SC-1000 Q877

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SC-1000 Q877

by neha.patni » Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:42 am
877. Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were armed only with an Edison phonograph and insatiable curiosity.

(A) Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were armed only
(B) In 1905, Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, traveling the back roads of Hungary, began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were only armed
(C) In 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, traveling the back roads of Hungary armed only
(D) Having traveled the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology; they were only armed
(E) Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, in 1905 began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, traveling the back roads of Hungary, arming themselves only

OA C
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by arora007 » Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:03 am
Neha please do not post 1000SC questions.... they are supposed to be BAD.
Since you have already posted it, I will try and answer the question...

A fails... Modifier test..."Traveling the back roads of Hungary, <BAba & Zolt**>"
D also fails the Modifier test..."Having traveled the back roads of Hungary,<BAba & Zolt**>"


B "and they were only armed " seems wordy as compared to C
same is the case with E, it seems wordy..
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by paes » Sat Jul 03, 2010 6:05 am
A seems better than C.

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