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The four million year old fossilized skeleton is so
small compared with many other skeletons presumed to be of the
same species ,and so some paleontologists have argued that it
represents a different lineage
.
A. presumed to be of the same species ,and so
B. presumed to be of the same species that
C. presumed that they are of the same species , and so
D. that they have presumed to be of the same species, so that
E. that they have presumed are of the same species ,and

the answer is E.
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Why B is incorrect.



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E doesn't sound right at all!!!

Unless the context of the CR is being misunderstood..

We have a (4 million yr old skeleton which is so small) compared to (many other skeletons presumed to be of the same species) ...

OR
We have a (4 million yr old skeleton which is so small compared to many other skeletons) (presumed to be of the same species)...

If it is the former case E is not the right choice... B is!


If it is the latter then the one skeleton found is being compared with the many skeletons and then they are presumed to be of the same species. .. best answer (though not concise, borderline correct and definately not clear) is E.

Its kind of unclear what the actual meaning is of the original passage.



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The four million year old fossilized skeleton is so
small compared with many other skeletons presumed to be of the
same species ,and so some paleontologists have argued that it
represents a different lineage
.
A. presumed to be of the same species ,and so
B. presumed to be of the same species that
C. presumed that they are of the same species , and so
D. that they have presumed to be of the same species, so that
E. that they have presumed are of the same species ,and

the answer is E.
Why?
Why B is incorrect.
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one SC Question:

The four million year old fossilized skeleton is so
small compared with many other skeletons presumed to be of the
same species ,and so some paleontologists have argued that it
represents a different lineage
.
A. presumed to be of the same species ,and so
B. presumed to be of the same species that
C. presumed that they are of the same species , and so
D. that they have presumed to be of the same species, so that
E. that they have presumed are of the same species ,and

the answer is E.
Why?
Why B is incorrect.
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OA is B.. Not E. I've seen this one. We need to have "so~ that ~ ".
So, A is out. C,D,E change the meaning.
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SC-skeleton Updated on: 09 Jul 2006, 20:56
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one SC Question:

The four million year old fossilized skeleton is so
small compared with many other skeletons presumed to be of the
same species ,and so some paleontologists have argued that it
represents a different lineage
.
A. presumed to be of the same species ,and so
B. presumed to be of the same species that
C. presumed that they are of the same species , and so
D. that they have presumed to be of the same species, so that
E. that they have presumed are of the same species ,and

the answer is E.
Why?
Why B is incorrect.
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I also think this should be B.

See yourself, which one is correct:

The X is so small (compared with Y) that some paleontologists have argued that it represents a different lineage.

The X is so small (compared with Y) that they have presumed are of the same species ,and some paleontologists have argued that it represents a different lineage.
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one SC Question:

The four million year old fossilized skeleton is so
small compared with many other skeletons presumed to be of the
same species ,and so some paleontologists have argued that it
represents a different lineage
.
A. presumed to be of the same species ,and so
B. presumed to be of the same species that
C. presumed that they are of the same species , and so
D. that they have presumed to be of the same species, so that
E. that they have presumed are of the same species ,and

the answer is E.
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Why B is incorrect.
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Answer is E???? :shock:
Nope :no .It should be B. "so....that...." is correctly used here.

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Agree answer can never be E.

E is wrought with errors.

B is the correct choice as it uses the correct form so....that
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Agree with B.
I remember one more question like this where two restrictive clause make absolute sense.Will post the link if I find it.
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Agree with B.
I remember one more question like this where two restrictive clause make absolute sense.Will post the link if I find it.
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One more vote for B.. what's "they" in E referrign to ??



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