ritjn2003 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
Was a close call between 'A' and 'C'. But after several readings, I realize that A should be the answer.
NEAR is doing something with intentions of taking precise measurements. Scientists hope that these measurements will enable them to do something.
A. to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them
to
We are getting the meaning that new precise measurements will enable scientists to do somethingB. to make ever more and more precise measurements, which scientists are
hoping to enable them
'Hoping to enable them understand' is not rightC. for making ever more precise measurements, and scientists hope that they will
be able to the
cause and effect is lacking, otherwise this sentence is correct.D. with the purpose of making more precise measurements than ever, and which
scientists hope will enable them to
unnecessary wordyE. in order to make more precise measurements than it ever did, and scientists are
hoping they will be able to
wordy, and wrong for same reason as in option C _________________
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