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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Sun Oct 10, 2010 7:53 pm
While the ancient Egyptians maintained a veil of secrecy concerning the unique methods the employed to create their famous papyrus sheets, the most commonly used practice today has been the cutting of strips out of the sticky pith or stem of the plant, and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, they are hammered together to make a single sheet.

A the cutting of strips out of the sticky pith or stem of the plant, and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, they are hammered
B that strips were cut from the sticky pith or stem of the plant, which, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, were hammered
C cutting the sticky pith or stem of the plant into strips and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, to hammer them
D having strips cut from the sticky pith or stem of the plant, and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, they were hammered
E to cut the sticky pith or stem of the plant into strips, and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, to hammer them
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by abhishekg21 » Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:54 pm
i think the answer is E as it maintains the correct parallel structure of "to cut" and "to hammer"


A the cutting of strips out of the sticky pith or stem of the plant, and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, they are hammered --cutting paralleled with they are hammered..wrong
B that strips were cut from the sticky pith or stem of the plant, which, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, were hammered --wrong tenseC cutting the sticky pith or stem of the plant into strips and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, to hammer them ----cutting paralleled with to hammer..wrongD having strips cut from the sticky pith or stem of the plant, and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, they were hammered wrong tense
E to cut the sticky pith or stem of the plant into strips, and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, to hammer them correct
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by saurabhmahajan » Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:38 pm
IMO: A
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by diebeatsthegmat » Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:20 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:While the ancient Egyptians maintained a veil of secrecy concerning the unique methods the employed to create their famous papyrus sheets, the most commonly used practice today has been the cutting of strips out of the sticky pith or stem of the plant, and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, they are hammered together to make a single sheet.

A the cutting of strips out of the sticky pith or stem of the plant, and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, they are hammered
B that strips were cut from the sticky pith or stem of the plant, which, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, were hammered
C cutting the sticky pith or stem of the plant into strips and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, to hammer them
D having strips cut from the sticky pith or stem of the plant, and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, they were hammered
E to cut the sticky pith or stem of the plant into strips, and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, to hammer them
E seems to make sense
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by blaster » Mon Oct 11, 2010 3:33 am
My answer C
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by niksworth » Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:38 am
This question tests parallelism.

E is right.

E - the most commonly used practice today has been to cut the sticky pith or stem of the plant into strips, and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, to hammer them together to make a single sheet.
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by anantbhatia » Mon Oct 11, 2010 10:07 pm
Hi Pradeep,

@other posters too..

Plz post the OA and the source. I work on the problems only to find out that I am not sure if I was right or wrong. Doing them right instills self confidence in me.
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by psychomath » Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:37 am
I will go with E for ||ism
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by gmat_perfect » Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:10 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:While the ancient Egyptians maintained a veil of secrecy concerning the unique methods the employed to create their famous papyrus sheets, the most commonly used practice today has been the cutting of strips out of the sticky pith or stem of the plant, and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, they are hammered together to make a single sheet.

A the cutting of strips out of the sticky pith or stem of the plant, and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, they are hammered
--> They has no clear reference.
B that strips were cut from the sticky pith or stem of the plant, which, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, were hammered

--> Plant, which were---> subject verb problem.
C cutting the sticky pith or stem of the plant into strips and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, to hammer them

--> Cutting and to hammer--NOT parallel, and "them" is ambiguous.

D having strips cut from the sticky pith or stem of the plant, and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, they were hammered

--> They is ambiguous, and "has having.." is awkward

E to cut the sticky pith or stem of the plant into strips, and, after allowing some decomposition to occur in water, to hammer them
There is a similar type of sentence in OG:

The best way to do something was ................to do

The practice has been ......to do something
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by novel » Wed Oct 20, 2010 1:13 am
Ans = E
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by pesfunk » Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:52 am
One more Vote for E..


OA Please ??
novel wrote:Ans = E
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by Ramneet Singh » Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:06 am
I havnt see the author of this thread ever posting the OA or i am just having an illusion.
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