for researchers or wolves

B: Same as A

C: "Them" is problematic

D: correct

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by niksworth » Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:11 am
limestone wrote: My choice A. Why I should not use present perfect here?

2 reasons why A is incorrect:

1. The antecedent of their is ambiguous (wolves or researchers?)

2. Because of the word continue and as in the non underlined part.

A) As researchers continue to probe ..., their close resemblance ...has become ever more striking.
D) As researchers continue to probe ..., the close resemblance ...becomes ever more striking.
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by reply2spg » Thu Sep 16, 2010 7:23 am
D is correct

Why A is wrong?

Error 1. Pronoun 'their' referes to 'researchers'. Remember pronoun after comma always refers to subject of the preceeding clause. Since 'their' referes to 'researchers' then meaning changes.
limestone wrote:As researchers continue to probe the highly expressive vocal and postural languague of wolves, their close resemblance to dogs has become ever more striking.

B. the closeness of their resemblance to dogs has become
C. the close resemblance between them and dogs has become
D. the close resemblance between wolves and dogs becomes
E. the close resemblance of wolves with dogs becomes

[spoiler]OA : D. My choice A. Why I should not use present perfect here?[/spoiler]
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