Researchers in Germany have unearthed 400,000-year-old wooden spears
from what it appears was an ancient lakeshore hunting ground as stunning evidence of human
ancestors who systematically hunted big game much earlier than believed.
A. it appears was an ancient lakeshore hunting ground as stunning evidence of human ancestors who
B. it appears had been an ancient lakeshore hunting ground and stunning evidence that human ancestors
C. appears was an ancient lakeshore hunting ground and is stunning evidence that human ancestors
D. appears to be an ancient lakeshore hunting ground, stunning evidence that human ancestors
E. appears that it is an ancient lakeshore hunting ground, stunning evidence of human ancestors who
OA : D
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The real key to this sentence correction is knowing your idioms. If you know the idiom, you can zero in on the answer in half a second.
Reading through the sentence once, you should see that something is wrong. Just the construction "what it appears" leaves a bad taste in my mount and I know I need to find something better. Seeing later on the that what they found is evidence of something also clues me in to the fact that some things need to change.
Did you figure out the idiom? How do we normally use "appears"? I'll give you a hint. You don't need the "it" before and you don't need a "that" clause. Does that narrow it down for you? You're smart. I am sure that you will figure it out. But if not, let me know if you need more help.
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Reading through the sentence once, you should see that something is wrong. Just the construction "what it appears" leaves a bad taste in my mount and I know I need to find something better. Seeing later on the that what they found is evidence of something also clues me in to the fact that some things need to change.
Did you figure out the idiom? How do we normally use "appears"? I'll give you a hint. You don't need the "it" before and you don't need a "that" clause. Does that narrow it down for you? You're smart. I am sure that you will figure it out. But if not, let me know if you need more help.
Cheers,
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An approach that focuses on issues other than idiom.AnjaliOberoi wrote:Researchers in Germany have unearthed 400,000-year-old wooden spears
from what it appears was an ancient lakeshore hunting ground as stunning evidence of human
ancestors who systematically hunted big game much earlier than believed.
A. it appears was an ancient lakeshore hunting ground as stunning evidence of human ancestors who
B. it appears had been an ancient lakeshore hunting ground and stunning evidence that human ancestors
C. appears was an ancient lakeshore hunting ground and is stunning evidence that human ancestors
D. appears to be an ancient lakeshore hunting ground, stunning evidence that human ancestors
E. appears that it is an ancient lakeshore hunting ground, stunning evidence of human ancestors who
OA : D
A and B: what IT appears.
E: what appears...that IT
Here, what and it both seem to refer to the hunting ground.
Within the context of a single clause, two DIFFERENT pronouns cannot both serve to stand in for the SAME referent.
Eliminate A, B and E.
C: IS STUNNING evidence
Here, a reader might construe that the evidence is being stunned by the ancient hunting ground.
Not the intended meaning.
Eliminate C.
The correct answer is D.
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One more approach!
The word "ancient" is a present use word - in other words, something is ancient from today's perspective.
Accordingly, if we're talking about a present discovery, we don't say "what appeared to be an ancient hunting ground"; instead, we say "what appears to be an ancient hunting ground".
We can quickly eliminate A, B and C because they mix the past tense and "ancient". We can then eliminate the last wrong choice because it sounds horrible, leaving us with D as the only option.
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The word "ancient" is a present use word - in other words, something is ancient from today's perspective.
Accordingly, if we're talking about a present discovery, we don't say "what appeared to be an ancient hunting ground"; instead, we say "what appears to be an ancient hunting ground".
We can quickly eliminate A, B and C because they mix the past tense and "ancient". We can then eliminate the last wrong choice because it sounds horrible, leaving us with D as the only option.
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