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by iwill » Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:01 pm
On the Great Plains, nineteenth-century settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without timber and nails.

(A) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without
(B) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, did it without
(C) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, making them while not having
(D) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, making do without
(E) settlers’ homes were built of mud and grass, making do without
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by scoobydooby » Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:13 am
IMO D

A: wrong, homes plural, "doing it " is singular
B: wrong, homes plural, "did it " is singular
C: making them while not having sounds awkward
D: making do -correct usage: they managed to do without
E: homes were built.. making do without sounds awkward, different tenses used
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by duke » Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:34 am
iwill wrote:On the Great Plains, nineteenth-century settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without timber and nails.

(A) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without
(B) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, did it without
(C) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, making them while not having
(D) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, making do without
(E) settlers’ homes were built of mud and grass, making do without
ANS is D. "it" in choice A and B is not used properly since "it" indicates what? Maybe "so" would be better. In other words, "doing so without" could be better.
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