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Kaplan SC : It was anomalies in the orbit of Uranus that led

by 786 » Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:10 am
It was anomalies in the orbit of Uranus that led to the discovery of Neptune.

(a) It was anomalies in the orbit of Uranus that
(b) It was the orbit of Uranus showing anomalies that
(c) They were anomalies in the orbit of Uranus that
(d) The orbit of Uranus being anomalous was what
(e) The anomalies in the orbit of Uranus was what
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by GmatKiss » Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:03 pm
786 wrote:It was anomalies in the orbit of Uranus that led to the discovery of Neptune.

(a) It was anomalies in the orbit of Uranus that
(b) It was the orbit of Uranus showing anomalies that
(c) They were anomalies in the orbit of Uranus that
(d) The orbit of Uranus being anomalous was what
(e) The anomalies in the orbit of Uranus was what
IMO:A
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by 786 » Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:09 pm
anamolies is the plural of anamoly .
How can we use the singular was for anamolies ?

the construction sounds awkward too ?
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by patanjali.purpose » Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:06 pm
786 wrote:It was anomalies in the orbit of Uranus that led to the discovery of Neptune.

(a) It was anomalies in the orbit of Uranus that
(b) It was the orbit of Uranus showing anomalies that
(c) They were anomalies in the orbit of Uranus that
(d) The orbit of Uranus being anomalous was what
(e) The anomalies in the orbit of Uranus was what
IMO E (Anomalies in A is plural while in E - ie the anomalies - is singular)
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