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by madhur_ahuja » Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:25 am
Five hundred million different species of living creatures have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent of them vanishing.


A. Five hundred million different species of living creatures have appeared on Earth,nearly 99 percent of them vanishing.

B. Nearly 99 percent of five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth have vanished.

C. Vanished are nearly 99 percent of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth.

D. Of five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent of them have vanished.

E. Of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent have vanished.
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by Vemuri » Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:35 am
madhur_ahuja wrote:Five hundred million different species of living creatures have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent of them vanishing.


A. Five hundred million different species of living creatures have appeared on Earth,nearly 99 percent of them vanishing.

B. Nearly 99 percent of five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth have vanished.

C. Vanished are nearly 99 percent of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth.
Awkward construction

D. Of (the) five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent of them have vanished.
ambiguous pronoun reference. "Them" can refer to species or creatures.

E. Of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent have vanished.
Between B & E, I feel B is more concise & clear. I feel in E, nearly 99 percent have vanished is not indicative of what vanished.
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by pratikgandhi » Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:53 am
IMO E.. Even I was confused between B and E... :-) ... OA please

I like the use of "the" five hundred million... "the" makes the meaning clear..
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by kc_raj » Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:28 pm
IMO A, C, are awkward constructions

IN B, 99 percent of five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth,
it is different from the original statement that states 500million.... have appeared on earth. B does not limit the number of species that has appeared to 500million.

Between D and E,

E has incomplete statement-nearly 99 percent of what?

D is correctly referring back to the species of living creatures using pronoun them.
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by mehravikas » Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:08 pm
should be E, use of "the" is must here...
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by Vemuri » Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:37 pm
What is the OA?
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by tohellandback » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:38 pm
IMO E,
'the' must be used
The powers of two are bloody impolite!!
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by hetavdave » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:38 pm
IMO -E
I choose E because of "The". I am caught between B and E. Not able to point out but B seemed a bit awkward to me.

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Re: Five hundred million different species

by thetrystero » Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:56 pm
madhur_ahuja wrote:Five hundred million different species of living creatures have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent of them vanishing.


A. Five hundred million different species of living creatures have appeared on Earth,nearly 99 percent of them vanishing.

B. Nearly 99 percent of five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth have vanished.

C. Vanished are nearly 99 percent of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth.

D. Of five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent of them have vanished.

E. Of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent have vanished.
E.
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by ajay_deepak » Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:43 pm
I will go with D, what is OA?

The reasons same as stated by kc_raj.
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by tohellandback » Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:47 pm
kc_raj wrote:IMO A, C, are awkward constructions

IN B, 99 percent of five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth,
it is different from the original statement that states 500million.... have appeared on earth. B does not limit the number of species that has appeared to 500million.

Between D and E,

E has incomplete statement-nearly 99 percent of what?

D is correctly referring back to the species of living creatures using pronoun them.
Of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent have vanished.
Statement start with "of". It is clear that 99 percent of the species
The powers of two are bloody impolite!!
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by rseeker2 » Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:42 pm
E. 'the' is necessary here.
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by n_niaz » Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:08 am
E is the correct answer
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by anksgupta » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:35 am
IMO E. Along with "the" factor as discussed above, I found have vanished parallel with have appeared whcih is missing in B. So choose E

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by nitya34 » Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:00 am
In some forum , quoting paper test source, OA given is B

GWD document says OA-E
Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.
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