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Post Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:58 am
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94. The Olympic Games helped to keep peace among the pugnacious states of the Greek world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival�s month.
(A) world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival�s month
(B) world, proclaiming a sacred truce during the festival�s month
(C) world when they proclaimed a sacred truce for the festival month
(D) world, for a sacred truce was proclaimed during the month of the festival
(E) world by proclamation of a sacred truce that was for the month of the festival
These are two independent clauses and they should be joined by special conjunctions (FANBOYS).

"in that" can be grammatically correct but use of "for" is best.
Because games cannot proclaim

Here, OA is D, not C.

Can anyone explain, why choice B is wrong? In this choice "proclaiming" is defining the sentence before comma, hence acting as phrase. However, as per OG, explanation says, "a clause is preferable to a phrase here." When to use Clause and when to use phrase???

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Post Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:56 am
IMO A

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Post Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:21 am
According to me its D

as I would avoid using "in that"as in A

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Post Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:26 am
the answer should be D as it sounds more idiomatic to me.i think its an O.G. 12 question

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Post Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:18 am
ANSWER: E?

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Post Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:50 pm
D!

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Post Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:52 am
OA should be D Smile

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Post Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:11 am
(B) is the answer as it is concise.

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Post Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:38 am
D is correct...during the month and for ...

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Post Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:53 am
94. The Olympic Games helped to keep peace among the pugnacious states of the Greek world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival�s month.
(A) world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival�s month
(B) world, proclaiming a sacred truce during the festival�s month
(C) world when they proclaimed a sacred truce for the festival mon
(D) world, for a sacred truce was proclaimed during the month of the festival
(E) world by proclamation of a sacred truce that was for the month of the festival

I wish to comment of "when" in C. pls, help in this point, not in other points.

"when" in C is wrong because C suggests that the GAMES helped keep peace (possibly by doing X) when States proclaim the truce. This is not intended meaning.

is my thinking correct?

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Post Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:26 pm
IMO D.

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Post Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:51 am
D! absolutely D!!!

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Post Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:29 am
It'd be amazing if someone would actually post the correct answer. Otherwise, this is the blind chasing the blind and doing these questions are not helping.

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Post Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:22 am
OA is D. And it makes sense since FOR = because, for the reason that

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Post Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:58 am
IMO D

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