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sravanth wrote: Fossils of the arm of a sloth found in Puerto Rico in 1991, and dated at 34 million years old, made it the earliest known mammal of the Greater Antilles Islands.
(A) sloth found in Puerto Rico in 1991, and dated at 34 million years old, made it the earliest known mammal of
(B) sloth, that they found in Puerto Rico in 1991, has been dated at 34 million years old, thus making it the earliest mammal known on
(C) sloth that was found in Puerto Rico in 1991, was dated at 34 million years old, making this the earliest known mammal of
(D) sloth, found in Puerto Rico in 1991, have been dated at 34 million years old, making the sloth the earliest known mammal on
(E) sloth which, found in Puerto Rico in 1991, was dated at 34 million years old, made the sloth the earliest known mammal of Fossils is the subject but in the second part of the sentence the sloth is the subject. hence we cannot use "it" in the second part to refer to sloth, it refers to Fossils. E is incorrect usage of which. Hence D is the correct option.
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Hi All, Fossils of the arm of a sloth found in Puerto Rico in 1991, and dated at 34 million years old, made it the earliest known mammal of the Greater Antilles Islands. For the detailed solution of this question, click on the following link: http://e-gmat.com/blogs/?p=285Hope this helps. thanks. Shraddha
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This is how I would go about it. 1. The subject fossils is plural and all choices containing singular verbs – has been dated in B, was dated in C and was dated in E are out in just a stroke of hand. 2. In A, although we can solace ourselves that the pronoun it logically refers to sloth, still the choice is using a wrong idiom ‘mammal of’ 3. D uses right plural verb ‘have been dated,avoids the uncomfortable pronoun it and uses the right idiom mammal on Simple hop, step and go
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