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by nervesofsteel » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:00 am
Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the
Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an
ancient civilization that flourished at the same time
as the civilizations in the Nile Delta and the river
valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates.
(A) that flurished at the same time as the
civilizations
(8) that had flourished at the same time as had
the civilizations
(C) that flourished at the same time those had
(D) flourishing at the same time as those did
(E) flourishing at the same time as those were

OA A

Doubt ... isn't OA changing the meaning that ...the ancient civilization flourished as "the civilizations in the Nile Delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates."
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by fibbonnaci » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:55 am
Hey no, it does not alter the meaning.
Here ancient civilization is compared to the civilizations in Nile and Tigris. The parallelism is maintained in A.

B) unnecessary use of past perfect. past perfect- had is not necessary.

C)that flourished at the same time those had ('Those'- pronoun reference error. 'Those' cannot refer to a civilization)

D)flourishing at the same time as those did (same error as C- pronoun referenc error)

(E) flourishing at the same time as those were (same as C- pronoun reference error)
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by gmatmachoman » Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:36 am
nervesofsteel wrote:Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the
Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the site of an
ancient civilization that flourished at the same time
as the civilizations in the Nile Delta and the river
valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates.
(A) that flurished at the same time as the
civilizations
(8) that had flourished at the same time as had
the civilizations
(C) that flourished at the same time those had
(D) flourishing at the same time as those did
(E) flourishing at the same time as those were

OA A

Doubt ... isn't OA changing the meaning that ...the ancient civilization flourished as "the civilizations in the Nile Delta and the river valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates."

Plz do underline the SC....I do understand its bit painful as Underline wont get copied when copying the text from PDF format.
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