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Astronomers have discovered what is now the largest known structure - Updated on: 10 Jul 2018, 23:11
Originally posted by pushpitkc on 10 Jul 2018, 23:01.
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Astronomers have discovered what is now the largest known structure in the universe- the Supervoid, an incredibly big hole in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and stretching more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end


A. an incredibly big hole in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and stretching more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end

B. an incredibly big hole in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and stretches more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end

C. an incredibly big hole in space distinguishing by its unusual emptiness and stretching more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end

D. a hole incredibly big in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and stretch more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end

E. a hole incredibly big in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and its stretch more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end


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Astronomers have discovered what is now the largest known structure - 11 Jul 2018, 01:09
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+1 for E.

A. an incredibly big hole in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and stretching more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end --> Incorrect
B. an incredibly big hole in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and stretches more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end --> Incorrect
C. an incredibly big hole in space distinguishing by its unusual emptiness and stretching more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end --> Incorrect
D. a hole incredibly big in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and stretch more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end --> Incorrect
E. a hole incredibly big in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and its stretch more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end --> Correct

Hence, E.
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Astronomers have discovered what is now the largest known structure - 11 Jul 2018, 02:55
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A and B both are fine.
ill go with B.
Verb-ing in the middle always looks sketchy. B looks crisp and clean
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Astronomers have discovered what is now the largest known structure - 11 Jul 2018, 09:23
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E. a hole incredibly big in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and its stretch more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end
1. In E, the phrase 'more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end' seems to modify both the emptiness and the stretch, an illogical proposition, as emptiness cannot be measured in length. This arises because 'distinguished by' is ascribed to both emptiness and the stretch taken together as a compound object.
The order should be reversed as --- a hole incredibly big in space distinguished by its stretch more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end and its unusual emptiness.

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Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of the Messenger were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader
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(C) Published in Harlem, the Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and Chandler Owen.[

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2. A. an incredibly big hole in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and stretching more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end
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A maintains parallelism by using a past participle 'distinguished by' and a present participle ' stretching' to modify the big hole

3. In E, 'in space' modifies incredibly big while in A, 'in space' correctly modifies the hole.

I would vote A
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Astronomers have discovered what is now the largest known structure - 11 Jul 2018, 09:53
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E. a hole incredibly big in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and its stretch more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end
1. In E, the phrase 'more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end' seems to modify both the emptiness and the stretch, an illogical proposition, as emptiness cannot be measured in length. This arises because 'distinguished by' is ascribed to both emptiness and the stretch taken together as a compound object.
The order should be reversed as --- a hole incredibly big in space distinguished by its stretch more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end and its unusual emptiness.

Sure, I missed that out :sleep: :(
Many thanks for rectifying the blunder daagh :oops: :thumbup:

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A maintains parallelism by using a past participle 'distinguished by' and a present participle ' stretching' to modify the big hole
3. In E, 'in space' modifies incredibly big while in A, 'in space' correctly modifies the hole.
I would vote A

Adhering to the pointers you have mentioned, Option A looks legit indeed :-) :thumbup:
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Astronomers have discovered what is now the largest known structure - 11 Jul 2018, 10:40
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E. a hole incredibly big in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and its stretch more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end
1. In E, the phrase 'more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end' seems to modify both the emptiness and the stretch, an illogical proposition, as emptiness cannot be measured in length. This arises because 'distinguished by' is ascribed to both emptiness and the stretch taken together as a compound object.
The order should be reversed as --- a hole incredibly big in space distinguished by its stretch more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end and its unusual emptiness.

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The original

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Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of the Messenger were two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader
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(C) Published in Harlem, the Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and Chandler Owen.[

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2. A. an incredibly big hole in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and stretching more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end
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A maintains parallelism by using a past participle 'distinguished by' and a present participle ' stretching' to modify the big hole

3. In E, 'in space' modifies incredibly big while in A, 'in space' correctly modifies the hole.

I would vote A

Isn't the and in option A incorrect?
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Astronomers have discovered what is now the largest known structure - 11 Jul 2018, 11:16
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'and' is the conjunction of two participle modifiers 'distinguished by' and 'stretching'
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Astronomers have discovered what is now the largest known structure - 12 Jul 2018, 04:31
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Astronomers have discovered what is now the largest known structure in the universe- the Supervoid, an incredibly big hole in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and stretching more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end .


A. an incredibly big hole in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and stretching more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end --> correct usage of appositive "an incredibly big hole": hole that is distinguished by ... and that stretches more than ...

B. an incredibly big hole in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and stretches more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end

C. an incredibly big hole in space distinguishing by its unusual emptiness and stretching more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end

D. a hole incredibly big in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and stretch more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end

E. a hole incredibly big in space distinguished by its unusual emptiness and its stretch more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end
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Astronomers have discovered what is now the largest known structure - 16 Aug 2020, 12:06
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Can anyone explain a bit clearer why A and not b?
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Astronomers have discovered what is now the largest known structure - 23 Sep 2021, 17:40
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Hi Maxximus,
Can you throw some light on why option's B and C are incorrect?

Thanks
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Astronomers have discovered what is now the largest known structure - 27 Aug 2022, 06:42
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I eliminated A because it is not following the parallelism "stretching" also present participle is not directly used as the action verb but it modifies the noun or any verb here stretching is one of the main verb but it is used in the present participle. In B I didn't find this error everything is in parallel and also the main verb is not a present participle. so can someone please explain the reasoning which I have used is correct or not?
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Astronomers have discovered what is now the largest known structure - 28 Aug 2022, 06:02
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I eliminated A because it is not following the parallelism "stretching" also present participle is not directly used as the action verb but it modifies the noun or any verb here stretching is one of the main verb but it is used in the present participle. In B I didn't find this error everything is in parallel and also the main verb is not a present participle. so can someone please explain the reasoning which I have used is correct or not?

Hello samarth1222,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, in Option A the past participle phrase "distinguished by its unusual emptiness" parallels the present participle phrase "stretching more than 1.8 billion light-years from end to end", and both of these phrases modify the noun phrase "an incredibly big hole in space".

Past participles and present participles can indeed be parallel in a sentence, as long as they play the same role.

We hope this helps.
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