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A Harvard anthropologist has proposed that using fire to cook food could be dated back to almost
two million years and that it could explain hominid features like having a large brain and small
teeth.
A. using fire to cook food could be dated back to almost two million years and that it could explain
hominid features like having
B. the use of fire to cook food could date back almost two million years and could explain such
hominid features as
C. cooking food with fire could date back to almost two million years, explaining hominid features
like
D. fire used to cook food could date back almost two million years, explaining hominid features
such as having
E. fire used for cooking food could be dated back to almost two million years and explain hominid
features like
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Re: harvard anthropologist [#permalink] New post 08 Jun 2012, 07:49
A Harvard anthropologist has proposed that using fire to cook food could be dated back to almost
two million years and that it could explain hominid features like having a large brain and small
teeth.
A. using fire to cook food could be dated back to almost two million years and that it could explain
hominid features like having
B. the use of fire to cook food could date back almost two million years and could explain such
hominid features as
C. cooking food with fire could date back to almost two million years, explaining hominid features
like
D. fire used to cook food could date back almost two million years, explaining hominid features
such as having
E. fire used for cooking food could be dated back to almost two million years and explain hominid
features like

First split:
Use of "such as" versus "like"
In this case we need to use "such as" since the author is trying to state an example (examples).
Thus, we eliminate (A) (C) (E), left with (B) and (D)

I thought of two reasons why I cancelled (D).
First is parallelism. The author is trying to state two ideas that should be parallel.
Second is use of tense. We don't need to use "such as having."
Hence, we eliminate (D)

We have (B).
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Re: harvard anthropologist [#permalink] New post 08 Jun 2012, 08:39
gmatsaga wrote:
A Harvard anthropologist has proposed that using fire to cook food could be dated back to almost
two million years and that it could explain hominid features like having a large brain and small
teeth.
A. using fire to cook food could be dated back to almost two million years and that it could explain
hominid features like having
B. the use of fire to cook food could date back almost two million years and could explain such
hominid features as
C. cooking food with fire could date back to almost two million years, explaining hominid features
like
D. fire used to cook food could date back almost two million years, explaining hominid features
such as having
E. fire used for cooking food could be dated back to almost two million years and explain hominid
features like

First split:
Use of "such as" versus "like"
In this case we need to use "such as" since the author is trying to state an example (examples).
Thus, we eliminate (A) (C) (E), left with (B) and (D)

I thought of two reasons why I cancelled (D).
First is parallelism. The author is trying to state two ideas that should be parallel.
Second is use of tense. We don't need to use "such as having."
Hence, we eliminate (D)

We have (B).



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Re: harvard anthropologist   [#permalink] 08 Jun 2012, 08:39
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