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Carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.), the annals of Nabonidus is the earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus, it is the only chronology found so far that predates the ascension of Cyrus II to the throne.


(A) Carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.), the annals of Nabonidus is the earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus, it is
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(B) Carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.), the annals of Nabonidus, the earliest known account of the Median Empire, is more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus and is
.
(C) The annals of Nabonidus, having been carved at least as early as the Aecheminid dynasty (530-330 B.C.) and the earliest known account of the Median Empire, is more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus and
.
(D) The annals of Nabonidus, which was carved at least as early as the Aecheminid dynasty (530-330 B.C.) and is the earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus and is
.
(E) The earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus, the annals of Nabonidus, which was carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.) and is
.

[spoiler]OA is B. Why ANNALS use a singe verb IS?[/spoiler][/spoiler]

kvitkod wrote:Carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.), the annals of Nabonidus is the earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus, it is the only chronology found so far that predates the ascension of Cyrus II to the throne.


(A) Carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.), the annals of Nabonidus is the earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus, it is
.
(B) Carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.), the annals of Nabonidus, the earliest known account of the Median Empire, is more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus and is
.
(C) The annals of Nabonidus, having been carved at least as early as the Aecheminid dynasty (530-330 B.C.) and the earliest known account of the Median Empire, is more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus and
.
(D) The annals of Nabonidus, which was carved at least as early as the Aecheminid dynasty (530-330 B.C.) and is the earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus and is
.
(E) The earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus, the annals of Nabonidus, which was carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.) and is
.

[spoiler]OA is B. Why ANNALS use a singe verb IS?[/spoiler][/spoiler]

The annals of Nabonidus is singular and hence uses a singular verb IS, while annals alone would use a plural verb!
Hope its clear!

Regards,
GK

I am myself confused on why singular verb is has been used because annals of x is neither a clause..........waiting for experts comments on the same

(A) Carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.), the annals of Nabonidus is the earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus, it is (comma splice)
.
(B) Carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.), the annals of Nabonidus, the earliest known account of the Median Empire, is more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus and is (the annals of Nabonidus is an account of series of events, and hence, singular. Even if we have a doubt whether annals is plural/singular, we can scan through other answer choices to see whether a plural verb has been used. If there is no such usage, you can assume the usage of is is alright)
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(C) The annals of Nabonidus, having been carved at least as early as the Aecheminid dynasty (530-330 B.C.) and the earliest known account of the Median Empire, is more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus and
. (not parallel, is is required after and)
(D) The annals of Nabonidus, which was carved at least as early as the Aecheminid dynasty (530-330 B.C.) and is the earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus and is (comma splice)
.
(E) The earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus, the annals of Nabonidus, which was carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.) and is (consecutive modifiers, run-on)

smackmartine wrote:(A) Carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.), the annals of Nabonidus is the earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus, it is (comma splice)
.
(B) Carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.), the annals of Nabonidus, the earliest known account of the Median Empire, is more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus and is (the annals of Nabonidus is an account of series of events, and hence, singular. Even if we have a doubt whether annals is plural/singular, we can scan through other answer choices to see whether a plural verb has been used. If there is no such usage, you can assume the usage of is is alright)
.
(C) The annals of Nabonidus, having been carved at least as early as the Aecheminid dynasty (530-330 B.C.) and the earliest known account of the Median Empire, is more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus and
. (not parallel, is is required after and)
(D) The annals of Nabonidus, which was carved at least as early as the Aecheminid dynasty (530-330 B.C.) and is the earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus and is (comma splice)
.
(E) The earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus, the annals of Nabonidus, which was carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.) and is (consecutive modifiers, run-on)

Hi smackmartine,

Can you please clarify why singular verb is is being used????

aspirant2011:
Hi smackmartine,

Can you please clarify why singular verb is is being used????

As I explained above "annals" is A chronological account of events in successive years(definition from Wordweb. You can think of it as a series of Harry Potter novels), and hence, singular. Even if you doubt whether annals is plural/singular, you can scan through other answer choices to see whether a plural verb has been used. If there is no such usage, you can assume that the usage of is is alright.

Hope it's clear.