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by xcusemeplz2009 » Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:00 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 winsome_vagabond » Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:19 pm
making do ... is it correct? Sounds unidiomatic to me ... C and D are out ..

do it and did it is incorrect ..

So by rejection ... IMO C
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by iamjakekim » Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:43 pm
I think making do is right. D!
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by mruzeful » Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:23 am
IMO B

i feel A & D are ruled out coz comma+ing form modifies the clause preceding it i.e., settlers used .. is like 'settlers usage is doing it without timber..' - awkward.

Any explanations guys?
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by rainmaker » Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:02 am
I think the answer is D.
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by mehravikas » Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:51 pm
It should be - D

A and B are out because it cannot refer to settlers
C - Wordy
E - incorrect.
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by shahdevine » Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:59 pm
xcusemeplz2009 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
D...idiom -->making do
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by mehravikas » Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:04 am
sorry I haven't heard of such idiom...

Can you tell me where did you find it please?
shahdevine wrote:
xcusemeplz2009 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
D...idiom -->making do
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by YARAB800 » Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:29 pm
IMO D

OA PLS
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by xcusemeplz2009 » Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:55 am
OA D
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