In preparation for the cold winter months

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In preparation for the cold winter months, it was the usual custom for prehistoric people to
gather and preserve, with smoke or by salting it, as much meat that they could during the
summer.
it was the usual custom for prehistoric people to gather and preserve, with smoke or by salting
it, as much meat that they could during the summer. Modifier error -> prehistoric people makes more sense
"¢ prehistoric people usually gathered as much meat as they could during the summer,
preserving it either by smoking or salting
"¢ it was the usual custom of prehistoric people to gather and preserve, either with smoke or by
salting, as much meat that they could during the summer
"¢ prehistoric people had the usual custom of gathering and preserving as much meat, either by
smoking or salting it, as they could during the summer
"¢ it was usually that prehistoric people would gather and preserve as much meat as they could,
which was either smoked or salted during the summer


None of the option seems right(to me)...B is the closest of all...!!


Am i missing something?Inputs,if any.
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by Ankur87 » Fri May 03, 2013 11:46 pm
Both 'Either by x or y' & 'either by x or by y' are grammatically correct. Which one is used is a matter of stylistic preference more than correctness.

For example, Next week I plan to travel for Thanksgiving either by train or plane is grammatically correct, as is Next week I plan to travel for Thanksgiving either by train or by plane.

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