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Fossil discoveries suggest that an extinct river turtle survived the meteorite, which killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
A) meteorite, which killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago
B) meteorite that had killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago
C) meteorite that killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago
D) meteorite, which had killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago
E) meteorite killing off dinosaurs 65 million years ago
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Fossil discoveries suggest that an extinct river turtle survived the meteorite, which killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
A) meteorite, which killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago
B) meteoritethat had killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago
C) meteorite that killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago
D) meteorite, which had killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago
E) meteoritekilling off dinosaurs 65 million years ago
, which introduces non essential modifer, while here the sentence following ,which is necessary to depict which fossil.
Eliminate A and D
The sentence is meant to depict an action occured in past. Using -ing participle is wrong.
Eliminate E
Among B and C
Had participle requires two past actions while we have only past action. Past participle is wrong.
Eliminate B
Answer is C
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A) meteorite
B) meteorite
C) meteorite that killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago
D) meteorite
E) meteorite
, which introduces non essential modifer, while here the sentence following ,which is necessary to depict which fossil.
Eliminate A and D
The sentence is meant to depict an action occured in past. Using -ing participle is wrong.
Eliminate E
Among B and C
Had participle requires two past actions while we have only past action. Past participle is wrong.
Eliminate B
Answer is C
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Fossil discoveries (N) suggest (V) that an extinct river turtle survived the meteorite -----------IC
, which killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago.------------Non essential Modifier
--,which ---modifying meteorite hmm Looks ok.
But intended meaning is River turtle survived the thrash of a specific meteorite that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.As per A, ',which' is simply describing a meteorite, making the modifier non essential. Therefore it's wrong.
A) meteorite, which killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago ---Incorrect as mentioned above.
B) meteorite that had killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago---Past perfect is not required.
--One may argue that 2 events occurred i.e. dinosaurs killed and river turtle survived. But were these events happened one after another? No.
C) meteorite that killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago
--That is specifying the meteorite. Which meteorite? The one that killed dinosaurs.
--Correct.
D) meteorite, which had killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
--,which and had (Same reasoning as A and B)
E) meteorite killing off dinosaurs 65 million years ago
--Looks like turtle survived by killing off dinosaurs
--killing (present continuous) is incorrect.
, which killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago.------------Non essential Modifier
--,which ---modifying meteorite hmm Looks ok.
But intended meaning is River turtle survived the thrash of a specific meteorite that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.As per A, ',which' is simply describing a meteorite, making the modifier non essential. Therefore it's wrong.
A) meteorite, which killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago ---Incorrect as mentioned above.
B) meteorite that had killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago---Past perfect is not required.
--One may argue that 2 events occurred i.e. dinosaurs killed and river turtle survived. But were these events happened one after another? No.
C) meteorite that killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago
--That is specifying the meteorite. Which meteorite? The one that killed dinosaurs.
--Correct.
D) meteorite, which had killed off dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
--,which and had (Same reasoning as A and B)
E) meteorite killing off dinosaurs 65 million years ago
--Looks like turtle survived by killing off dinosaurs
--killing (present continuous) is incorrect.
