As an animal develops from a fertilized egg into an embryo, their cell

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As an animal develops from a fertilized egg into an embryo,  their cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of  types and tissues, from tusks to feather to brains.

A) their cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of

B) its cells may diversify into a seeming limitless range of

C) its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range from

D) their cells may diversify into a seeming limitless range from

E) its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of

XyLan · Accepted Answer

Sentence Structure Subject - Verb - Modifier As an animal develops from a fertilized egg into an embryo, its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of types and tissues, from tusks to feather to brains. Issues: The subject ( an animal ) is singular ------> it's Pronoun antecedent MUST be singular. A and D : Pronoun antecedent mismatch It appears that the adjective ( seeming ) is attempting to modify the adjective( limitless ) Adjectives modify a NOUN: It CANNOT modify another adjective. An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. B and D : Adjective attempting to modify another Adjective Answer choice analysis: A) their cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of Pronoun antecedent mismatch. OUT B) its cells may diversify into a seeming limitless range of Adjective attempting to modify another Adjective. OUT C) its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range from Idiom Error: Range from X and Y is INCORRECT Correct Idiom: Range from X to Y : The expedition of Mars Rover RANGES FROM Aitken crater TO Petavius crater. It's used to showcase the extent: Start -----> End Range of X and Y : The Walmart shelves have myriad products with an exclusive RANGE OF luxury AND necessary goods. It's used to showcase varied members of the expansion/portfolio. D) their cells may diversify into a seeming limitless range from Pronoun antecedent mismatch | Adjective attempting to modify another Adjective. OUT! E) its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of Better than the rest. E is the champ! PS: generis , this question has a typo-error in between diversify and diversity . I so wait for your questions!

generis · Answer

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As an animal develops from a fertilized egg into an embryo,  their cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of  types and tissues, from tusks to feather to brains.

A)  their  cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of

B) its cells may diversify into a  seeming  limitless range of

C) its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range  from

D)  their  cells may diversify into a  seeming  limitless range  from

E) its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of

• SPLIT #1: pronoun/noun disagreement

The pronoun  their  is plural and does not agree with the logical antecedent  an animal,  which is singular.

Eliminate options A and D

• SPLIT #2 - seeming vs. seemingly

Seeming  is the adjective form and must modify a noun.
Seeming means ostensible or not true to appearances:  I was not persuaded by his seeming concern about wearing masks.

Seemingly  modifies the adjective  limitless ; we need the adverb, seemingly. 
Options B and D both use seeming. (D is already gone.)

Eliminate B

• idiom: in this context,  a range of  is idiomatic.
→ True, it is idiomatically correct to say that  something ranges from A to B , but that idiomatic expression is not in play.
This sentence talks about a range of X and Y.

Option C incorrectly uses  range from  rather than  range of .

Eliminate C

The answer is E

COMMENTS

I say thank you yet again to a few people who caught my typos in  every  option and gave me a heads up about my having done so.

XyLan  (any relation to Aslan? Like Narnia Aslan?), I am bumping you to best community reply. 
I like the way you say  OUT.

I wonder whether you could make crypto-fascist storm troopers go away. . . .

These answer range from good to outstanding.

Ranasaymon · Answer

1. 'Their cells' vs 'its cells'

=> An animal (singular) should have a singular pronoun 'its'
Eliminate options A and D

2. seeming vs seemingly
 
=> seemingly (adverb) limitless(adj) option (noun)....(correct) -->Adverb (seemingly) should modify adjective (limitless)
Eliminate option B and D

3. In option C , the idiom is range from..and.. 
=>The correct idiom is range from x to Y

Option E is the answer

Varunsawhney8 · Answer

Correct choice.

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youggotthis95 · Answer

The sentence is referring to one animal, hence the use of pronoun their would be incorrect. We can eliminate A and D accordingly.

A) their cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of
- As stated above.

B) its cells may diversify into a seeming limitless range of
- Seeming is a verb. Seeming cannot describe limitless as it is not an adjective.

