What do the technology searchers hope to use

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http://www.newsy.com/videos/why-finding-mh370-is-so-difficult/

"On top of nature's obstacles, the technology searchers hope to use to find the plane has an expiration date." This is from the transcript. What do the technology searchers hope to use to find the plane has an expiration date?

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

HUBLOTWhat do the technology searchers hope to use to find the plane has an expiration date?

This is an ill-formed question, but even with just the first part (What do the technology searchers hope to use ...?) I can see that you are on the wrong track. There are no "technology searchers". Here's a hint:

On top of nature's obstacles,
____________
the technology
........................... (that) searchers hope to use
............................... (in order) to find the plane
____________

has an expiration date.

(The "technology" is the black box, which will eventually stop sending signals.)

CJ

HUBLOT · Answer

Thanks a lot, CJ.

I wouldn't have been on the wrong track if the news reporter had said, "the technology that researchers hope to use".

Is the original better?

CalifJim · Answer

HUBLOTI wouldn't have been on the wrong track if the news reporter had said, "the technology that researchers hope to use".

Same here! That was a really twisted sentence, wasn't it? I, too, was on the wrong track for some time before I worked out the puzzle.

HUBLOTIs the original better?

No. Not in my opinion. It works as a spoken sentence because you can phrase it with the voice, but as a written sentence it leaves a lot to be desired.

CJ

HUBLOT · Answer

Thanks for the response, CJ.

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