SC: Second world war

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SC: Second world war

by psm12se » Sat Nov 02, 2013 7:56 am
After the Second World War, the city of Cologne started the repair of the historical Cathedral, a project, taking almost a decade to finish; the Bild, the largest daily, described as the most expensive repair undertaken ever.

A. the repair of the historical Cathedral, a project, taking almost a decade to finish; the Bild

B. repairing the historical Cathedral, a project that took almost a decade to finish; the Bild

C. repairing the historical Cathedral, a project that had taken almost a decade to finish and the Bild

D. the repair of the historical Cathedral, a project that took almost a decade to finish and the Bild

E. the repair of the historical Cathedral, a project that took almost a decade to finish and that the Bild
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by theCodeToGMAT » Sat Nov 02, 2013 9:32 am
{A} - INCORRECT; " a project, taking almost a decade to finish" Modifier issue
{B} - INCORRECT; meaning issue
{C} - INCORRECT; "had" is not needed; "that" and "that" parallelism missing
{D} - INCORRECT; "that" and "that" parallelism missing
{E} - CORRECT;
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