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by abhasjha » Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:57 am
Unlike other Mayan cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.


a.Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.

b. Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.

c. the commercial power of Cancun's throughout the lowlands seemed to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.

d. Cancun seemed to be using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which was a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, in becoming a commercial power throughout the lowlands.

e. Cancun seems to have used its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, to become a commercial power throughout the lowlands.
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by prachi18oct » Wed Jul 02, 2014 6:31 am
IMO E

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by abhasjha » Wed Jul 02, 2014 6:44 am
how you ruled out D?
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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:08 am
abhasjha wrote:Unlike other Mayan cities, Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.


a.Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to be from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which were a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.

b. Cancun's commercial power throughout the lowlands seems to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.

c. the commercial power of Cancun's throughout the lowlands seemed to have come from using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities.

d. Cancun seemed to be using its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, which was a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, in becoming a commercial power throughout the lowlands.

e. Cancun seems to have used its strategic position at the foot of the highlands, a source of jade, obsidian, and other valuable commodities, to become a commercial power throughout the lowlands.
A and B: Unlike other Mayan cities, Cancun's commercial power
C: Unlike other Mayan cities, the commercial power
These options imply that the POWER was unlike OTHER MAYAN CITIES -- an illogical comparison.
Eliminate A, B and C.

Yesterday John played a game.
Mary did not attend the game.
Today, Mary sees John celebrating.
Mary might make the following interpretation:
John SEEMS TO HAVE WON the game.
To express WHAT WE SURMISE ABOUT A PAST EVENT in terms of the verb seem, the correct structure is SEEMS + TO + HAVE + VERBed.
D: Cancun seemed to be using
Eliminate D.

The correct answer is E.

To express what we surmise about Cancun's past in terms of the verb seem, we need the structure offered in the OA:
Cancun SEEMS TO HAVE USED.

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by Merlin92 » Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:48 am
A & B : have preposition mismatch (its is pointing to the noun 'commercial power' and not to Cancun)
C : the correct use should be 'the commercial power of Cancun throughout ...'
D : 'which' points to 'the highlands' (a plural subject); so correct use should be "which were..."
E : correct

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