Zeno's paradoxes are a set of problems generally thought to

Zeno's paradoxes are a set of problems generally thought to have been devised by Zeno of Elea to support Parmenide‘s doctrine that "all is one" and that, contrary to the evidence of our senses, the belief in plurality and change is mistaken, and in particular that motion is nothing but an illusion.

A. by Zeno of Elea to support Parmenide‘s doctrine that "all is one" and that, contrary to the evidence of our senses, the belief in plurality and change is mistaken, and in particular that motion
B. from Zeno of Elea to support Parmenide‘s doctrine that "all is one" and contrary to the evidence of our senses, the belief in plurality and change is mistaken, and in particular that motion
C. by Zeno of Elea supporting Parmenide‘s doctrine that "all is one" and that, contrary to the evidence of our senses, the belief in plurality and change was mistaken, and in particular motion
D. of Zeno of Elea in an attempt to support Parmenide‘s doctrine that "all is one" and that, despite our senses giving evidence to the contrary, the belief in plurality and change is mistaken, and in particular that motion
E. by Zeno of Elea for supporting Parmenide‘s doctrine that "all is one" and contrary to the evidence of our senses, the belief in plurality and change was mistaken, and in particular that motion

Using POE , first choices can be eliminated for using past tense when the whole context is in present .
Therefore , C and E out.
A paradox is devised by a person(Zeno) not from or of , B and D out .
Only choice A left in which "all is one" and the belief in .... are parallel with that .. and that...

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Could you pls help explain the list of things in this sentence?
is it a list of 2 or 3 items?

How do we have 3 "thats" in the right answer, along with two "ands"?

Hi,
It has two items in parallel..
That A and that B, and that C..
Look there is no comma prior to first 'that' and those two are clubbed together and these two are then paralleled to third..
Let me think of a simple example..
Nowadays people want jobs that are demanding and that are adventurous, and in particular, that are highly paid.

Can we have comma after that in a sentence?

Zeno's paradoxes are a set of problems generally thought to have been devised by Zeno of Elea to support Parmenide‘s doctrine that "all is one" and that, contrary to the evidence of our senses, the belief in plurality and change is mistaken, and in particular that motion is nothing but an illusion.

A. by Zeno of Elea to support Parmenide‘s doctrine that "all is one" and that, contrary to the evidence of our senses, the belief in plurality and change is mistaken, and in particular that motion - has no error. Hence, (A) is the correct answer.


If our intention is to highlight the doer of an action in the passive form, we need to use ''by''. Since (B) and (D) does not have ''by'', we can eliminate (B) and (D)

C. by Zeno of Elea supporting Parmenide‘s doctrine that "all is one" and that, contrary to the evidence of our senses, the belief in plurality and change was mistaken, and in particular motion - the whole sentence is constructed using the present tense. But (C) introduces the past tense ''was''.

E. by Zeno of Elea for supporting Parmenide‘s doctrine that "all is one" and contrary to the evidence of our senses, the belief in plurality and change was mistaken, and in particular that motion - to indicate the purpose of an action, we use ''to''. Since (E) does uses ''for'' instead of ''to'', we can eliminate (E)

While that parallelism is the most technical way to correct this sentence, the wrong answers can be eliminated using the right prepositions and tenses.
in C and E we have was, whereas we need is. In B and D we have from and of whereas the meaning of this sentence requires a by.

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