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by shreeman » Wed Sep 29, 2010 8:26 pm
Astronomers at the Palomar Observatory have discovered a distant supernova explosion, one that they believe is a type previously unknown to science.
(A) that they believe is
(B) that they believe it to be
(C) they believe that it is of
(D) they believe that is
(E) they believe to be of

what is "one" here refering to? is it refering to a distant supernova explosion?

OA is E
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by ashokkadam » Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:45 pm
shreeman wrote:Astronomers at the Palomar Observatory have discovered a distant supernova explosion, one that they believe is a type previously unknown to science.
(A) that they believe is
(B) that they believe it to be
(C) they believe that it is of
(D) they believe that is
(E) they believe to be of

what is "one" here refering to? is it refering to a distant supernova explosion?

OA is E
yes "one" is referring to the explosion. The correct answer has to be E.
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by shreeman » Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:58 pm
so "that" is redundant in all other 4 options.

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by ashokkadam » Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:00 pm
shreeman wrote:so "that" is redundant in all other 4 options.
yes, "that" is redundant because we know "one" is clearly referring to the explosion. So inclusion of "that" makes it redundant.
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