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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
(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
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Can you throw some light on evolved and evolving? Are evolved and evolving both correct this context as the trunk is already evolved.
09 May 2020, 03:47
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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
(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
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Can you throw some light on evolved and evolving? Are evolved and evolving both correct this context as the trunk is already evolved.
To me, it's as simple as this question: what do I think the GMAT wants me to notice?
"and" is such a common marker for Parallelism. Let's look at the structure of (A):
SUBJECT - VERB - NOUN - THAT - VERB - THAT - NOUN - VERB.... AND.... NOUN (its trunk)
Australian embryologists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolving...
So...let's highlight the other NOUNS that could be parallel with "its trunk":
SUBJECT - VERB - NOUN - THAT - VERB - THAT - NOUN - VERB - THAT - VERB.... AND.... NOUN...
Australian embryologists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolving...
This first option would have the meaning that embryologists found two things: EVIDENCE and ITS TRUNK. That's silly. They didn't find a trunk!
The second option would have the meaning that suggests "the trunk originally evolving". This verb doesn't make sense. We cannot say, "The evidence suggests the elephant IS DESCENDED....and its trunk EVOLVING. These are not parallel verb tenses!! We know that "is descended" is simple present tense. To be parallel, we would need "evolving" to ALSO be present-tense. Perhaps, "is evolving" or "evolves."
Neither of the potential interpretations make logical sense, because "its" clearly refers to "the elephant". We cannot achieve parallelism in (A), either through NOUNS or VERBS, so we know that (A) cannot be correct, because there is no way to reconcile it with the rest of the sentence and make it parallel and have a clear, logical meaning.
Also, if I wanted to use the word "that" to create parallelism, we would need to use the idiom THAT X AND Y, or the idiom THAT X and THAT Y. It doesn't work here.
In (E)... THAT the elephant descended...and THAT its trunk evolved... is nicely parallel. Both have a nice NOUN-VERB structure preceded by the relative pronoun "that" and both use past tense. It also uses the "THAT X...and THAT Y" idiom that is so often correct on the GMAT.
(E) works on every level: grammar, meaning, and style.
09 May 2020, 11:02
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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
(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
HI GMATNinja, EMPOWERgmatVerbal, generis, jennpt, egmat VeritasPrepErika, GMATRockstar, TestPrepUnlimited , MentorTutoring
Can you throw some light on evolved and evolving? Are evolved and evolving both correct this context as the trunk is already evolved.
[With] its mainsail flying away in a sudden gust of wind, the ship drifted asea for hours before striking the rocks of the shoreline.
I just wanted to point out that an its + verb-ing construct is not incorrect by default. But here, in the sentence about the elephant, neither answer with such an element works.
I hope that helps shed a little more light on the situation. Thank you for thinking to tag me.
- Andrew
