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Updated on: 20 Feb 2019, 22:19
Originally posted by vignesh_unl on 13 Aug 2008, 22:17.
Last edited by Bunuel on 20 Feb 2019, 22:19, edited 1 time in total.
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Astronomers at the Palomar Observatory have discovered a distant supernova explosion, one that they believe is a type previously unknown to science.
(A) that they believe is
(B) that they believe it to be
(C) they believe that it is of
(D) they believe that is
(E) they believe to be of
(A) that they believe is
(B) that they believe it to be
(C) they believe that it is of
(D) they believe that is
(E) they believe to be of
https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/27/science/science-watch-new-kind-of-supernova.html?nytmobile=0
Two astronomers using the 200-inch telescope at Palomar Observatory, Calif., have stumbled on a distant supernova explosion - one they believe to be of a type previously unknown to science.
Choice E is best. The pronoun that in A and B should be deleted, since the pronoun one is sufficient to introduce the modifier and the sentence is more fluid without that. In B and C, it and that it are intrusive and ungrammatical: the idiom is “believe x to be y.” In the context of this sentence, the infinitive to be is more appropriate than the limited present-tense is in referring to an event that occurred long ago but has been discovered only recently. Finally, A, B, and D lack of and so illogically equated this particular explosion with the whole class of explosions to which it belongs: it is not a type but possible one of a type.
Among the emotions on display in the negotiating room were anger for repeatedly raising the issue over and over again and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal.
(A) were anger for repeatedly raising the issue over and over again and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal
(B) was anger for repeatedly raising the issue and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal
(C) were anger over repeatedly raising the issue and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles to begin healing
(D) was anger about the issue, which was raised over and over, and preventing the wounds from earlier battles, still raw, to begin healing
(E) were anger about the issue, which was raised repeatedly, and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles to begin to heal
Two astronomers using the 200-inch telescope at Palomar Observatory, Calif., have stumbled on a distant supernova explosion - one they believe to be of a type previously unknown to science.
Choice E is best. The pronoun that in A and B should be deleted, since the pronoun one is sufficient to introduce the modifier and the sentence is more fluid without that. In B and C, it and that it are intrusive and ungrammatical: the idiom is “believe x to be y.” In the context of this sentence, the infinitive to be is more appropriate than the limited present-tense is in referring to an event that occurred long ago but has been discovered only recently. Finally, A, B, and D lack of and so illogically equated this particular explosion with the whole class of explosions to which it belongs: it is not a type but possible one of a type.
Among the emotions on display in the negotiating room were anger for repeatedly raising the issue over and over again and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal.
(A) were anger for repeatedly raising the issue over and over again and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal
(B) was anger for repeatedly raising the issue and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal
(C) were anger over repeatedly raising the issue and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles to begin healing
(D) was anger about the issue, which was raised over and over, and preventing the wounds from earlier battles, still raw, to begin healing
(E) were anger about the issue, which was raised repeatedly, and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles to begin to heal
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Astronomers at the Palomar Observatory have discovered a distant supernova explosion, one that they believe is a type previously unknown to science.
(A) that they believe is
one already works as pronoun, use of that is not required.
Preposition 'of' is required before 'type'
'believe to be' is idiomatic
(B) that they believe it to be
Similar to A
'it' is redundant
(C) they believe that it is of
'believe to be' is idiomatic
(D) they believe that is
'believe that is' unidiomatic
Missing the require Preposition 'of'
(E) they believe to be of
Correct removal of the duplicate pronoun 'that'
'believe to be' is idiomatic
Preposition 'of' is correctly used
(A) that they believe is
one already works as pronoun, use of that is not required.
Preposition 'of' is required before 'type'
'believe to be' is idiomatic
(B) that they believe it to be
Similar to A
'it' is redundant
(C) they believe that it is of
'believe to be' is idiomatic
(D) they believe that is
'believe that is' unidiomatic
Missing the require Preposition 'of'
(E) they believe to be of
Correct removal of the duplicate pronoun 'that'
'believe to be' is idiomatic
Preposition 'of' is correctly used
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A lot of folks are incorrectly stating that "that" is incorrect or redundant after "one." While there are certainly forms that allow us to skip "that," it's not incorrect here. We can say "one that they believe" or "one that they believe," depending on whether our meaning seems clear enough without the "that." "One" is a pronoun here, but it works just the way a noun does, and we can modify it the way we'd modify any noun.
A few examples:
I shared a poem that I believed was masterfully written. (Here, "that" helps to make it immediately clear that I believed something about the poem, rather than that I believed the poem itself. This is a common reason to include "that" or "who/whom.")
I shared several poems, including one that I believed was masterfully written.
I met many people that day, but there was one person I couldn't forget. ("That," or better yet, "whom," wouldn't be wrong here, but the meaning is 100% clear as is.)
Sitting across from me was a person I had believed to be dead.
Sitting across from me was a person whom I had believed was dead. (This second version feels clunkier. Although the "whom" makes it clear that I will be describing my belief, rather than saying I believed the person, the meaning was already fairly clear in the first version. I think some of the awkwardness comes from the switch from past perfect--had believed--to simple past--was. Although this switch is correct, it creates more work for the reader than the previous version, with its time-independent use of "to be.")
A few examples:
I shared a poem that I believed was masterfully written. (Here, "that" helps to make it immediately clear that I believed something about the poem, rather than that I believed the poem itself. This is a common reason to include "that" or "who/whom.")
I shared several poems, including one that I believed was masterfully written.
I met many people that day, but there was one person I couldn't forget. ("That," or better yet, "whom," wouldn't be wrong here, but the meaning is 100% clear as is.)
Sitting across from me was a person I had believed to be dead.
Sitting across from me was a person whom I had believed was dead. (This second version feels clunkier. Although the "whom" makes it clear that I will be describing my belief, rather than saying I believed the person, the meaning was already fairly clear in the first version. I think some of the awkwardness comes from the switch from past perfect--had believed--to simple past--was. Although this switch is correct, it creates more work for the reader than the previous version, with its time-independent use of "to be.")
