Multiple choice

According to linguists researching origin of languages, the range of phonemes found in ancient languages highlight the possibility that all modern languages might have evolved from a single language that humans spoke more than 10,000 years ago.

  1. highlight the possibility that all modern languages might have evolved from a single language that

  2. highlight the possibility that all modern languages today evolved from a single language which

  3. may highlight that all modern languages had evolved from a single language, which

  4. highlights that all modern languages may have evolved from a single language that

  5. highlights that all modern languages evolved from a single language that
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. The option removes the error of Subject-Verb Agreement by using a singular verb - indicates - for a singular subject - 'range' of phonemes. Also, the option removes the error of redundancy by dispensing with the use of 'the possibility' since 'may have' also denotes possibility.

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