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The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will orbit the asteroid Eros for a year, slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.

A. to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to
B. to make ever more and more precise measurements, which scientists are hoping to enable them
C. for making ever more precise measurements, and scientists hope that they will be able to
D. with the purpose of making more precise measurements than ever, and which scientists hope will enable them to
E. in order to make more precise measurements than it ever did, and scientists are hoping they will be able to



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Re: The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 06 Oct 2007, 14:21
singh_amit19 wrote:
The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will orbit the asteroid Eros for a year, slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.

A. to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to
B. to make ever more and more precise measurements, which scientists are hoping to enable them
C. for making ever more precise measurements, and scientists hope that they will be able to
D. with the purpose of making more precise measurements than ever, and which scientists hope will enable them to
E. in order to make more precise measurements than it ever did, and scientists are hoping they will be able to


nothing wrong with A

B) more and more is redundant, "that" preferred over "which"
C) "for making ever more" is incorrect and wordy
D) "with the purpose" is too wordy, "and which"
E) "in order" not necessary, no clear referrant to "it"

Originally posted by beckee529 on 06 Oct 2007, 14:19.
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Re: The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will [#permalink] New post   06 Oct 2007, 14:19
singh_amit19 wrote:
The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will orbit the asteroid Eros for a year, slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.

A. to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to
B. to make ever more and more precise measurements, which scientists are hoping to enable them
C. for making ever more precise measurements, and scientists hope that they will be able to
D. with the purpose of making more precise measurements than ever, and which scientists hope will enable them to
E. in order to make more precise measurements than it ever did, and scientists are hoping they will be able to


A for me, sounds good and concise

For B, "more and more" is redundant.
For C, "they" has no clear reference
For D, this is not even a sentence
For E, "it" has no clear reference
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Re: The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will [#permalink] New post   06 Oct 2007, 14:22
For reasons explained above, Choice A is correct.
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Re: The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will [#permalink] New post   06 Oct 2007, 23:48
singh_amit19 wrote:
The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will orbit the asteroid Eros for a year, slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.

A. to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to
B. to make ever more and more precise measurements, which scientists are hoping to enable them
C. for making ever more precise measurements, and scientists hope that they will be able to
D. with the purpose of making more precise measurements than ever, and which scientists hope will enable them to
E. in order to make more precise measurements than it ever did, and scientists are hoping they will be able to


A looks the best.

Can elim. anything that doesn't use to at the beg.

B: is clumsy and awkward.



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