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by [email protected] » Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:42 am
Prompted by observations of seemingly related species in neighboring locales that he made during his five-year voyage around the world on the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin conceived his theory of natural selection in which all species evolved over time from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors.

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A in which all species evolved over time from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors

B in which all species evolve from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors over time

C whereby over time all species evolve from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors

D whereby all species have evolved over time from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors

E whereby all species evolved over time from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors

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by GmatKiss » Mon Apr 23, 2012 1:28 am
Prompted by observations of seemingly related species in neighboring locales that he made during his five-year voyage around the world on the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin conceived his theory of natural selection in which all species evolved over time from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors.

A in which all species evolved over time from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors

B in which all species evolve from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors over time

C whereby over time all species evolve from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors

D whereby all species have evolved over time from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors

E whereby all species evolved over time from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors

IMO: A
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Mon Apr 23, 2012 1:42 am
[email protected] wrote:Prompted by observations of seemingly related species in neighboring locales that he made during his five-year voyage around the world on the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin conceived his theory of natural selection in which all species evolved over time from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors.

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A in which all species evolved over time from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors

B in which all species evolve from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors over time - misplaced adverbial modifier.

C whereby over time all species evolve from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors

D whereby all species have evolved over time from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors

E whereby all species evolved over time from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors

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by [email protected] » Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:17 am
nope A is not the OA
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by jordan23 » Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:16 am
IMO E

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[email protected] wrote:Prompted by observations of seemingly related species in neighboring locales that he made during his five-year voyage around the world on the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin conceived his theory of natural selection in which all species evolved over time from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors.

Choices
A in which all species evolved over time from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors

B in which all species evolve from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors over time

C whereby over time all species evolve from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors

D whereby all species have evolved over time from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors

E whereby all species evolved over time from a single ancestor or very few common ancestors

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by sam2304 » Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:31 am
A/B - the usage of 'in which' seems to convey that species evolved in his theory - gives wrong meaning.
C - evolve - wrong tense
D - have evolved - same error as above
E - whereby - also means 'through which' - this seems more appropriate

IMO E.
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