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Old 05-11-2006, 12:53 PM   #1 (permalink)
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# The principal island of Manritius, located in the Southwest Indian ocean, has a central

plateau and vocalcanic mountains that rise to a height of 820 in meters.

The answer ---> d
I don't understand why - c - is correct? Anybody can explain me ? Because I think THe principal island is a singular nound so that it should be rises.
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I guess is a sort of "general truth" and that's why present simple is used, but anyway D is definitely wrong - "in" should be missing
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# The principal island of Manritius, located in the Southwest Indian ocean, has a central

plateau and vocalcanic mountains that rise to a height of 820 in meters.

The answer ---> d
I don't understand why - c - is correct? Anybody can explain me ? Because I think THe principal island is a singular nound so that it should be rises.
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Because it's the mountains that rise and they are plural.

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Old 05-29-2006, 09:28 PM   #4 (permalink)
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mountains that rise
agree with Michael
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Old 05-30-2006, 12:06 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Yes! What "rises"? the "mountains".

So "Mountains rise"

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