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According to paleontologists, if it were not for the bolide striking the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and releasing 2 million times more energy compared to the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would live much longer on this planet.
A) if it were not for the bolide striking the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and releasing 2 million times more energy compared to the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would live
B) if it were not for the bolide that struck the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour, releasing 2 million times more energy than the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would have lived
C) had it not been for the bolide that struck the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and released 2 million times more energy than that of the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would have lived
D) had it not been for the bolide that struck the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and released 2 million times more energy than that of the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would live
E) had the bolide not struck the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and released 2 million times more energy compared to the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would have lived
Sourced from RSSing.com - No OA Nor OE available. - open to a wide discussion and consensus. The deferred OA is not the official one
A) if it were not for the bolide striking the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and releasing 2 million times more energy compared to the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would live
B) if it were not for the bolide that struck the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour, releasing 2 million times more energy than the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would have lived
C) had it not been for the bolide that struck the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and released 2 million times more energy than that of the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would have lived
D) had it not been for the bolide that struck the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and released 2 million times more energy than that of the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would live
E) had the bolide not struck the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and released 2 million times more energy compared to the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would have lived
Sourced from RSSing.com - No OA Nor OE available. - open to a wide discussion and consensus. The deferred OA is not the official one
22 Aug 2017, 23:40
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According to paleontologists, if it were not for the bolide striking the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and releasing 2 million times more energy compared to the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would live much longer on this planet.
Point No1: The OA has been inadvertently typed as A; In fact, it is C as DharLog has diagnosed, but my reasons are the slightly different.
My take is that in comparison questions, one must be cautious about what are being compared on either side of the comparison marker. Here the comparison marker is either compared to or more energy than. Therefore, we must ensure that if energy is one side, energy is there on the other side too. Alternatively, if the bolide is on one side, then bomb must be on the other side and not the energy. With this format in mind,
A) if it were not for the bolide striking the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and releasing 2 million times more energy compared to the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would live -- the comparison seems to be between the energy with the bomb, which is wrong.
B) if it were not for the bolide that struck the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour, releasing 2 million times more energy than the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would have lived --- same problem as in A; In addition, there is a mix up in the use of conditionals as Dear has pointed out.
C) had it not been for the bolide that struck the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and released 2 million times more energy than that of the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would have lived --- Had it not been is the correct third conditional with the use of the past perfect in the conditional clause and would have in the main clause. This is actually the inverted conditional3. In addition, the comparison is now between energy and the energy of the bomb, rather than the bomb itself.
D) had it not been for the bolide that struck the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and released 2 million times more energy than that of the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would live --- The main clause belongs to conditional 2 rather than conditional 3.
E) had the bolide not struck the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and released 2 million times more energy compared to the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would have lived -- The same old mistake of comparing energy with the bomb.
Therefore, C is the best.
Point No1: The OA has been inadvertently typed as A; In fact, it is C as DharLog has diagnosed, but my reasons are the slightly different.
My take is that in comparison questions, one must be cautious about what are being compared on either side of the comparison marker. Here the comparison marker is either compared to or more energy than. Therefore, we must ensure that if energy is one side, energy is there on the other side too. Alternatively, if the bolide is on one side, then bomb must be on the other side and not the energy. With this format in mind,
A) if it were not for the bolide striking the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and releasing 2 million times more energy compared to the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would live -- the comparison seems to be between the energy with the bomb, which is wrong.
B) if it were not for the bolide that struck the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour, releasing 2 million times more energy than the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would have lived --- same problem as in A; In addition, there is a mix up in the use of conditionals as Dear has pointed out.
C) had it not been for the bolide that struck the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and released 2 million times more energy than that of the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would have lived --- Had it not been is the correct third conditional with the use of the past perfect in the conditional clause and would have in the main clause. This is actually the inverted conditional3. In addition, the comparison is now between energy and the energy of the bomb, rather than the bomb itself.
D) had it not been for the bolide that struck the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and released 2 million times more energy than that of the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would live --- The main clause belongs to conditional 2 rather than conditional 3.
E) had the bolide not struck the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and released 2 million times more energy compared to the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated, the dinosaurs would have lived -- The same old mistake of comparing energy with the bomb.
Therefore, C is the best.
General Discussion
20 Aug 2017, 17:22
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I am not that confident yet, when the answer is not provided, but will try =)
B, D are out, because the conditional is not used right.
B - we have 2nd form in the begining and 3rd form in the end.
D - we have 3rd for, in the begining ans 2nd form in the end.
A - I do not like:
A1. that More comes without Than and with Compare.
A2. how the word Compared is used.
A3. that it is 2nd conditional sentence, not the 3rd one.
So out.
Now I have a dilemma with C and E.
In C I do not like this part: had it not been for the bolide that struck the Earth.
But the second part is the best (IMO): 2 million times more energy than that of the most powerful nuclear bomb - the most clear comparison of all options.
In E on the other hand I like "the normal first part": had the bolide not struck the Earth.
But do not like the comparison at all.
In E this comparison is constructed in such way, that we compare maybe not the bolide with bomb, but the energy with the bomb - that is wrong.
If we take a look back at option A, we can see, that a comparison (maybe) can be justifiedin some way. (I don't like in each way, but in this manner A is even better than E).
bolide striking the Earth at 40,000 miles per hour and releasing 2 million times more energy (striking and releasing modify bolide, so we compare bolide with the bomb).
So my choice is C.
