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When tetrapods developed lungs capable of surviving on land, they became the first amphibians.
(A) lungs capable of surviving on land, they became the first amphibians
(B) lungs capable of surviving on land, tetrapods became the first amphibians
(C) lungs, they became the first amphibians capable of surviving on land
How do we solve this SC, and what is the explanation for the answer?
(A) lungs capable of surviving on land, they became the first amphibians
(B) lungs capable of surviving on land, tetrapods became the first amphibians
(C) lungs, they became the first amphibians capable of surviving on land
How do we solve this SC, and what is the explanation for the answer?
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I mean the answer is shown to be 3 but 'they' describes the lungs in this case which is wrong logically
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Rishi108 wrote:
When tetrapods developed lungs capable of surviving on land, they became the first amphibians.
(A) lungs capable of surviving on land, they became the first amphibians
(B) lungs capable of surviving on land, tetrapods became the first amphibians
(C) lungs, they became the first amphibians capable of surviving on land
How do we solve this SC, and what is the explanation for the answer?
(A) lungs capable of surviving on land, they became the first amphibians
(B) lungs capable of surviving on land, tetrapods became the first amphibians
(C) lungs, they became the first amphibians capable of surviving on land
How do we solve this SC, and what is the explanation for the answer?
MANHATTAN PREP EXPLANATION:
(C):
The original sentence contains a meaning error: Capable of surviving on land is a noun modifier that describes the tetrapods. In answers (A) and (B), the sentence seems to say that the lungs themselves were capable of surviving on land. Instead, the noun modifier should be placed closer to the noun that it modifies (tetrapods). Eliminate choices (A) and (B) for this meaning error.
Although choice (C) has two plural nouns (tetrapods and lungs) that seem like they could be the antecedent for the pronoun they, this sentence is not in fact ambiguous. First, tetrapods is the logical antecedent for they. Second, tetrapods and they are both the subjects of their respective clauses, so there is a structural pointer that reinforces the idea that they refers to tetrapods. (It is not required that both the noun and pronoun be subjects, but when they are, it reinforces the connection between the two.)
Did the first half of the sentence in the previous set of parentheses sound awkward? It’s a correct example of the subjunctive, a type of verb usage.
