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30 Aug 2022, 05:28
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Dear AjiteshArun
Could you elaborate, why the "split" is not a noun in option C?
Let us substitute:
New theories propose that catastrophic impacts of asteroids and comets may have caused reversals in the Earth’s magnetic field, the onset of ice ages, split apart continents, and great volcanic eruptions.
Our list becomes,
catastrophic impacts of asteroids and comets may have caused:
- reversals in the Earth’s magnetic field,
- the onset of ice ages
- split apart continents - serves as a noun!
and
- great volcanic eruptions
Thank you in advance.
30 Aug 2022, 05:46
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Hello BLTN,
We hope this finds you well.
To answer your query, the status of "split apart" in Option C is ambiguous; "split apart" could be an adjective phrase, making "split apart continents" a noun phrase, but "split apart" could also be a verb referring to another action that "impacts" took.
B is a superior answer choice because it has no such ambiguity.
We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team
31 Aug 2022, 00:32
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BLTN
Notice that all the other nouns in the parallel list are events, so we want another event, not a concrete noun. Even if we read D as "split-apart continents" (it would need a hyphen), and even if we think that continents (split or otherwise) are something an asteroid impact can cause, this still wouldn't fit the list we have. "The splitting apart of continents" is a list, like "the signing of the Declaration of Independence" or "the isolation of DNA." "Split-apart continents" are just physical things.
Notice that all the other nouns in the parallel list are events, so we want another event, not a concrete noun. Even if we read D as "split-apart continents" (it would need a hyphen), and even if we think that continents (split or otherwise) are something an asteroid impact can cause, this still wouldn't fit the list we have. "The splitting apart of continents" is a list, like "the signing of the Declaration of Independence" or "the isolation of DNA." "Split-apart continents" are just physical things.
