amatya wrote:
While many of the dinosaur fossils found recently in northeast China seem to provide evidence of the kinship between dinosaurs and birds, the wealth of enigmatic fossils
seem more likely at this stage that they will inflame debates over the origin of birds rather than settle them.
(A) seem more likely at this stage that they will inflame debates over the origin of birds rather than
(B) seem more likely that it will inflame debates over the origin of birds at this stage than
(C) seems more likely to inflame debates on the origin of birds at this stage rather than
(D) seems more likely at this stage to inflame debates over the origin of birds than to
(E) seems more likely that it will inflame debates on the origin of birds at this stage than to
Since it is a very weirdly constructed problem with a fair chance to misguide you, I believe that I have some different approach
Look if you do not spot it while reading, a SVA (Agreement) error, you can see the difference in the options, when you see such a difference, you can then think over it
we need a verb for THE WEALTH
A singular noun, so the verb should be seems
now as for C,D,E
EASY WAY
See if you're very confident in SC the easy way is best for u
C uses more.... rather than construction, very unidiomatic
E has an empty it
HARD WAY
If you are blanked out on grammar rules, this method will certainly work
Try to find the difference between options
you'll see
C v D
PLACEMENT OF "at this stage"
Now think a little
GMAT has done this. You must have seen questions where the word placement changes meaning, such as "only", etc
What does the C say in parts?
TO INFLAME DEBATE ON
BIRDS AT THIS STAGEWhat does D say?
AT THIS STAGE TO INFLAME DEBATE
ON BIRDSSince the rest of the sentence says nothing about the stage on which the birds are at, we can safely believe that the option C was not conveying the meaning
Now as for option E
you can say D is concise, also the "it" is not getting an antecedent
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