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Updated on: 23 Oct 2019, 06:02
Originally posted by banerjeea_98 on 26 Apr 2005, 12:38.
Last edited by Bunuel on 23 Oct 2019, 06:02, edited 4 times in total.
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Tektites, which may have been propelled to Earth from lunar volcanoes, are much like the volcanic glass obsidian, but their chemical composition is different than any terrestrial lava; they contain far less water than obsidian does and none of its characteristic microcrystals.
(A) is different than any terrestrial lava; they contain
(B) is different than any terrestrial lava's, containing
(C) is different from that of any terrestrial lava; they contain
(D) differs from any terrestrial lava in containing
(E) differs from that of any terrestrial lava's, containing
(A) is different than any terrestrial lava; they contain
(B) is different than any terrestrial lava's, containing
(C) is different from that of any terrestrial lava; they contain
(D) differs from any terrestrial lava in containing
(E) differs from that of any terrestrial lava's, containing
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
August 1978
Volume 239, Issue 2
In widely scattered locations around the world small glassy pebbles of curious surface configuration and distinctive composition are found, often in vast "strewn fields" that stretch across land masses and, on the evidence of cores drilled from the deep-sea floor. across intervening seas and oceans. These tektites. as they are called from the Greek word tektos, meaning molten, are much like the volcanic glass obsidian, but their chemical composition is different from that of any terrestrial lava and they contain far less water and none of obsidian's characteristic microcrystals. And, as the Austrian mineralogist Josef Mayer pointed out in 1787, no one has ever found the Mutterstein. or mother lode, of a field of tektites. They cannot, therefore. be the product of terrestrial volcanism.
August 1978
Volume 239, Issue 2
In widely scattered locations around the world small glassy pebbles of curious surface configuration and distinctive composition are found, often in vast "strewn fields" that stretch across land masses and, on the evidence of cores drilled from the deep-sea floor. across intervening seas and oceans. These tektites. as they are called from the Greek word tektos, meaning molten, are much like the volcanic glass obsidian, but their chemical composition is different from that of any terrestrial lava and they contain far less water and none of obsidian's characteristic microcrystals. And, as the Austrian mineralogist Josef Mayer pointed out in 1787, no one has ever found the Mutterstein. or mother lode, of a field of tektites. They cannot, therefore. be the product of terrestrial volcanism.
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Tektites, which may have been propelled to Earth from lunar volcanoes, are much like the volcanic glass obsidian, but their chemical composition is different than any terrestrial lava; they contain far less water than obsidian does and none of its characteristic microcrystals.
(A) is different than any terrestrial lava; they contain- idiom issue- different THAN is incorrect. To convey that X and Y are different, we say that X is different FROM Y; comparison issue- incorrectly compare chemical composition to lava
(B) is different than any terrestrial lava's, containing- idiom issue -same as A;
COMMA + VERBing generally refers to the subject of the preceding clause. Thus, in B and E, containing refers to 'composition', implying that the COMPOSITION is containing far less water than obsidian. The composition itself does not CONTAIN far less water; the TEKTITES do. It is illogical to compare composition to obsidian. Eliminate B and E.
(C) is different from that of any terrestrial lava; they contain- Correct
(D) differs from any terrestrial lava in containing- comparison issue - incorrectly compare chemical composition to lava
(E) differs from that of any terrestrial lava's, containing- that of and lava's usage is redundant
Answer C
(A) is different than any terrestrial lava; they contain- idiom issue- different THAN is incorrect. To convey that X and Y are different, we say that X is different FROM Y; comparison issue- incorrectly compare chemical composition to lava
(B) is different than any terrestrial lava's, containing- idiom issue -same as A;
COMMA + VERBing generally refers to the subject of the preceding clause. Thus, in B and E, containing refers to 'composition', implying that the COMPOSITION is containing far less water than obsidian. The composition itself does not CONTAIN far less water; the TEKTITES do. It is illogical to compare composition to obsidian. Eliminate B and E.
(C) is different from that of any terrestrial lava; they contain- Correct
(D) differs from any terrestrial lava in containing- comparison issue - incorrectly compare chemical composition to lava
(E) differs from that of any terrestrial lava's, containing- that of and lava's usage is redundant
Answer C
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either you have the "possesive form" or you use the construction "that of", but not both.
taking your example-
My car is faster than Jane's ----> - CORRECT
My car is faster than that of Jane ----> - CORRECT
My car is faster than that of Jane's ----> INCORRECT
taking your example-
My car is faster than Jane's ----> - CORRECT
My car is faster than that of Jane ----> - CORRECT
My car is faster than that of Jane's ----> INCORRECT
