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Vishaljain23231 Posted 13 years ago
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Australian embrylogists have found evidence that suggests that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolving as a kind of snorkel.
Is "that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolving" correct or should it be replaced with?
1.to suggest that the elephant has descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolved
2. to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and that its trunk originally evolved
Option 2 is correct, but why is* descended better than *has descended as the action is finished at time of speaking and is it always necessary to use that twice both before the elephant and its trunk
Is "that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolving" correct or should it be replaced with?
1.to suggest that the elephant has descended from an aquatic animal, and its trunk originally evolved
2. to suggest that the elephant is descended from an aquatic animal, and that its trunk originally evolved
Option 2 is correct, but why is* descended better than *has descended as the action is finished at time of speaking and is it always necessary to use that twice both before the elephant and its trunk
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Australian embryologists have found evidence that suggests that the modern elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and the trunk had originally evolved as a kind of snorkel. The snorkel-trunk was in place when the ancestor was an aquatic animal. If the modern elephant's trunk evolved from a short-nosed aquatic animal, then it needs to be worded another way.
- Australian embryologists have found evidence that suggests that the modern elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and the trunk had originally evolved as a kind of snorkel.
- The snorkel-trunk was in place when the ancestor was an aquatic animal.
- If the modern elephant's trunk evolved from a short-nosed aquatic animal, then it needs to be worded another way.
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Australian embryologists have found evidence that suggests that the modern elephant is descended from an aquatic animal and the trunk had originally evolved as a kind of snorkel.
The snorkel-trunk was in place when the ancestor was an aquatic animal.
If the modern elephant's trunk evolved from a short-nosed aquatic animal, then it needs to be worded an
The snorkel-trunk was in place when the ancestor was an aquatic animal.
If the modern elephant's trunk evolved from a short-nosed aquatic animal, then it needs to be worded an
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I didn't get that explanation. this is a question from a gmat preparation book, so the sentence can't be changed, i want to know why "is" is used in the part "the elephant is descended"
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vishaljain23231I want to know why "is" is used in the part "the elephant is descended"Well, the elephant is a modern animal. It is descended from its ancestors, as we all are.
The present tense is fine.
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Ok! If elephant were to be extinct as of now, then had descended would have replaced is descended. Correct!
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