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by aaggar7 » Fri May 31, 2013 9:57 pm
Having logged thousands of hours watching primates from chimpanzees to macaques,
chimps and other primates are no longer thought to be natural-born killers by Dr.
Swenson, they are attuned to peacemaking.

A.chimps and other primates are no longer thought to be natural-born killers by Dr.
Swenson, they

B. Dr. Swenson has come to believe that far from being natural-born killers, chimps
and other primates

C. Dr. Swenson has now the belief that far from being natural-born killers, chimps
and other primates

D. chimps and other primates are not longer thought to be natural-born killers by Dr.
Swenson, they

E. chimps and other primates are no more thought to be natural-born killers by Dr.
Swenson, they

B or C???
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by veenu08 » Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:10 am
IMO B
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by fulltapori » Mon Jun 03, 2013 10:59 am
IMO B
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by snigdha1605 » Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:00 pm
Definitely - B
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by Gowri@CrackVerbal » Tue Jun 04, 2013 2:06 am
B is certainly a better option than C for the following reasons:
1. 'has come to believe that' in option B clearly brings out the intended meaning that Dr Swenson came to this conclusion on the basis of his hours of watching these animals. 'has now the belief that' in option C does not provide as strong a connector between these two.
2. The construction 'has now the belief that' is very awkward. The right way to write this would be 'now has the belief that'
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by iongmat » Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:52 am
Gowri@CrackVerbal wrote:C has the passive structure 'has now the belief that'
This is not passive structure.
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by Gowri@CrackVerbal » Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:27 pm
iongmat wrote:
Gowri@CrackVerbal wrote:C has the passive structure 'has now the belief that'
This is not passive structure.
You are right - I missed it. The passive structure would be '...the belief is now had that...'
I have edited my response. Thanks! :)
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