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by ansumania » Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:52 pm
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this question is discussed before but has always remained inconclusive......pl. comment

Based on accounts of various ancient writers , scholars have painted a shetchy picture

of the activities of an all female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth century BC,

worshipped a hoddess known in latin as Bona Dea, "the good goddess"

A- Based on accounts of various ancient writers,

B-Basing it on various ancient writers' accounts,

C-With accounts of various ancient writers used for a basis,

D- By the accounts of various ancient writes they used,

E- Using accounts of various ancient writers

The answer is E.
I could eliminate other options.The explanation says in B , 'it' doesn't have a cleat antecedent. Why can't it refer to 'sketchy picture'. Pl. explain.
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by ashtya » Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:39 pm
Hi, The first part is modifying scholars. E is a fine modifier as it tells Scholars are using .... A is wrong as Scholars are not based on...

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by reply2spg » Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:55 pm
'based on' should be modified to the subject of the clause, which comes after comma. In this sentence means that scholars are based on, which is wrong. Therefore, A is wrong.

About B first clause, i.e. before comma, should modify the word just next to comma. Here in this sentence 'Basing it on various ancient writers' accounts' modifies 'Scholars', since 'scholars' is plural subject you can not have singular pronoun 'it'. Therefore, B is wrong.

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ansumania wrote:hi,

this question is discussed before but has always remained inconclusive......pl. comment

Based on accounts of various ancient writers , scholars have painted a shetchy picture

of the activities of an all female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth century BC,

worshipped a hoddess known in latin as Bona Dea, "the good goddess"

A- Based on accounts of various ancient writers,

B-Basing it on various ancient writers' accounts,

C-With accounts of various ancient writers used for a basis,

D- By the accounts of various ancient writes they used,

E- Using accounts of various ancient writers

The answer is E.
I could eliminate other options.The explanation says in B , 'it' doesn't have a cleat antecedent. Why can't it refer to 'sketchy picture'. Pl. explain.
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