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Imladris Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Paraphrase

Choose the best rephrased form of the sentence.

There are more species of microbes in a typical home than the species of birds on Earth.

A) The species of microbes in a typical home are not much less than the species of birds on Earth.
B) There are a great number of birds on Earth, but the number of microbes in a typical home can compete with them.
C) When compared to the number of bird species on Earth, the number of microbes in a typical home is nearly the same.
D) The number of microbes in a typical home surpasses the number of bird species on Earth.
E) There are as many species of microbes in a typical home as species of birds on Earth.


The answer seems to be D, but it has been canceled. Why do you think it might have been canceled? By the way, it's from a standard test in Turkey.

  

Top answer

The original sentence is faulty. " A) English aside, the sense is backwards. B) Again, wrong sense.

— Anonymous

  • The original sentence is faulty.
  • " A) English aside, the sense is backwards.
  • B) Again, wrong sense.
  • We are talking about species, not individual creatures.
  • C) Again.
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The original sentence is faulty. "The" is wrong, and the singular is used with "species" and the like:

"There are more species of microbe in a typical home than species of bird on earth."

A) English aside, the sense is backwards.

B) Again, wrong sense. We are talking about species, not individual creatures.

C) Again. The original sentence says no such thing.

D) On

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(D) refers to "the number of microbes", not the number of species of microbes. These are very different things. None of the answers means the same as the original sentence.

The word "the" should be deleted in the original sentence (though this does not affect the answer in any way).

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ImladrisBy the way, it's from a standard test in Turkey.

The test writer did not know much about biology. Their English isn't the best, either. None of the answers is an accurate paraphrase of the example sentence.

ImladrisThe answer seems to be D, but it has been canceled.

What do you mean "cancelled?"

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