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by shrutee » Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:20 pm
Australian embroyologists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant descended from an aquatic animal,and its trunk originally evolving as a kind of snorkel.

a)that suggests that the elephant descended from an aquatic animal,and its trunk originally evolving

b)that has suggested the elephant descended from an aquatic animal,its trunk originally evoolving

c)suggesting that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal with its trunk originally evolved

d) to suggest that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal and its trunk originally evolved

e) to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally evolved


why is otion b wrong?
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by GmatKiss » Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:17 pm
shrutee wrote:Australian embroyologists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant descended from an aquatic animal,and its trunk originally evolving as a kind of snorkel.

a)that suggests that the elephant descended from an aquatic animal,and its trunk originally evolving

b)that has suggested "that" the elephant descended from an aquatic animal,its trunk originally evoolving

c)suggesting that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal with its trunk originally evolved

d) to suggest that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal and its trunk originally evolved

e) to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally evolved


why is otion b wrong?
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by gunjan1208 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:27 pm
yes, I agree.

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Gunjan
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by avik.ch » Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:40 pm
shrutee wrote:Australian embroyologists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant descended from an aquatic animal,and its trunk originally evolving as a kind of snorkel.

a)that suggests that the elephant descended from an aquatic animal,and its trunk originally evolving

b)that has suggested the elephant descended from an aquatic animal,its trunk originally evoolving

c)suggesting that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal with its trunk originally evolved

d) to suggest that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal and its trunk originally evolved

e) to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally evolved


why is otion b wrong?


B - that has suggested the elephant descended from an aquatic animal,its trunk originally evolving

the major problem here is that B distorts the meaning of the original sentence.

"its trunk originally evolving" - it means that the trunk is still evolving and so it is wrong as per the original meaning of the sentence.
The Scientist suggested -

- that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and
- that its trunk originally evolved
Both the action is in past tense so "evolving" is the wrong here.
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by dhonu121 » Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:07 am
Australian embroyologists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant descended from an aquatic animal,and its trunk originally evolving as a kind of snorkel.

a)that suggests that the elephant descended from an aquatic animal,and its trunk originally evolving

b)that has suggested the elephant descended from an aquatic animal,its trunk originally evoolving

c)suggesting that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal with its trunk originally evolved

d) to suggest that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal and its trunk originally evolved

e) to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally evolved
A->Not parallel.Should be suggests that..and that...
B->Grammatically wrong.There should be an appositive after suggested such as that..
C->Use of perfect had unnecessary.Its clear the the descending of elephant has happened in earlier than the suggestion that happened by the scientists.
D->Same reason as A.There should be a that after and.
E->COrrect.Parallel and gramatically correct.
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by shrutee » Mon Sep 19, 2011 4:40 am
thanks everyone..
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