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by ektamatta » Fri May 30, 2008 9:51 am
Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes and so were probably without language, a shortcoming that may explain why they were supplanted by our own species.
(A) Neanderthals had a vocal tract that resembled those of the apes
(B) Neanderthals had a vocal tract resembling an ape’s
(C) The vocal tracts of Neanderthals resembled an ape’s
(D) The Neanderthal’s vocal tracts resembled the apes’
(E) The vocal tracts of the Neanderthals resembled those of the apes

OA is B
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by rey.fernandez » Fri May 30, 2008 9:39 pm
The portion of the sentence that is not underlined gives a good clue here: "and so were probably without language." The "and" tells us that the subject of the verb "were" must also be the subject of the underlined portion.

Eliminate options C, D, and E: in these "vocal tracts" is the subject, but vocal tracts can't be without language. A and B have "Neanderthals" as the subject, so they are viable options.

Eliminate A because of the lack of agreement between "vocal tract" and "those."

The correct answer is B.
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