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Five hundred million different species of living creatures [#permalink]
 25 Dec 2004, 01:11
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Five hundred million different species of living creatures have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent of them vanishing.
A. Five hundred million different species of living creatures have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent of them vanishing.
B. Nearly 99 percent of five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth have vanished.
C. Vanished are nearly 99 percent of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth.
D. Of five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent of them have vanished.
E. Of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that have
appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent have vanished.
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I think (E) as well. Here is my analysis. Let me know if it is wrong
A. Five hundred million different species of living creatures have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent of them vanishing.
"nearly 99 percent of them vanishing" grammatically incorrect
B. Nearly 99 percent of five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth have vanished.
Not sure about the use of "nearly" here! This makes me think there is more than "five hundred million different species"
C. Vanished are nearly 99 percent of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth.
"Vanished are" is awkward
D. Of five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent of them have vanished.
Should have "the" to identify "five hundred million different species" specifically.
E. Of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent have vanished.
This one looks best.
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Between B & E, I think I will pick B.
B I believe is in active and E in passive voice...
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Gayathri,
Between B and E, I would pick E. "that appeared on earth have vanished" does 'that' refer to 500m or 99% of 500m. I am not sure...so, I pick E.
Can anyone explain?
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Between B & E, I pick E as present perfect for "have appeared" is much better than the past tense for "appeared". The latter one refers to a completed action and implies those creatures appeared in the past and disappeared at present.....
So I think E is better in terms of meaning.
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E uses both the correct tense structure and the definite article with the number of species.
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I will also Pick E. The reason given by Hcgmat is perfect!. I have to same reasoing for picking E. In B it seems "they appeared" it seems that the action is already completed.. and now no more exist..?
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Hello folks
But the OA is B.
What's wrong in earth?
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ob wrote: E uses both the correct tense structure and the definite article with the number of species.
welcome back ob 
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chunjuwu wrote: Hello folks
But the OA is B.
What's wrong in earth?
Can you please Tell us the source of the problem Because I don't know y I still don't How OA is B. I mean " that appeared" seems to be action completed.
I mean may be Iam wrong but any exp given in the book? or something like that?>
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Welcome back OB, long time since you last posted.
I picked B
here is my 2 cents, please correct me if I am wrong
in B prepositional phrases "of living creatures" "on Earth" nicely modifies subject species
in E, dependent clause "Of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that have
appeared on Earth" is set off by another dependent clause "nearly 99 percent have vanished". I am not really sure what the second one is modifying. At least one of them should have been an independent clause
More over, construction of prepositional phrases
of the ..(.......) of living creatures .....(), seems little awkward
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I am sorry Praveen I was not able to understand your explanation. Moreover I think this question has more to do with TENSES rather than with some High Funda grammar.
Well I don't know somehow I am having trouble with tenses.
Any recoms!
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saurabhmalpani wrote: I am sorry Praveen I was not able to understand your explanation. Moreover I think this question has more to do with TENSES rather than with some High Funda grammar.
Well I don't know somehow I am having trouble with tenses.
Any recoms!
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Saurabh Malpani
Saurabh,
I never looked at it that way, you are right choice E has a tense problem too.
"that have appeared on Earth" in E means that different species of living creatures existed on earth and they no longer do
choice B correctly states appeared meaning few species still does.
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Hi! Praveen
I guess you are looking in the opposite way. Well E read "present perfect" that is action is still in process rt? Which Sounds better to my ears may be I am missing something. Whereas in B it reads " that appeared" well seems that the action is completed no more species are evolved now.
You c what I am trying to say?
Well I guess have to go and ask my prof now!
I hate bugging him. I am having some real problems with tenses.
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Can anyone explain B pls ?
E does not explaIN 99 PERCENT OF what ?
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'E' has two present perfect forms which is not correct.
The sentence uses 'the five hundred million' to denote the number of species and it goes on to use 'have appeared on earth' which means that the number of living creatures are still increasing but that is not the intent of the sentence and moreover I do not think that one can use two present perfect forms in one sentence.
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Can someone compare choice D and E? how is the word "the" changing the meaning?
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OA is D.
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Hey noboru, the below explanation should help. I was not sure if I could paste the link in the forum, hence copying the explanation. The explanation is by a very good manhattan staff and so I can vouch the authenticity of the same. Quote: By StaceyKoprince
I'm not a fan of this source overall.
I'd go with E. Besides being generally awkward, B has a verb tense issue. It says "species that appeared" on earth. Appeared is simple past but, in this case, we want present perfect. We use past tense to discuss something that is completely over; we use present perfect to discuss something that started in the past but is either still true or still going on in the present. It is still true that the species appeared, so we want to say "have appeared" - which answer E does use and answer B does not.
Whats the diff when I say -
Of the five hundred million different species
vs
Of five hundred million different species
If you insert the word "the" you are indicating that you have already been talking about these species and you're referring to them again. Without the "the" - it's the first instance in which you are talking about them.
Hence E.
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