kingb wrote:
The way in which the mighty blue whale and the other baleen whales—the finback, gray, humpback, and right whales—eats was discovered by careful observation by biologists.
A. eats was discovered by
B. eat was discovered through
C. eats were discovered by means of
D. eat were discovered by
E. eat was discovered resulting from
A & C would be out since the mighty blue whale and the other baleen whales male a plural subject.
D would be out since were is used incorrectly as The way is the subject
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