Their modern bone structure suggests that whales originally

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Their modern bone structure suggests that whales originally  have walked on land using appendages that once existed  where fins exist today.
A. have walked on land using appendages that once existed
B. were walking on land using appendages that existed once
C. were walking using appendages on land that once existed
D. walked using appendages on land that once existed
E. walked on land using appendages that once existed

OA: Later

sanlitun · Answer

I would go with E. Whats the right answer ?

jalaj79 · Answer

Totally agree with hgp2k. E is the best answer choice.
You can eliminate A,B,C by just looking at the  first 2 words  of each sentence.

bnagdev282 · Answer

E me too..

what is the OA?????????

adalfu · Answer

I also picked E):

my rationale is that "have walked" signals the effect is still in place... however, the intention is that we want to state that  today , whales don't walk anymore, so we should just use the simple past.

we need the perfect tense if the sentence says "whales have evolved from having appendages to having fins..." or something like that.

nusmavrik · Answer

Yes we are talking about the past. Should be E

RenukaD · Answer

+1 vote for E for same reason as explained by Adalfu

anilwanted · Answer

walking doesnt make sense as nothing is going on...
so B and C wring..

D says land which once exited..i..e modifying land..so incorrect..

now A and E are left..
A uses have 
but here we can use simple past so A is wrong..

my answer is E

vudsri000 · Answer

D. walked using appendages on land that once existed
E. walked on land using appendages that once existed

Confused between D and E.........

D says once land existed and on which fins exist today .........

E says appendages once existed on which fins exist today??? ........

I went for D .........but am not at all sure

sridhar · Answer

Its between D and E.. And I go for E as well..
vudsri000, I think the reason why E is because appendages are replaced by fins today.. So D wrongly modifies land..

Hope it helps.

psychomath · Answer

I go for E as well.- for the reason mentioned by sridhar!

temp33 · Answer

IMO E... Don't know why but I am finding the right answer choice in most of the cases today !

ingoditrust · Answer

walked and existed show that appendages and walking had taken place at the same time.

E

aim730 · Answer

OA please!!!!

My Answer is E as well

Their modern bone structure suggests that whales originally have walked on land using appendages that once existed where fins exist today.
A. have walked on land using appendages that once existed
B. were walking on land using appendages that existed once
C. were walking using appendages on land that once existed
D. walked using appendages on land that once existed
E. walked on land using appendages that once existed

It should be walked and not walking to be used in this sentence so B and C out.

In D and E, It is E because the statement after 'that' modifies anything before it so it was appendages and not land that is modified by the statement after 'That'
C is wrong because of the modifier rule as above.

Please let me know in case I am wrong..... :-D

I will give a fight till the End....!!!! :knight

I will give a fight till the End....!!!! :knight

geturdream · Answer

E for me.. Not posting the explanation as it has already been discussed . Same for me :-D

Please post the OA

Their modern bone structure suggests that whales originally

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