Sentence Correction

The first trenches that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded
strong evidence for centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the
Middle East that were arising simultaneously with but independently of the more
celebrated city-states of southern Mesopotamia, in what is now southern Iraq.


A. that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong
evidence for centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the
Middle East that were arising simultaneously with but
B. that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, yields strong evidence
that centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle
East were arising simultaneously with but also
C. having been cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong
evidence that centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the
Middle East were arising simultaneously but
D. cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, yields strong evidence of
centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East
arising simultaneously but also
E. cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence that
centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East
arose simultaneously with but

E solves all the problems associated with the original sentence.

1. unnecessary Passive voice.
2. Wordiness : evidence for .....

So I would go with E

My answer is A
B is incorrect because of subject verb disagreement.
trenches being the subject one must use plural verb "have" as in A, rather than "yields", as in B

Hope this helps .

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mgmt_gmat wrote:
The first trenches that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence for centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East that were arising simultaneously with but independently of the more celebrated city-states of southern Mesopotamia, in what is now southern Iraq.


A. that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence for centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East that were arising simultaneously with but - strong evidence for ? ELIMINATE

B. that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, yields strong evidence that centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East were arising simultaneously with but also - Subject Verb error . trenches ..should be yield .ELIMINATE

C. having been cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence that centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East were arising simultaneously but - wrong tense used. ELIMINATE

D. cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, yields strong evidence of centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East arising simultaneously but also - Subject Verb error . trenches ..should be yield .ELIMINATE

E. cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence that centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East arose simultaneously with but - evidence that - correct form. CORRECT

mgmt_gmat wrote:The first trenches that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded
strong evidence for centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the
Middle East that were arising simultaneously with but independently of the more
celebrated city-states of southern Mesopotamia, in what is now southern Iraq.


A. that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong
evidence for centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the
Middle East that were arising simultaneously with but
B. that were cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, yields strong evidence
that centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle
East were arising simultaneously with but also
C. having been cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong
evidence that centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the
Middle East were arising simultaneously but
D. cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, yields strong evidence of
centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East
arising simultaneously but also
E. cut into a 500-acre site at Tell Hamoukar, Syria, have yielded strong evidence that
centrally administered complex societies in northern regions of the Middle East
arose simultaneously with but

(B) n (D) are out because 'trenches' is plural so 'yields' is incorrect.

(C) has 'arising' which is incorrect

(A) has 'were arising' which is again incorrect

(E) wins

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