Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.
OG12 42. Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago AND [url=]extending[/url][AE1] for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.
[AE2]This sentence has the participles “spawned” and “extending” in a correct parallel construction.”spawned” refers to something that happened in the past, while “extending” refers to something that continues into the present.
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