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by Indradeep » Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:40 am
Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, which has made it an ideal site for researching rare flora and fauna.

(A) Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, which has made it
(B) Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to have undergone human settlement, and that has made it
(C) Madagascar underwent human settlement as one of the last habitable areas of the earth, which makes it
(D) Madagascar, one of the last habitable areas of the earth, underwent human settlement, making it
(E) Because Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, it is
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by iamcste » Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:58 am
Indradeep wrote:Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, which has made it an ideal site for researching rare flora and fauna.

(A) Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, which has made it
(B) Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to have undergone human settlement, and that has made it
(C) Madagascar underwent human settlement as one of the last habitable areas of the earth, which makes it
(D) Madagascar, one of the last habitable areas of the earth, underwent human settlement, making it
(E) Because Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, it is


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A and C-which issue
B-Present perfect tense is incorrect
D-you cant keep essential info in ,------,

As far as "It" is concerned , it is present in all statement hence I would not really look for its correctness
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by Indradeep » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:20 am
OA is E.
What did you mean by
D-you cant keep essential info in ,------,

How do you quantitatively distinguish essential info?

Also I meant that "it" refers to ?
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by iamcste » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:35 am
Indradeep wrote:OA is E.
What did you mean by
D-you cant keep essential info in ,------,

How do you quantitatively distinguish essential info?

Also I meant that "it" refers to ?
, making is a type of participle modifier

"one of the last habitable areas of the earth" is required for the meaning and cant be put in ,...,

( For more-Pls read modifiers from any grammar book)

It refers to "Madagascar"
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by niraj_a » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:35 am
E

i was confused between D and E as well. then i focused on the meaning of the sentence and noticed that M was ideal not because it was settled by humans, but because it was the 'last' place to be settled by humans. D violated this idea clearly.
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:42 am
E
A and C-which issue
B-Present perfect tense is incorrect
D-you cant keep essential info in ,------





wht do u mean by 'which issue' . wht is the prob with which pls explain
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by sudhir3127 » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:46 am
iamcste wrote:
Indradeep wrote:Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, which has made it an ideal site for researching rare flora and fauna.

(A) Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, which has made it
(B) Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to have undergone human settlement, and that has made it
(C) Madagascar underwent human settlement as one of the last habitable areas of the earth, which makes it
(D) Madagascar, one of the last habitable areas of the earth, underwent human settlement, making it
(E) Because Madagascar was one of the last habitable areas of the earth to undergo human settlement, it is


E
A and C-which issue
B-Present perfect tense is incorrect
D-you cant keep essential info in ,------,

As far as "It" is concerned , it is present in all statement hence I would not really look for its correctness
Dont u think E shud have been read as " to have undergone" rather than "to undergo"
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Re: Tense and use of "it"

by iamcste » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:48 am
vivek.kapoor83 wrote:

wht do u mean by 'which issue' . wht is the prob with which pls explain


Which as a noun modifier modifies "settlement"

so as per A -settlement made Madagascar the ideal site-this is incorrect

similary for C-Earth made Madagascar the ideal site-this is incorrect


Pls let me know for more doubts
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by iamcste » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:54 am
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Dont u think E shud have been read as " to have undergone" rather than "to undergo"[/quote]


No...As per me, Have undergone means present perfect..This means M* is still undergoing...If this is the case, it wont be ideal at all fôr flora and fauna"
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