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Accelerating faster than most racecars, the Cheetah can reach 45 mph Updated on: 28 Apr 2020, 04:51
Originally posted by feruz77 on 21 Nov 2010, 05:47.
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Accelerating faster than most racecars, the Cheetah can reach 45 mph in 2 seconds from a standing start, and believed to be one of the fastest mammals in the animal kingdom.

(A) believed to be
(B) that is believed to have been
(C) is believed to be
(D) which is believed to be
(E) which are believed to be
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Accelerating faster than most racecars, the Cheetah can reach 45 mph 21 Nov 2010, 09:51
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If you are going to conjunct with the co-ordinate “and “ , then you have to have a full fledged independent clause in the second part with at least a verb and C is the only one with an independent clause in the second part. So C is the right fit
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If you are going to conjunct with the co-ordinate “and “ , then you have to have a full fledged independent clause in the second part with at least a verb and C is the only one with an independent clause in the second part. So C is the right fit
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I wonder why they called it 600-700 level because "is believed to be" is something which can be read anywhere from newspapers to magazines. You don't have to be grammarian to answer C.
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Accelerating faster than most racecars, the Cheetah can reach 45 mph 21 Nov 2010, 22:35
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yeah .. Clearly answer is C - Cheetah - s/g - Is
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my take is C. in my point of view A is nonsensical. B, D and E have pronoun referent error, correct me if i am wrong
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Accelerating faster than most racecars, the Cheetah can reach 45 mph 03 Jun 2012, 05:41
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Accelerating faster than most racecars, the Cheetah can reach 45 mph in 2 seconds from a standing start, and believed to be one of the fastest mammals in the animal kingdom.

(A) believed to be
(B) that is believed to have been
(C) is believed to be
(D) which is believed to be
(E) which are believed to be
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Without knowing the "underlined portion" it is not easy to pick the right answer for this question.

If the underline portion includes the comma, then the answer would be c.

If it does not, then?
I would pick d.
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The correct structure of the sentence should be: Cheetah CAN reach 45 mph in 2 seconds from a standing start, and IS believed to be one of the fastest mammals...
Only C makes sense.
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Accelerating faster than most racecars, the Cheetah can reach 45 mph in 2 seconds from a standing start, and believed to be one of the fastest mammals in the animal kingdom.

(A) believed to be
(B) that is believed to have been
(C) is believed to be
(D) which is believed to be
(E) which are believed to be
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the Cheetah can reach 45 mph in 2 seconds from a standing start,
and
the Cheetah is believed to be one of the fastest mammals in the animal kingdom.

Answer must be (C)
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Accelerating faster than most racecars, the Cheetah can reach 45 mph 18 Oct 2020, 04:03
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Accelerating faster than most racecars, the Cheetah can reach 45 mph in 2 seconds from a standing start, and believed to be one of the fastest mammals in the animal kingdom.

(A) believed to be
(B) that is believed to have been
(C) is believed to be
(D) which is believed to be
(E) which are believed to be

the Cheetah can reach 45 mph in 2 seconds from a standing start,
and
the Cheetah is believed to be one of the fastest mammals in the animal kingdom.

Answer must be (C)
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Consider a tweak in the statement, would this be correct:
the cheetah is xxxx and
the cheetah is believed to be one of the fastest mammals in the animal kingdom.
=> the cheetah is xxxx, and is believed to be one of the fastest mammals in the animal kingdom.
(Note: "is" before believed in the statement above is striked off)
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Accelerating faster than most racecars, the Cheetah can reach 45 mph 20 Oct 2020, 00:10
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