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Re: Hailed as a key discovery in the science of evolution, the fossils [#permalink]
I need a more in depth explanation between option A and E. Why A is better?
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I need a more in depth explanation between option A and E. Why A is better?


The fossils do not resemble a fish or a land-animal, the large scaly creature does. (i.e. the fossils look like fossils; they do not look like a fish or a land animal - the large scaly creature to which the fossils belong resembles both a fish and a land animal.)

Option E implies that the fossils resemble both a fish and a land animal and is hence wrong.
Option A correctly implies that the large scaly creature resembles both a fish and a land animal and is hence correct.
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Re: Hailed as a key discovery in the science of evolution, the fossils [#permalink]
Hailed as a key discovery in the science of evolution, the fossils of a large scaly creature resembling both a fish and a land-animal provide evidence of a possible link in the evolutionary chain from water-based to land-based organisms.

in option A, "resembling" is the Verb-ing noun modifier, logically it should modify "creature" and it is placed next to creature. Hence it is correct. Can it modify slightly far away noun "fossils" in this case? If yes, is there an ambiguity here in what does "resembling" modify?
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