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The nineteenth-century chemist Humpry Davy presented the results of his early experiments in his "Essay on Heat and Light", a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a new chemistry that Davy hoped to find.

A) a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a
B) a critique of all chemistry following Robert Boyle and also his envisioning of a
C) a critique of all chemistry after Robert Boyle and envisioning as well
D) critiquing all chemistry from Robert Boyle forward and also a vision of
E) critiquing all the chemistry done since Robert Boyle as well as his own envisioning of

Pls explain why you eliminated each answer choice.



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The nineteenth-century chemist Humpry Davy presented the 20 Aug 2004, 06:28
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Is there a full stop(.) before 'a critque'. If that is the case, I'll eliminate D and E.
C does not appear right.'Envisioning' before as well as appears strange!

I'll vote for B.

'll watch this space for OA and the correct explanation!
To be honest,I do not understand the meaning of the sentence :( .
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The nineteenth-century chemist Humpry Davy presented the 20 Aug 2004, 06:46
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NewKid: My bad....There should not be a period. I just corrected the sentence. It should be a comma.

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The nineteenth-century chemist Humpry Davy presented the 20 Aug 2004, 06:48
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A very tricky one indeed....here the critique is the book and not Davy himselfy...I go with A assuming there is a comma in the place of the '.' after the book's name....
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The nineteenth-century chemist Humpry Davy presented the 20 Aug 2004, 08:03
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I also go with A here on parallelism.
A) "Essay on Heat and Light", a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a new chemistry that Davy hoped to find
B) We already mentioned the name of Davy at the end of the sentence, hence, there is no need to introduce relative pronoun "his"
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The nineteenth-century chemist Humpry Davy presented the 20 Aug 2004, 08:14
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A seems to be correct. In B chemistry following Robert is awkward. Also his in B does not have a referent.
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The nineteenth-century chemist Humpry Davy presented the 20 Aug 2004, 16:45
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I chose "A" also based on parallelism of phrases after the main/independent clause.

I thought the OA is wrong. You guys have proved it. The OA according to the doc is "B". I dont see how. But i'm comfortable saying that A is correct.

Can anyone justify how B could be the Official Answer?
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The nineteenth-century chemist Humpry Davy presented the 01 Jun 2006, 07:15
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Re-Opening OLD SC ...

Why dont we have cause- affect here as mentioned in D/E

Presented ... critiquing?

I got it E :(
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A does not seem to be correct because of "as well as a vision of a new chemistry that Davy". Here, it is not clear whose vision is it?

B addresses that it is Boyle's vision.
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The nineteenth-century chemist Humpry Davy presented the 03 Jun 2006, 21:39
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A looks fine to me.
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you (A) look fine as well. :wink:
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Will go with A.
B . chemistry following Robert …….. frankly speaking doesnot make any sense.
C as well unidiomatic
D What is Robert Boyle forward?
E his and Davy….. should not come together.
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The nineteenth-century chemist Humpry Davy presented the results of his early experiments in his "Essay on Heat and Light", a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a new chemistry that Davy hoped to find.

A) a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a
B) a critique of all chemistry following Robert Boyle and also his envisioning of a
C) a critique of all chemistry after Robert Boyle and envisioning as well
D) critiquing all chemistry from Robert Boyle forward and also a vision of
E) critiquing all the chemistry done since Robert Boyle as well as his own envisioning of

Pls explain why you eliminated each answer choice.
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The nineteenth-century chemist Humpry Davy presented the results of his early experiments in his "Essay on Heat and Light", a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a new chemistry that Davy hoped to find.

I know there is a parallelism between the highlighted potions.
However, I am not able to understand the idea behind using "since Robert Boyle".

Can anybody clarify my doubt?? :?:

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