A number of linguists contend that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world’s five billion people can be traced back to a common root language.
(A) that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world’s five billion people can be traced
(B) that the world’s five billion people speak thousands of languages of which all can be traced
(C) the world’s five billion people speak thousands of languages which are all traceable
(D) all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world’s five billion people to be traceable（A）
(E) the ability to trace all of the thousands of languages that are spoken by the world’s five billion people
A, the best choice, correctly (1) uses a noun clause introduced by that after contend, (2) keeps the “contention” clear by making all of the thousands of languages the subject of the noun clause, and (3) precisely indicates the relationship of the thousands of languages to the common root language (they can be traced back to it). B and C produce convoluted and ill-focused sentences by making the world’s five billion people the subject of the noun clause. The phrase of which all in B is unidiomatic (all of which is the idiom). C uses the wordy and indirect traceable back to. D incorrectly substitutes an infinitive clause for the “that” noun clause required after contend. E, in substituting a noun phrase, becomes incoherent and ungrammatical.
（1）不是很清楚OG的解释（红线部分)?
（2）以the world’s five billion people 做从句的主语怎么就是 convoluted and ill-focused 的句子了？不是很明白啊，请nn们帮忙释释疑啊，谢谢了！
（1）在contend后使用that引导的名词性从句
（2）以数以千计的语言为主语，使得争论的内容很清楚
（3）精确的显示了主语和宾语的关系
如果以the world’s five billion people 做主语，那就是说the world’s five billion people can be traced back to a common root language 肯定不对
thanks
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