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As a result of the ground-breaking work of Barbara [#permalink]
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As a result of the ground-breaking work of Barbara McClintock, many scientists now believe that all of the information encoded in 50,000 to 100,000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely three percent of the cell’s DNA.
(A) 50,000 to 100,000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely
(B) 50,000 to 100,000 of the human cell’s different genes are contained in a mere
(C) the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found in human cells are contained in merely
(D) 50,000 to 100,000 of human cell’s different genes is contained in merely
(E) the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found in a human cell is contained in a mere
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It's E.
- Proper use of definite article "the"
- "all of the information" is singular so "is" is required.
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Straight E.
As a result of the ground-breaking work of Barbara McClintock, many scientists now believe that all of the information encoded in the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found in a human cell is contained in a mere three percent of the cell’s DNA.
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I approached differently. First I narrowed down between B and E because "three percent" is a noun and should be modified by an adjective "mere" not by anadverb "merely". Then I found that information is singular and "are" should NOT be used (as used in B) with that.
Hence its E
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b14kumar wrote: It's E.
- Proper use of definite article "the"
- "all of the information" is singular so "is" is required.
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Brajesh
i agree with E.
But i don't fully understand what is "proper use of 'the'".
Can you explain more?
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E.
'Information' is singular, so A, B, C are out.
'50,000 to 100,000 of human cell’s different genes' is incorrect, so D is out.
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b14kumar wrote: - Proper use of definite article "the"
can someone, please, explain proper use of the article "THE"
this is the 2nd question I see people refer to proper use of "THE" and I am very hazy on it
thanks
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Clear E.
"the" is required as we are talking about something specific (50000 genes)
Also "merely" is incorrect.
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Re: As a result of the ground-breaking work of Barbara [#permalink]
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As a result of the ground-breaking work of Barbara McClintock, many scientists now believe that all of the information encoded in 50,000 to 100,000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely three percent of the cell’s DNA. (A) 50,000 to 100,000 of the different genes found in a human cell are contained in merely (B) 50,000 to 100,000 of the human cell’s different genes are contained in a mere (C) the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found in human cells are contained in merely (D) 50,000 to 100,000 of human cell’s different genes is contained in merely (E) the 50,000 to 100,000 different genes found in a human cell is contained in a mere Can somebody clarify the usage of 'the' in the answer choices D, E? Please expert, I need help on this.
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Re: As a result of the ground-breaking work of Barbara [#permalink]
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E is the correct answer. - Proper use of definite article "the" - "all of the information" is singular so "is" is required.
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