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Ruthless-turkey Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

a question from turkey

1font00 02font01b01font00Scientists are fascinated by the Aurora Borealis ----- near the Arctic Circle.02font02b02br
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01font00A) 02font01font00locating02font02br
01font00B) 02font01font00to locate02font02br
01font00C) 02font01font00to be located02font02br
01font00D) 02font01font00having been located02font02br
01font00E) 02font01font00located02font02br
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00i think correct asnwer's "E"..but im not sure..0-
  

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1font 00If Aurora Borelis is a place then 00E 02font 02br 02br 00If Aurora Borelis is a thing (may be a flower) then 01font 00D02font 0-

  • 1font 00If Aurora Borelis is a place then 00E 02font 02br 02br 00If Aurora Borelis is a thing (may be a flower) then 01font 00D02font 0-
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1font00If Aurora Borelis is a place then 00E 02font02br
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00If Aurora Borelis is a thing (may be a flower) then 01font00D02font0-
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0Aurora Borelis means northern lights, so it's E 050010id1
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0 To make sense of answer D, "to be located" means "to be found". This would mean whatever was located could have been somewhere else. Scientists are more likely to make discoveries than find something new. So, even using D grammatically, it doesn't make sense to use D here.02br
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00"After finding my keys, having been located on the kitchen table, I left my house only t
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01cite10Ruthless-turkey12cite11font10 12font11b11font10Scientists are fascinated by the Aurora Borealis ----- near the Arctic Circle.12font12b12br
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0It's a weird sentence, whichever answer you choose... 02br
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00Answer E could be ok in terms of grammar, but it is meaningless. Why? Because Aurora Borealis doesn't match with "locate": it's a natural phenomenon which can be observed near the Northern Pole, but this does not mean it is located somewhere!02br
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00See: 01a

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