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by EricKryk » Sat Mar 01, 2014 8:30 pm
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
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by Patrick_GMATFix » Sat Mar 01, 2014 8:45 pm
sine the underlined portion starts with "and", that part of the sentence must be the end of a list. The trick to solving this question is understanding where the list begins. The answer is E. I go through the question in detail in the full solution below (taken from the GMATFix App).

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by [email protected] » Sun Mar 02, 2014 2:48 pm
Hi EricKryk,

This SC can be solved by using a couple of different grammar rules. Based on its construction, I'll handle it with a Modification rule....

The opening part of the sentence tells us "The diet of the....Greek....was largely vegetarian...." The next part of the sentence defines what a vegetarian diet is/was (thus the modification), so it can essentially be ignored. The last part of the sentence provides contrast to what was rarely in a vegetarian diet: meat. We need a phrase that properly describes meat and its rarity in the diet.

Final Answer: E

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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:48 am
EricKryk 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 and B: vegetables, fresh cheese, oatmeal, and meal cakes AND meat
The first and signals the END of the list of vegetarian foods.
Since meat is not a vegetarian food, it should NOT be included in the list.
Thus, the second and is inappropriate.
Eliminate A and B.

C: with meat as rare
The structure here is as + ADJECTiVE.
This structure cannot stand on its own.
Generally, it will be followed by as + NOUN, as in the following cases:
as happy as a clam
as bright as the sun
as rare as a diamond
Eliminate C.

D: vegetables, fresh cheese, oatmeal, and meal cakes, meat
Here, a connector is needed between meal cakes and meat.
Eliminate D.

The correct answer is E.

The diet of the ordinary Greek in classical times WAS largely vegetarian, WITH meat as a rarity.
Here, the with-modifier serves as an ADVERB modifying the preceding clause:
HOW was the diet largely vegetarian?
WITH meat as a rarity.
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