Multiple choice

Radiometric dating reveals that the Palaeolithic sites in southern peninsula are nearly 1,000 years as old as any of their presumed northern predecessors.

  1. as old as any of their presumed

  2. older than any of their presumed

  3. as old as their presumed

  4. older than any of their presumably

  5. as old as their presumably
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B Correct answer
Explanation

‘Presumably’ is an adverb and adverbs modify verbs, adjectives or adverbs. So, using ‘presumably’ before ‘northern predecessors’ is wrong, because ‘supposed’ is modifying ‘predecessors’ and not ‘northern’. Other options have grammatically flawed structures. Hence (2).

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