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Study of ancient clay deposits

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joehurundas
 Post subject: Study of ancient clay deposits
 Post Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 5:43 pm 
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A recent study of ancient clay deposits has provided new evidence supporting the theory of global forest fires ignited by a meteorite impact that contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs and many other creatures some 65 million years ago.

(A) supporting the theory of global forest fires ignited by a meteorite impact that
(B) supporting the theory that global forest fires ignited by a meteorite impact
(C) that supports the theory of global forest fires that were ignited by a meteorite impact and that
(D) in support of the theory that global forest fires were ignited by a meteorite impact and that
(E) of support for the theory of a meteorite impact that ignited global forest fires and

Can someone explain why options A and D are wrong; someone please help!
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manjeet.singh
 Post subject: Re: Study of ancient clay deposits
 Post Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 2:25 am 
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Hi..

I will give it a try

A. A seems to indicate that theory contributed to the extinction and not fire
.. clay deposits has provided new evidence supporting the theory ....that contributed to the extinction
B. This seems to be the right option
C. Unnecessary usage of that.. Also first that does not seem to be proper parallelism
that were ignited by a......and that
D Not parallel usage of that
E."evidence of support" does not seem to be right. Also meaning problem as in A
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jnelson0612
 Post subject: Re: Study of ancient clay deposits
 Post Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:31 pm 
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Dear Manjeet,
Please edit your post to include the source and question number (if applicable).

Thank you!

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