Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below or part thereof has been underlined. The underlined part may have an error of grammar or diction. Select the option that best corrects the error, if any.

Paleontologists believe that fragments of a primate jawbone unearthed in Burma and estimated at 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of a crucial step along the evolutionary path that led to human beings.

  1. at 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of

  2. as being 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence of

  3. that it is 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence of what was

  4. to be 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of

  5. as 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of
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D Correct answer
Explanation

the subject 'Jawbone' is an object and it has to be followed by pronoun 'it', which is not used in any other option except (C), so (C) is the answer.

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