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satishchandra
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Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru, the Mochica developed their own elaborate society, based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and exploiting other wild and domestic resources.
a)based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and exploiting
b) Based on the cultivation of such crops as corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and seafood, and the exploitation of
c) and basing it on the cultivation of crops like corn and beans, harvesting fish and seafood, and the exploiting of
d) and they based it on their cultivation of crops such as corn and beans, the harvest of fish and seafood, and exploiting
e) and they based it on their cultivating such crops like corn and beans, their harvest of fish and shellfish, and they explited
[spoiler]OA:B[/spoiler]
I was told that "based" is an adjective and any modifier introduced with an adjective must be a noun modifier
In the example above "based on cultivating such crops XXX" modifies the noun "the Mochica"
If I reframe the sentence, it may look as the Mochica is based on cultivating such crops XXX
If meaning of Mochica is person or group, I don't think it makes sence. How can option 'B' still be correct.
I know D and E have parallelism issues. No option is looking good to me in this question. Experts please help.
a)based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and exploiting
b) Based on the cultivation of such crops as corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and seafood, and the exploitation of
c) and basing it on the cultivation of crops like corn and beans, harvesting fish and seafood, and the exploiting of
d) and they based it on their cultivation of crops such as corn and beans, the harvest of fish and seafood, and exploiting
e) and they based it on their cultivating such crops like corn and beans, their harvest of fish and shellfish, and they explited
[spoiler]OA:B[/spoiler]
I was told that "based" is an adjective and any modifier introduced with an adjective must be a noun modifier
In the example above "based on cultivating such crops XXX" modifies the noun "the Mochica"
If I reframe the sentence, it may look as the Mochica is based on cultivating such crops XXX
If meaning of Mochica is person or group, I don't think it makes sence. How can option 'B' still be correct.
I know D and E have parallelism issues. No option is looking good to me in this question. Experts please help.
