Hi my honorable experts
MartyMurray,
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This question makes me confused!
Quote:
Australian embryologists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolving as a kind of snorkel.
(A) that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolving
(B) that has suggested the elephant descended from an aquatic animal, its trunk originally evolving
(C) suggesting that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal with its trunk originally evolved
(D) to suggest that the elephant had descended from an aquatic animal and its trunk originally evolved
(E) to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally evolved
I'm just talking about E. Here, the correct sentence is:
Australian embryologists have found evidence to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally evolved as a kind of snorkel.This sentence works like------
Australian embryologists have found evidence to suggesta)
that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal (x)and b)
that its trunk originally evolved (y)So, the whole sentence looks like----
Australian embryologists have found evidence to suggest x and y. This sentence will also be fine if I say:
Australian embryologists have found evidence to suggest Mr. Robert and Mr. John.
This x and y should be equivalent to some activities (like tense or clause) to make the original sentence legitimate. We can't say that ''
I have found evidence to suggest pen (x) and paper (y)''. We should write the activities of 'pen and paper'. So, the complete sentence will be something like below.
I have found evidence to suggest pen is used to write something on the answer script and paper is used for making answer script.In the above sentence, there should have a conjunction like THAT to animate the part ''I have found evidence to suggest''. So, the correct sentence will be:
I have found evidence to suggest THAT pen is used to write something on the answer script and paper is used for making answer script.In the above sentence, I suggested two things
simultaneously. So, if I break down the whole sentence into several parts, then the sentence will be like following.
I have found evidence to suggest THAT1)
pen is used to write something on the answer scriptand2)
paper is used for making answer script.So, if I write the above sentence into separate parts, then it'll work perfectly. Here are the separate parts of the above sentence:
1/
I have found evidence to suggest THAT pen is used to write something on the answer script.
2/
I have found evidence to suggest THAT paper is used for making answer script.Now, if I write the sentence like below, then it'll be...
I have found evidence to suggest THAT pen is used to write something on the answer script and THAT paper is used for making answer script.
If I breakdown this sentence, then it'll be...
I have found evidence to suggest THATa)
pen is used to write something on the answer scriptandb)
THAT paper is used for making answer script.So, if I write the above sentence into separate parts, then it'll NOT work perfectly. Here are the separate parts of the above sentence:
1/
I have found evidence to suggest THAT pen is used to write something on the answer script.--->OK
2/
I have found evidence to suggest THAT THAT paper is used for making answer script.---->NOT OK
SAME thing is happened in the original sentence of
Official Guide!
Australian embryologists have found evidence to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and that its trunk originally evolved as a kind of snorkel.
Now, if I break down this sentence into several parts it'll be....
Australian embryologists have found evidence to suggest that
a) the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal
and
b) that its trunk originally evolved as a kind of snorkelSo, if I write the above sentence into separate parts, then it'll NOT work perfectly. Here are the separate parts of the above sentence:
1/
Australian embryologists have found evidence to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal.----->OK
2/
Australian embryologists have found evidence to suggest that that its trunk originally evolved as a kind of snorkel.-----> NOT OK (doesn't make sense to me!)
Again,
if we break down the original sentence into several parts like below, then it'll be....
Australian embryologists have found evidence to suggest
a) that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal (X)b) that its trunk originally evolved as a kind of snorkel (Y)The whole sentence is something like below....
Australian embryologists have found evidence to suggest X and Y.
So, the above sentence is ''SENTENCE FRAGMENT''
Correct me if my understanding is wrong, please! _________________