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Although the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings of either wattle and daub or unfired mud brick, by the thirteenth century buildings of coral blocks in lime mortar began to appear.

A. earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings
B. earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, who built their dwellings
C. earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, built their dwellings
D. dwellings of the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, built
E. dwellings of the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, which were built

C

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GaganHs: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 12; Joined: Sun Jul 07, 2019 11:29 am

Re: OG: Although the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings

by GaganHs » Sat Jul 04, 2020 8:57 am

Question is built wrong here

Although the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings of either wattle and daub or unfired mud brick, by the thirteenth century buildings of coral blocks in lime mortar began to appear.

"by the thirteenth-century buildings of coral blocks in lime mortar began to appear." is already an independent clause, hence we need to make sure the underlined portion of the sentence is also an independent clause joined by the conjunction "although"

A) earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings -- Run on

B) earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, who built their dwellings -- Run on
There shouldn't be a comma between a subject and a verb

C) earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe built their dwellings -- CORRECT,

IC +IC

D) dwellings of the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, built -- run on

E) dwellings of the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, which were built -- sentence fragment

Answer is C

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chillbrorelax: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 13; Joined: Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:44 amFollowed by: 2 members

Re: OG: Although the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings

by chillbrorelax » Fri Aug 21, 2020 10:01 am

GaganHs wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 04, 2020 8:57 am
Question is built wrong here

Although the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings of either wattle and daub or unfired mud brick, by the thirteenth century buildings of coral blocks in lime mortar began to appear.

"by the thirteenth-century buildings of coral blocks in lime mortar began to appear." is already an independent clause, hence we need to make sure the underlined portion of the sentence is also an independent clause joined by the conjunction "although"

A) earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings -- Run on

B) earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, who built their dwellings -- Run on
There shouldn't be a comma between a subject and a verb

C) earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe built their dwellings -- CORRECT,

IC +IC

D) dwellings of the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, built -- run on

E) dwellings of the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, which were built -- sentence fragment

Answer is C

Yes. The question is posted with errors.

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