In the questions given below, choose the grammatically correct option to replace the underlined part of the sentence.
A little under a million years ago, the briny waters of the Baltic Sea began fooding daily into the cold North Atlantic:
geologists are still debating whether the food was gradual or created a cataclysm.
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SEBI Grade A (Ph 1 Paper 1 2022)
whether the food was gradual or created a cataclysm
Incorrect Answerif the food was gradual or created a cataclysm
Incorrect Answerabout whether the food was gradual or cataclysmic
Incorrect Answerwhether the food was gradual or cataclysmic
Correct Answerwhether the food was gradual or it created a cataclysm
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
(a) is wrong because the things before and after ‘or’ are not parallel; i.e. “was gradual” and “created a cataclysm” are not parallel. (b) is wrong because ‘if’ is used when you have only one option. (c) uses an extra word ‘about’. We never debate ‘about’ something, we debate ‘over’ something. (e) repeats the mistake in A. (d) is the best choice.
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By: Parvesh Mehta