In the field of eugenics, geneticists have thoroughly scrutinized the human genome and its ability to shape certain traits to select and pre-determine an increasing impressive number of physiological characteristics in the unborn, each "ready to order" to parents' specifications.
A) increasing impressive number of physiological characteristics in the unborn, each
B) increasingly impressive number of physiological characteristics in those not yet born, and each one
C) increasing impressive number of physiological characteristics in those unborn who are
D) increasingly impressive number of physiological characteristics in the unborn, all of them
E) increasingly impressive number of physiological characteristics in the unborn
OA E
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OPTION A:- INCORRECT
Increasing impressive number of physiological characteristics in the unborn, each -adjectives cannot modify adjectives cannot modify adjectives.
OPTION B:- INCORRECT
Increasingly impressive number of physiological characteristics in those not yet born, each one - the phrase starting with 'each ' is a modifier , a modifier cannot be connected with an 'and' so out of it.
OPTION C:- INCORRECT
Increasing impressive number physiological characteristics in those unborn who are - usage of increasing wrong. Same as in A.
OPTION D:- INCORRECT
Increasingly impressive number of physiological characteristics in the unborn, all of them- 'an increasingly impressive number of ' means plural then 'all of them may fit in' if you do not add 'an', then the word 'number' becomes the subject , and the word is singular, then 'all of them' is out of place. Alternatively, we can say 'increasingly impressive numbers' to make it plural to suit' all of them .
OPTION E:- CORRECT
Increasingly impressive number of physiological characteristics in the unborn- This is correct choice, with ' ready to order' modifying the unborn forthwith.
Increasing impressive number of physiological characteristics in the unborn, each -adjectives cannot modify adjectives cannot modify adjectives.
OPTION B:- INCORRECT
Increasingly impressive number of physiological characteristics in those not yet born, each one - the phrase starting with 'each ' is a modifier , a modifier cannot be connected with an 'and' so out of it.
OPTION C:- INCORRECT
Increasing impressive number physiological characteristics in those unborn who are - usage of increasing wrong. Same as in A.
OPTION D:- INCORRECT
Increasingly impressive number of physiological characteristics in the unborn, all of them- 'an increasingly impressive number of ' means plural then 'all of them may fit in' if you do not add 'an', then the word 'number' becomes the subject , and the word is singular, then 'all of them' is out of place. Alternatively, we can say 'increasingly impressive numbers' to make it plural to suit' all of them .
OPTION E:- CORRECT
Increasingly impressive number of physiological characteristics in the unborn- This is correct choice, with ' ready to order' modifying the unborn forthwith.
