dominicraj wrote:
Nile perch, voracious predators that will eat anything smaller than themselves, are natives of northern Africa but were introduced to Tanzania’s Lake Victoria in a foolhardy attempt during the 1960s of boosting the local sport-fishing industry; since their introduction,these sturdy fish have decimated most other aquatic species in the lake.
Lets cut the flab -
1. Nile perch,
voracious predators that will eat anything smaller than themselves, are natives of northern Africa but were introduced to Tanzania’s Lake Victoria in a foolhardy attempt during the 1960s of boosting the local sport-fishing industry.........................
2. Nile perch, are natives of northern Africa but were introduced to Tanzania’s Lake Victoria in a foolhardy attempt during the 1960s of boosting the local sport-fishing industry.........................
native of - Used only for people
native to - Used for people / other species.
Here the correct usage will be " native to "
A.
are natives of northern Africa but were introduced to Tanzania’s Lake Victoria in a foolhardy attempt during the 1960s of boosting -
IncorrectB.
are native in northern Africa but were introduced to Tanzania’s Lake Victoria during the 1960s as foolhardy attempts to boost -
IncorrectC.
are native to northern Africa but
were introduced to Tanzania’s Lake Victoria during the 1960s
in a foolhardy attempt to boost - Gramatically Perfect.
D.
had been native to northern Africa but during the 1960s were introduced to Tanzania’s Lake Victoria in a foolhardy attempt to boost -
Incorrect , unnecessary use of Past Perfect E.
are native to northern Africa but were
introduced to Tanzania’s Lake Victoria as a foolhardy attempt of boosting -
Incorrect Hence IMHO (C) fits best.