Scientists hypothesize that Tyrannosaurus Rex was a predator so overwhelmingly powerful
that it had yet to be encountered by its superior at the time of its extinction.A. that it had yet to be encountered by its superior at the time of its extinction
B. that at the time of its extinction it had yet to encounter its superior
C. at the time of its extinction there was yet its superior to be encountered
D. that its superior was yet to be encountered at the time of its extinction
E. encountering its superior was yet to happen at the time of its extinction
I think option b changes the meaning. I am in dilemma whether to choose A or B.
Please advise.
OE :
The underlined portion of the sentence contains prepositional phrases, so check for misplaced modifier errors. Because the pair of prepositional phrases at the time of its extinction is closest to the noun superior, that phrase incorrectly modifies superior rather than Tyrannosaurus rex, which is a misplaced modifier error. Eliminate A and look for obvious repeaters. Because the prepositional phrases at the time of its extinction appear at the end of choices D and E, they are obvious repeaters. Eliminate D and E. Now evaluate the remaining answer choices individually looking for reasons to eliminate each.
Choice B fixes the original misplaced modifier error by moving the phrase at the time of its extinction close to Tyrannosaurus rex and introduces no new errors, so keep choice B. Choice C fixes the misplaced modifier error but introduces an idiom error by using so without utilizing the correct idiom so…that. Eliminate C.