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by CSASHISHPANDAY » Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:01 pm
having left no historical records of their own, the histories of their enemies provide modernity the only record of the Huns,who conducted numerous Germanic tribes in Europe and assaulted the eastern Roman empire.

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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Tue Jul 31, 2012 1:03 am
The most basic mistake is that the modifying phrase "having left no historical records of their own" precedes "the histories," suggesting that "histories" can leave their own records (!).
The subject obviously should be "the Huns."
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by thestartupguy » Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:40 am
CSASHISHPANDAY wrote:having left no historical records of their own, the histories of their enemies provide modernity the only record of the Huns,who conducted numerous Germanic tribes in Europe and assaulted the eastern Roman empire.

Identify errors OA will be provided after that.
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