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by leo » Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:23 am
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


Answer Please and why?
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by jayhawk2001 » Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:11 am
leo 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


Answer Please and why?
The shifting is done by the "rapid motion of the galaxy". So, you need
"has been shifted ... by". Passive voice needs to be used here since the
non-underlined portion has "by the rapid ..."

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by leo » Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:44 am
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by mv12 » Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:21 pm
Good explanation.
jayhawk2001 wrote:
leo 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


Answer Please and why?
The shifting is done by the "rapid motion of the galaxy". So, you need
"has been shifted ... by". Passive voice needs to be used here since the
non-underlined portion has "by the rapid ..."

A ?
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