KAPLAN qbank SC question

Many Lithuanian words-plural
thus a,b eliminated
also e) there is descent is incorrect
also correct meaning is that words are compared with words in other languages.
d) suggests that they are compared with only one another language.
thus IMO C

Hi,

Many Lithuanian words preserve important features of Proto-Indoeuropean, the language from which it is descended, and scholars compare it to the corresponding word in other Indoeuropean languages in order to reconstruct the original Proto-Indoeuropean form.

A) it is descended, and scholars compare it to the corresponding word in other Indoeuropean languages

B) it descends, and scholars compare it to the corresponding words in another Indoeuropean language

C) they are descended, and scholars compare them with the corresponding words in other Indoeuropean languages

D) they descend, and scholars compare them to the corresponding word in another Indoeuropean language

E) there is descent, and scholars compare them with corresponding words in other Indoeuropean languages

Words is plural. So, they are compared with corresponding words, not just word.

JRavachi wrote:Many Lithuanian words preserve important features of Proto-Indoeuropean, the language from which it is descended, and scholars compare it to the corresponding word in other Indoeuropean languages in order to reconstruct the original Proto-Indoeuropean form.

A) it is descended, and scholars compare it to the corresponding word in other Indoeuropean languages

B) it descends, and scholars compare it to the corresponding words in another Indoeuropean language

C) they are descended, and scholars compare them with the corresponding words in other Indoeuropean languages

D) they descend, and scholars compare them to the corresponding word in another Indoeuropean language

E) there is descent, and scholars compare them with corresponding words in other Indoeuropean languages

Got this one wrong. Thought it might be nice to share.

OA: C

A & B can be eliminated due to use of the pronoun 'it' which signifies a singular subject. This is wrong since 'Lithuanian words' is a plural subject.
E can be eliminated on the basis of the the ambiguity of 'there is descent'.
Between C & D, we can eliminate D due to a contextual error, which implies that the words are compared to one word in another language, leaving us with C

In choice C isn't the modifier "the language from which they are descended" an Independent Clause?

rchavan wrote:In choice C isn't the modifier "the language from which they are descended" an Independent Clause?

No..It is a dependent clause.

JRavachi wrote:Many Lithuanian words preserve important features of Proto-Indoeuropean, the language from which it is descended, and scholars compare it to the corresponding word in other Indoeuropean languages in order to reconstruct the original Proto-Indoeuropean form.

A) it is descended, and scholars compare it to the corresponding word in other Indoeuropean languages

B) it descends, and scholars compare it to the corresponding words in another Indoeuropean language

C) they are descended, and scholars compare them with the corresponding words in other Indoeuropean languages

D) they descend, and scholars compare them to the corresponding word in another Indoeuropean language

E) there is descent, and scholars compare them with corresponding words in other Indoeuropean languages

Got this one wrong. Thought it might be nice to share.

OA: C

hello bro

"Many Lithuanian words" is the subject of first clause and its plural, and object in the passive form of "the language" so eliminate A, B, and D

option E is simply awkward.

so IMO C

correct me if i am wrong

regards nafi