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767. The increased popularity and availability of televisions has led to the decline of regional dialects, language variations which originate from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated by geographic isolation.
(A) which originate from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated
(B) that originated from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated
(C) originated from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated
(D) originating from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated
(E) originating from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuating
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I prefer E.. no wonder if it is D because one OG problem is almost similar to this one. will make sure/correct, if so...
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B,need that to understand that languages originated and perpetuated
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banerjeea_98 wrote: 767. The increased popularity and availability of televisions has led to the decline of regional dialects, language variations which originate from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated by geographic isolation.
(A) which originate from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated
(B) that originated from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated
(C) originated from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated
(D) originating from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated
(E) originating from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuating
one more for E. 'originate' and 'perpetuate' need active voice rather than passive voice.
Do you mean this
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Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.
(A) extending
(B) extends
(C) extended
(D) it extended
(E) is extending
one is active voice and the other is passive voice.
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(D) it is .... seems to be very clear.
(E) is wrong because 'perpetuating by' is not the correct usage. Rather it should be 'perpetuated by' and hence (D).
A,B and C are out because they dont fit into the 'present tense' context.
HTH
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D) "...language variations originating from..." (active) and "...perpetuated by..." (passive) the 1st verb "orginate" needs to be a present participle and the 2nd verb "perpetuate" a past participle to show the active/passive funktion.
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I will go with 'B'
Shouldn't there be an 'AND' before language variations.
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Can someone, who has chosen "D", explain why he/she rejected "B".
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chunjuwu wrote: one more for E. 'originate' and 'perpetuate' need active voice rather than passive voice. Do you mean this
OG210: Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.
(A) extending
(B) extends
(C) extended
(D) it extended
(E) is extending
one is active voice and the other is passive voice. thanx chunjuwu, i was talking exactly about this one. i like dobb's explanation. dobb wrote: (D) it is .... seems to be very clear. (E) is wrong because 'perpetuating by' is not the correct usage. Rather it should be 'perpetuated by' and hence (D). A,B and C are out because they dont fit into the 'present tense' context. HTH
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banerjeea_98 wrote: Can someone, who has chosen "D", explain why he/she rejected "B".
IMO B) is out because "originate" and "perpetuate" would modifiy "variiations" but we need to modify "language variations". moreover i think that the "that" should be in front of "perpetuate" as well. but thats not the point. i think more imortant is the former.
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OA is "D"
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