You are ever likely to encounter on Earth
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Regarding the following sentence:
Australia's plants and animals are probably the closest things to alien life-forms that you are ever likely to encounter on Earth.
Q1 What is the antecedent of the relative pronoun clause "that you are ever likely to encounter on Earth"? Is it "(the closest) things" or "(alien) life-forms"?
Q2 How does the adverb "ever" work in the sentence?
Q3 Could you paraphrase the above sentence in simpler terms, if you don't mind?
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Regarding the following sentence: Australia's plants and animals are probably the closest things to alien life-forms that you are ever likely to encounter on Earth. Q1 What is the antecedent of the relative pronoun clause "that you are ever likely to encounter on Earth"? Is it "(the closest) things" <<< Yes or "(alien) life-forms"?
- Regarding the following sentence: Australia's plants and animals are probably the closest things to alien life-forms that you are ever likely to encounter on Earth.
- Q1 What is the antecedent of the relative pronoun clause "that you are ever likely to encounter on Earth"?
- Is it "(the closest) things" <<< Yes or "(alien) life-forms"?
- Q2 How does the adverb "ever" work in the sentence?
- It modifies 'likely'.
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Regarding the following sentence:
Australia's plants and animals are probably the closest things to alien life-forms that you are ever likely to encounter on Earth.
Q1 What is the antecedent of the relative pronoun clause "that you are ever likely to encounter on Earth"? Is it "(the closest) things" <<< Yes or "(alien) life-forms"?
Q2 How does the adver
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2 adverb of time (ever = at any time)
3 If you look all over the world, you can find living things that look very strange, but those in Australia look even stranger than the others.
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