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The line of descent

by rahulg83 » Sat May 16, 2009 11:06 pm
The line of descent of apes and humans is believed by most paleontologists that it split into several branches some time between 20 million and 5 million years ago

A) that it split
B) to have split
C) to split
D) that they were split
E) to be split

I chose E, but answer is given as B
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by Vemuri » Sun May 17, 2009 9:40 am
The sentence requires infinitive (to + verb). That leaves us with B, C & E.

B - The present perfect tense is correct.
C - Conveys present continous tense. Wrong.
E - Present perfect tense is required.
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by rahulg83 » Sun May 17, 2009 7:23 pm
i haven't thought on these terms, rather was looking for idiomatic usage.
Is "believed to be" a idiom? (If there is one like this)
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