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Geologist Charles Lyell (1797 – 1875) believed the theologians of previous centuries had vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence will justify a much older Earth compared to what they previously expected.
A) the theologians of previous centuries had vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence will justify a much older Earth compared to what they previously expected
B) the theologians of previous centuries vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence would justify a much older Earth than was previously suspected
C) that the theologians of previous centuries vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence will justify a much older Earth compared to the previously expected
D) that the theologians of previous centuries had vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence would justify a much older Earth than was previously suspected
E) that the theologians of previous centuries vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence will justify a much older Earth than they previously suspected
A) the theologians of previous centuries had vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence will justify a much older Earth compared to what they previously expected
B) the theologians of previous centuries vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence would justify a much older Earth than was previously suspected
C) that the theologians of previous centuries vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence will justify a much older Earth compared to the previously expected
D) that the theologians of previous centuries had vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence would justify a much older Earth than was previously suspected
E) that the theologians of previous centuries vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence will justify a much older Earth than they previously suspected
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Critical points: 1. Norms of reported speech 2. Connector parallelism, and 3. The verb ‘believed’ before the start of the underlining.
A) the theologians of previous centuries had vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence will justify a much older Earth compared to what they previously expected ---. Eliminated on point 1 for not observing the norms of reported speech
B) the theologians of previous centuries vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence would justify a much older Earth than was previously suspected -- Eliminated on point 2. Lack of connector parallelism
C) that the theologians of previous centuries vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence will justify a much older Earth compared to the previously expected – ‘Believed’ is the last of the past events. That entails simple past; underestimating was the earlier event; so we need a past perfect to describe underestimating—had underestimated is the proper verb tense form.
D) that the theologians of previous centuries had vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence would justify a much older Earth than was previously suspected – perfect in all respects. Use of the future past modal’ would’ is correct; correct choice
E) that the theologians of previous centuries vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence will justify a much older Earth than they previously suspected -- simple past is inapt; again the shift of tense from the modal past to simple future is serious flaw.
The split between expected and suspected seems to be a distracter. Not sure why anyone will suspects or expects a factual finding; best to ignore it.
A) the theologians of previous centuries had vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence will justify a much older Earth compared to what they previously expected ---. Eliminated on point 1 for not observing the norms of reported speech
B) the theologians of previous centuries vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence would justify a much older Earth than was previously suspected -- Eliminated on point 2. Lack of connector parallelism
C) that the theologians of previous centuries vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence will justify a much older Earth compared to the previously expected – ‘Believed’ is the last of the past events. That entails simple past; underestimating was the earlier event; so we need a past perfect to describe underestimating—had underestimated is the proper verb tense form.
D) that the theologians of previous centuries had vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence would justify a much older Earth than was previously suspected – perfect in all respects. Use of the future past modal’ would’ is correct; correct choice
E) that the theologians of previous centuries vastly underestimated the age of the Earth and that evidence will justify a much older Earth than they previously suspected -- simple past is inapt; again the shift of tense from the modal past to simple future is serious flaw.
The split between expected and suspected seems to be a distracter. Not sure why anyone will suspects or expects a factual finding; best to ignore it.
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Im thinking D because
-believed that: split
- we use had because the something happened before something else
-believed that: split
- we use had because the something happened before something else
