Isotope Dillema

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Isotope Dillema

by gmat2805 » Wed May 08, 2013 4:26 am
Isotopes in the recently excavated bones of a 14-year-old girl from the Jamestown archaeological site indicate she had eaten a high-protein diet, so was probably the daughter of a gentleman, not a maidservant.

she had eaten a high-protein diet, so was probably the daughter of a gentleman, not a maidservant.

that she ate a high protein diet, so probably had been the daughter of a gentleman, and not a maidservant.

that she had eaten a high protein diet, so was probably the daughter of a gentleman, and not a maidservant's.

she ate a high-protein diet, so was probably the daughter of a gentleman, and had not been a maidservant.

she had eaten a high-protein diet, thereby had probably been the daughter of a gentleman, not a maidservant's.

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OA - A :( . Please help me eliminate the other options.
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by apoorva.rattan » Wed May 08, 2013 5:27 pm
Here is my thought :

The answer choices with the option 'that' can be eliminated since they are grammatically incorrect.
Option B has a tense error(Earlier Action -> Past Perfect and Later Action -> Simple Past) and Option C has possessive error.

Option D has an error in meaning. It implies that the girl was a maid-servant. The initial sentence says implies her as a daughter of a maid-servant or gentleman.

Option E also has possessive errors.

Therefore, the only correct option seems to be A.

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by gmat2805 » Fri May 10, 2013 4:31 am
Can you please tell me why all options having "that " can be eliminated

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by snigdha1605 » Fri May 10, 2013 5:20 am
I have a doubt as well...isn't the correct idiom - Indicate that ?

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