C) its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range from
- Range from is incorrect in this context. Range of is preferred.

D) their cells may diversify into a seeming limitless range from
- As stated in A.

E) its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of
- CORRECT. Seemingly correctly modifies limitless and range of is used. The sentence is perfect.

kush09 · Answer

A)  their  cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of
 -- S-V agreement error

B) its cells may diversify into a  seeming  limitless range of
 -- limitless is adjective and should be modified by an adverb, not another adjective.

C) its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless  range from 
 -- range from is incorrect, should be range of.

D)  their  cells may diversify into a seeming limitless  range from 
 -- S-V agreement error

E) its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of 
 -- Correct: right S-V agreement and range of usage.

AyushGogia21 · Answer

thier v/s its
since the subject is singular (an animal) we have to use its instead of their
Eliminate choice A and D

seeming v/s seemingly
Seemingly is an adverb and seeming is an adjective. limitless is an adjective. Here we'll have to use seemingly to modify the adjective limitless. Hence Eliminate choice B

Of v/s for
Here the for is an incorrect preposition. Therefore choice C is wrong.

E is the correct answer

monk123 · Answer

As an animal develops from a fertilized egg into an embryo, their cells may diversity into a seemingly limitless range of types and tissues, from tusks to feather to brains.
 
POE:
Stop sign- underline after the comma, check for the modifier.
Wrong usage; 'their' is modifying 'an animal' 
Elimiate (A) & (D) - Modifier error.
Eliminate (D) - change of meaning
Eliminate (B) - 'seeming limitless' is wrong.

A)  their  cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of

B) its cells may diversify into a  seeming  limitless range of

C) its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range  from
 
D)  their  cells may diversify into a seeming limitless range from

E) its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of -   CORRECT

KaramveerBakshi · Answer

As an animal develops from a fertilized egg into an embryo,  their cells may diversity into a seemingly limitless range of  types and tissues, from tusks to feather to brains.

A) their cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of -  'their'. SV error. Incorrect.

B) its cells may diversify into a seeming limitless range of -  'seeming' should be replaced by seemingly. Adjective error. Incorrect.

C) its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range from -  'from' should be 'of' instead. Of types and tissues ( then from comes after that). Incorrect.

D) their cells may diversify into a seeming limitless range from -  'their'. SV error. Incorrect.

E) its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of -  'its'. 'seemingly'. Correct.

Hence, the answer is Option (E).

ankaua · Answer

As an animal develops from a fertilized egg into an embryo,  their cells may diversity into a seemingly limitless range of  types and tissues, from tusks to feather to brains.

- pronoun error: "their" refer to a singular antecedent "an animal"

- "seemingly limitless range" ("seemingly" (ADVERB) modifies "limitless" (ADJECTIVE)) bears different meaning than "seeming .. range" ("seeming" (ADJECTIVE) modifies "range" (NOUN))

- "range  of  types and tissues" works much better.

- pronoun error, same as in A

-  Correct choice

ArindamLucky · Answer

IMO E

A) their cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of

B) its cells may diversify into a seeming limitless range of

C) its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range from

D) their cells may diversify into a seeming limitless range from

E) its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of

Firsty it should be range of as the range is given in the next line i.e 
 from tusks to feather to brains.

So B and E remain

In E seemingly as an adverb modifies limitless where seeming in B modifies range hence E is correct over B.

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generis · Answer

The official explanation is  here.

Rohi02 · Answer

As an animal develops from a fertilized egg into an embryo,  their cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of  types and tissues, from tusks to feather to brains.

A) their cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of
Incorrect- Their, an animal is singular

B) its cells may diversify into a seeming limitless range of 
Incorrect- seeming, adjective error (Change of meaning)

C) its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range from

Incorrect- from, (from is used with defined start and end data)

D) their cells may diversify into a seeming limitless range from

Incorrect- their

E) its cells may diversify into a seemingly limitless range of

Correct

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