subgeeth wrote:The diet of the ordinary Greek in classical times was largely vegetarian-vegetables ， fresh
cheese，oatmeal，and meal cakes， and meat rarely．
(A) and meat rarely
(B) and meat was rare
(C) with meat as rare
(D) meat a rarity
(E) with meat as a rarity

A

subgeeth wrote:The diet of the ordinary Greek in classical times was largely vegetarian-vegetables ， fresh
cheese，oatmeal，and meal cakes， and meat rarely．
(A) and meat rarely
(B) and meat was rare
(C) with meat as rare
(D) meat a rarity
(E) with meat as a rarity

IMO E

In this Question One needs to notice that Meat can't be pasrt of the Vegie Diet. Hence you can't use "and" A,B out.

Left with c,d,e,: D is out because it does not have any linking word.
C.E :
C is out because the meaning of the sen comes out to be "Meat was rare" which is not the case.

Guys , I would like you to have a look at this post , I know the starting few comments are from a different post but scroll down and look at the post from dongthang .


I really like the way stacey has explained this question . A lot of things to learn if you keep reading . The discussion seems to go on ..........and on.....

https://www.beatthegmat.com/ing-modifier ... 38943.html

Thanks .