Multiple choice

When life emerged on Earth with a basic cellular structure, it would be adjudged positively primitive by today's standards.

  1. When life emerged on Earth with a basic cellular structure, it would be adjudged positively primitive by today's standards.

  2. When life emerged on Earth with a basic cellular structure, it was adjudged primitive by today's standards.

  3. Life, with basic cellular structure, emerged on Earth, when it would've been adjudged primitive by today's standards.

  4. Life, with a basic cellular structure, as it emerged on Earth, would be adjudged primitive by today's standards.
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Explanation

Correct; removes the Error of Misplaced Modifier and correctly refers to 'Life' when referring to 'basic structure'; removes the redundant 'When'.

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