Biologists working
Biologists working in Spain say that their discovery of teeming life in a highly acidic river may not only broaden the search for life, or for evidence of past life, no other planets but also show that a number of forms of microscopic life can adapt to conditions that scientists have long thought hostile to all but the hardiest bacteria.
A. show that a number of forms of microscopic life can adapt to conditions that scientists have long thought hostile to all but the hardiest bacteria
B. may show that a number of forms of microscopic life is capable of adapting to conditions that scientists have long thought hostile to all bacteria but the hardiest ones
C. shows a number of forms of microscopic life to be capable to adapt to conditions that scientists have long thought had been hostile to all but the hardiest bacteria
D. showing that a number of forms of microscopic life is capable of adapting to conditions that scientists have long thought had been hostile to all but the hardiest bacteria
E. showing that a number of forms of microscopic life can adapt to conditions that scientists have long thought hostile to all bacteria but the hardiest
My Ques: I took a long time to solve this and got wrong. What approach do we use here?
Hi Riya,
Idiom being testes – not only………..but also
Whatever follows not only has to be parallel with what follows but also
Option A is correct – Not only broaden should be followed by but also show
Option B, C, D and E are incorrect because of the incorrect construction of not only……..but also idiom
Not only broaden……………but also may show
Not only broaden…………….but also shows
Not only broaden……………..but also showing
