asaar wrote:
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 five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent have vanished.
Meaning :
500 Million different Species have appeared on earth and 99% have vanished .( We are among lucky 1 %
)
Error In original sentence.
Sentence construction - " them vanishing" Second part does not have verb "vanishing" is not verb.
Two ideas Appeared and vanished are not connected through proper connection word.
Them in second part does not sound proper and illogically refer to 500 million number (not sure if this reason is wrong to eliminate them)
POE
A. Five hundred million different species of living creatures have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent of them
vanishing.
Incorrect - Reason explained above
B. Nearly 99 percent of five hundred million different species of living creatures that
appeared on Earth have vanished.
Caluse 1 - Nearly 99 percent (Fluff) have vanished - Correct
Clause 2 - that (species) appeared on Earth - Species appeared and effect is still on ( we are still on earth). Hence present perfect have appeared is right.
Incorrect
C. Vanished are nearly 99 percent of the five hundred million different species of living creatures that appeared on Earth.
Incorrect structure - Vanished are something. this is not correct. we wanted to say something is vanished.
D. Of five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent
of them have vanished.
clause 1 - Of five hundred million different species of living creatures, nearly 99 percent
of them have vanished
Them doesn't not have antecedent.
Incorrect.
E. Of five hundred million different species of living creatures that have appeared on Earth, nearly 99 percent have vanished
Removes the error introduced in option D.
Creatures have appeared - Correct
Of five hundred million different species of living creatures,nearly 99 percent have vanished - correct
Correct answer - E
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