699. The black hole has entered the popular imagination as an object too massive that neither light nor matter can escape its gravitational pull.
(A) too massive that neither light nor matter can escape its
(B) too massive for either allowing light or matter to escape its
(C) massive enough that either light or matter cannot escape their
(D) so massive that neither light nor matter could escape their
(E) so massive that neither light nor matter can escape
Solution:
Idioms + Pronoun
...so X that Y... is idiomatic.
Therefore, A and B are incorrect. too massive that and too massive for are not idiomatic.
In C and D, plural pronoun is used for singular antecedent. ...black hole(singular).. their(plural)
In E, so massive that is idiomatic and hence, E is the best choice.
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(A) too massive that neither light nor matter can escape its
(B) too massive for either allowing light or matter to escape its
(C) massive enough that either light or matter cannot escape their
(D) so massive that neither light nor matter could escape their
(E) so massive that neither light nor matter can escape
Solution:
Idioms + Pronoun
...so X that Y... is idiomatic.
Therefore, A and B are incorrect. too massive that and too massive for are not idiomatic.
In C and D, plural pronoun is used for singular antecedent. ...black hole(singular).. their(plural)
In E, so massive that is idiomatic and hence, E is the best choice.
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