Isotopes in the recently excavated bones of a 14-year-old girl from the Jamestown archaeological site indicate she had eaten a high-protein diet, so was probably the daughter of a gentleman, not a maidservant.
she had eaten a high-protein diet, so was probably the daughter of a gentleman, not a maidservant.
that she ate a high protein diet, so probably had been the daughter of a gentleman, and not a maidservant.
that she had eaten a high protein diet, so was probably the daughter of a gentleman, and not a maidservant's.
she ate a high-protein diet, so was probably the daughter of a gentleman, and had not been a maidservant.
she had eaten a high-protein diet, thereby had probably been the daughter of a gentleman, not a maidservant's.
a 14-year-old girl
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[spoiler]Solution: A
Explanation: The easiest way to eliminate several possibilities in this problem is to focus on the overall structure at the end. The logical meaning is: she had eaten a high protein diet, so was probably was this type of person, not this type person. It is illogical to say that she was this type of person, AND not this type of person (as if she was both - a person and not a person?). For instance you say: John bought a VW, not a Toyota. You would not say: John bought a VW, and not a Toyota (which means he bought a VW and bought "not a Toyota" While there are other errors to consider in (B), (C) they are both wrong for this reason. (D) delivers an illogical timeline and tacks on the random "she had not been a maidservant" at the end, which means she did something before she was a daughter. (E) also has illogical past perfect after thereby and incorrectly uses the possessive at the end, creating a structure that is not parallel. Only (A) correctly conveys the logical meaning and uses the proper structures required by the sentence. [/spoiler]
Explanation: The easiest way to eliminate several possibilities in this problem is to focus on the overall structure at the end. The logical meaning is: she had eaten a high protein diet, so was probably was this type of person, not this type person. It is illogical to say that she was this type of person, AND not this type of person (as if she was both - a person and not a person?). For instance you say: John bought a VW, not a Toyota. You would not say: John bought a VW, and not a Toyota (which means he bought a VW and bought "not a Toyota" While there are other errors to consider in (B), (C) they are both wrong for this reason. (D) delivers an illogical timeline and tacks on the random "she had not been a maidservant" at the end, which means she did something before she was a daughter. (E) also has illogical past perfect after thereby and incorrectly uses the possessive at the end, creating a structure that is not parallel. Only (A) correctly conveys the logical meaning and uses the proper structures required by the sentence. [/spoiler]
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The OA doesn't make sense. It should be C. This is a Veritas Prep questions.
Also please check the below link.
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/scien ... 04h7qUpDfQ
Please go through the 4th paragraph,last 3 lines. OA and this source makes this a dubious question.
Experts please look into this.
Also please check the below link.
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/scien ... 04h7qUpDfQ
Please go through the 4th paragraph,last 3 lines. OA and this source makes this a dubious question.
Experts please look into this.
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This question - like NUMEROUS others from this source - is a bad question.
On the real GMAT, subordinate clauses that are used as the object of a verb, such as "... indicate that she had eaten..." will always begin with THAT. In colloquial English, we often drop "that":
I know you study hard instead of I know that you study hard.
In colloquial usage, both are considered correct. On the GMAT, only the second one would be correct.
My recommendation: stop using this source to study from.
On the real GMAT, subordinate clauses that are used as the object of a verb, such as "... indicate that she had eaten..." will always begin with THAT. In colloquial English, we often drop "that":
I know you study hard instead of I know that you study hard.
In colloquial usage, both are considered correct. On the GMAT, only the second one would be correct.
My recommendation: stop using this source to study from.
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I felt indicate must be followed by that and filtered options to B and C.
selected B since I felt past perfect tense in C is not right.
can someone help with this question?
selected B since I felt past perfect tense in C is not right.
can someone help with this question?
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I would ignore this SC.Mechmeera wrote:I felt indicate must be followed by that and filtered options to B and C.
selected B since I felt past perfect tense in C is not right.
can someone help with this question?
None of the answer choices is viable.
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