ArvGMAT wrote:
Hailed as a key discovery in the science of evolution, the fossils of a large scaly creature resembling both a fish and a land-animal provide evidence of a possible link in the evolutionary chain from water-based to land-based organisms.
(A) the fossils of a large scaly creature resembling both a fish and a land-animal provide evidence of
(B) a large scaly creature resembling both a fish and a land-animal provides fossils that are evidence
(C) a large scaly creature, whose fossils resemble both a fish and a land-animal, provides evidence of
(D) the fossils of a large scaly creature, which resembles both a fish and a land-animal, provides evidence of
(E) the fossils of a large scaly creature resemble both a fish and a land-animal and provide evidence of
What's "hailed as a key discovery in the scienc eof evolution"? Based on all answers below, it makes more sense to be the "fossils". So B and C are out.
And comparing among A, D and E, the major difference is the placement of modifier for "creature". In E it's phrased as "the fossils... resemble both a fish...", "resemble" illogically modifies "fossils" instead of "creatures". While in D, the main verb is "provides" which didn't agree in number with "fossils".
So correct answer is A.