Boomerang

[Dean Jones]

Dear Friends,

I'm having difficulty in answering the following question. Please help.

Regardless of their form or function, all aerodynamically enhanced, curved objects
made for throwing have been called boomerangs by non-Australians even since 1788,
when Europeans saw Dharug-peaking men tossing "bumariny" in the area later
known as Sydney.

A. Regardless of their form or function, all aerodynamically enhanced, curved objects
made for throwing have been called boomerangs by non-Australians even since 1788,
B. Regardless of their form or function, any aerodynamically enhanced, curved object
made for throwing has been called a boomerang by non-Australians even since 1788,
C. Ever since 1788, non-Australians have called all aerodynamically enhanced, curved
objects made for throwing boomerangs, regardless of their form or function, from
D. Ever since 1788, any aerodynamically enhanced, curved object made for throwing
has been called a boomerang by non-Australians, regardless of its form or function,
from
E. Non-Australians have called all aerodynamically enhanced, curved objects made for
throwing boomerang ever since 1788, regardless of their form or function, from

OA after some discussions.

Regards
Deano.

[patanjali.purpose]

A. Regardless of their form or function, all aerodynamically enhanced, curved objects
made for throwing have been called boomerangs by non-Australians even since 1788,

did not find any problem (hope EVEN is EVER). The opening modifier could modify objects. The non-underlined clause 'when..' modifies 1788. It is clear that OBJECTS have been called BOOMERANGS

B. Regardless of their form or function, any aerodynamically enhanced, curved object
made for throwing has been called a boomerang by non-Australians even since 1788,

THEIR does not match with ANY

C. Ever since 1788, non-Australians have called all aerodynamically enhanced, curved
objects made for throwing boomerangs, regardless of their form or function, from

Even though 'EVEN SINCE' appears better placed (but it creates problem with the non-underlined modifier - its not clear what does 'WHEN....' modifies).

Secondly, its not clear what objects are called. This is bcoz 'throwing boomerangs' appears part of the same prepositional phrase

D. Ever since 1788, any aerodynamically enhanced, curved object made for throwing
has been called a boomerang by non-Australians, regardless of its form or function,
from

Even though 'EVEN SINCE' appears better placed (but it creates problem with the non-underlined modifier - its not clear what does 'WHEN....' modifies).

Moreover, use of ANY changes the original meaning of the sentence (ALL OBJECTS are called BOOMERANGS; while this sentence ANY OBJECT are called BOOMERANG). Grammatically I did not find any issue though

E. Non-Australians have called all aerodynamically enhanced, curved objects made for
throwing boomerang ever since 1788, regardless of their form or function, from[/b]

its not clear what objects are called. This is bcoz 'throwing boomerangs' appears part of the same prepositional phrase

Secondly, ALL & BOOMERANG (singular) donot match

IMO A

[Dean Jones]

OA is AI'm still trying to understand why option B is not correct. Can anyone help?

[domgluck]

I hope im not necroing an old topic but I think it has to do with SV agreement as above person mentioned. I had trouble with this one too and just kinda stared at them for a little and then it made sense. Check out two examples below (capslock/underline used to emphasize) hope it helps:



A. Regardless of THEIR form or function, ALL aerodynamically enhanced, curved OBJECTS
made for throwing have been called BOOMERANGS by non-Australians even since 1788,

sounds ok right? ok check out B

B. Regardless of THEIR form or function, ANY aerodynamically enhanced, curved OBJECT
made for throwing has been called A BOOMERANG by non-Australians even since 1788,

but B. looks ok too, right? what if I made one change from THEIR to ITS, then I believe B would be correct, but in its written form B is not correct.

B. Regardless of ITS form or function, ANY aerodynamically enhanced, curved object
made for throwing has been called A BOOMERANG by non-Australians even since 1788,


So because B has THEIR instead of ITS it is not correct, therefore A is correct. Hope it helps.