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evelyn205205

According to scholars, the earliest writing was probably not a direct rendering of speech, but was more likely to begin as a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication, and only later merged with spoken language.

A. was more likely to begin as

B. more than likely began as

C. more than likely beginning from

D. it was more than likely begun from

E. it was more likely that it began

ANSWER IS B, BUT MY CHOICE IS A AND I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS IMPROPER IN A.
I KNOW THAT NOT...BUT... IS  A PARALLELISIM

HOPE TO RECEIVE GENEROUS HELP FROM YOU ALL,THX!

sdcar2010

If you know NOT...BUT... IS  A PARALLELISIM, very good.

"was likely to begin" indicates a pass tense of prediction for future, which is not right.

evelyn205205

SO YOU MEAN THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE DIFFERENT TENSES IN ONE SENTENCE.