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by isisalaska » Tue May 15, 2007 12:26 pm

794. 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

Is the right answer really C? should it not be D? any thoughts?

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by drhomler » Tue May 15, 2007 12:32 pm

I would agree with D. The Part "when they" seems to imply the games declared peace.

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by Neo2000 » Tue May 15, 2007 6:43 pm

C is fine

With D, I think "as" instead of "for" makes more sense.

The subject is the Olympic Games and they were indeed the cause of a truce between warring states

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Isn't "They" ambiguous?

by discreet » Tue May 15, 2007 9:56 pm

I am not sure if "C" is the right choice..."They" appears ambiguous to me.
One thing in favour is that in Choice "C" "when" is used w.r.t time which is correct.
"D" also doesn't appear convincing...

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by RAGS » Thu May 17, 2007 8:56 am

refer problem 51 of OG11

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by magical cook » Fri May 18, 2007 12:25 am

Hi,

I would like a reason to eliminayte the choice B) which sounds OK to me...

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by mv12 » Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:18 am

Should be A

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by spartacus1412 » Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:59 pm

why not B?

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