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by GmatKiss » Sun Oct 02, 2011 11:43 am
Over five thousand years ago, archaeologists have discovered that Mesopotamian cooks were preparing chicken with coriander and tamarind, just as Egyptian cooks are still doing today.

(A) Over five thousand years ago, archaeologists have discovered that
(B) Over five thousand years ago, archaeologists had discovered that
(C) Archaeologists have discovered that, over five thousand years ago,
(D) Over five thousand years ago, as archaeologists have discovered it,
(E) Archaeologists have discovered, over five thousand years ago, that

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by adis24in » Sun Oct 02, 2011 6:15 pm
is it 'C'??

a,b,d are definitely not making sense.
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by narenkr » Sun Oct 02, 2011 7:13 pm
Would go with "C"!!
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by garima99 » Sun Oct 02, 2011 8:01 pm
GmatKiss wrote:Over five thousand years ago, archaeologists have discovered that Mesopotamian cooks were preparing chicken with coriander and tamarind, just as Egyptian cooks are still doing today.

(A) Over five thousand years ago, archaeologists have discovered that
(B) Over five thousand years ago, archaeologists had discovered that
(C) Archaeologists have discovered that, over five thousand years ago,
(D) Over five thousand years ago, as archaeologists have discovered it,
(E) Archaeologists have discovered, over five thousand years ago, that

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A,B,D is wrong because it changes the meaning...it means that the archaeologists discovered 5000 yrs ago.
E is unidiomatic because that is placed far from discovered.
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by mad2011 » Mon Oct 03, 2011 1:05 am
GmatKiss wrote:Over five thousand years ago, archaeologists have discovered that Mesopotamian cooks were preparing chicken with coriander and tamarind, just as Egyptian cooks are still doing today.

(A) Over five thousand years ago, archaeologists have discovered that
(B) Over five thousand years ago, archaeologists had discovered that
(C) Archaeologists have discovered that, over five thousand years ago,
(D) Over five thousand years ago, as archaeologists have discovered it,
(E) Archaeologists have discovered, over five thousand years ago, that

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A,B,D Over five................. modifies .archaeologists
B/W C and E THAT is misplace hence C
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by sl750 » Mon Oct 03, 2011 1:36 am
Choice C is logically correct. It is the Archaeologist that discovered something about Mesopotamian cooking that occurred 5000 years ago
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by Ilana@EconomistGMAT » Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:07 am
As GMAT destroyer points out, only C is logical and correct because the other answer choices make it seem as though archeologists were around 5000 years ago.
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by aspirant2011 » Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:22 am
GmatKiss wrote:Over five thousand years ago, archaeologists have discovered that Mesopotamian cooks were preparing chicken with coriander and tamarind, just as Egyptian cooks are still doing today.

(A) Over five thousand years ago, archaeologists have discovered that
(B) Over five thousand years ago, archaeologists had discovered that
(C) Archaeologists have discovered that, over five thousand years ago,
(D) Over five thousand years ago, as archaeologists have discovered it,
(E) Archaeologists have discovered, over five thousand years ago, that ---- changes the intended meaning of the sentence.

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