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by magical cook » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:35 pm
Hi,

The correct answer is B) but I need an explanation to better understnad why B is correct..... thanks :(


332. His studies of ice-polished rocks in his Alpine homeland, far outside the range of present-day glaciers, led Louis Agassiz in 1837 to propose the concept of an age in which great ice sheets had existed in now currently temperate areas.
(A) in which great ice sheets had existed in now currently temperate areas
(B) in which great ice sheets existed in what are now temperate areas
(C) when great ice sheets existed where there were areas now temperate
(D) when great ice sheets had existed in current temperate areas
(E) when great ice sheets existed in areas now that are temperate
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by Princeton Review » Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:58 am
Could you post part of the explanation and tell us what's confusing to you? That will help answer your question.

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by aim-wsc » Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:22 am
unfortunately, 1000 SC document doesnt contain explanations to the answer.
I think time and tense is tested in this problem. :?
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by dunkin77 » Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:20 pm
What I dont understand is in the correct answer B) is....

"in what" is correct idiom? and there is no "and" between in which.....in what....? :?

(B) in which great ice sheets existed in what are now temperate areas
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by nauman » Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:05 pm
you can use either which or when, existed is properly used as for past tense as compared to past perfect and more important thing redundant word currently which has the same meaning of "now".
this question is from OG 11. you can find the better explanation in OG 11
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by thegmatbeater » Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:50 pm
Why not E?
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by NSNguyen » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:03 am
It is really tough one,
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Please share your idea and your reasoning :D
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by dileepsinha » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:33 am
The sc tests on two things- redundancy and idioms
"when" is used for a specific point of time, "in which" means "between start and end of two times frames"
Hence, when is wrong.
Using both "now" and "currently"/ "current will be redundant.

Hence correct answer is B
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