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by nataashaj » Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:25 am
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 pradeepsarathy » Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:47 am
IMO D

'It' should refer to a noun and not an action. Hence A and B are out.
E is wrong - Dangling Modifier problem - who built the house?
C is wordy and awkward.
that leaves us with D
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by ranell » Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:42 pm
you cannot use 'it' to refer to the action of building homes...
Use 'so' to do 'so'.....
making do without is somehting like you do not have X while you are doing Y...
Hence D...
E out for passive voice...
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