chendawg wrote:Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted a sketchy picture of the activities of an all-female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth century B.C., worshipped a goddess known in Latin as Bona Dea, "the good goddess."

(A) Based on accounts of various ancient writers
(B) Basing it on various ancient writers' accounts
(C) With accounts of various ancient writers used for a basis
(D) By the accounts of various ancient writers they used
(E) Using accounts of various ancient writers

Source: OG 12

What's "perhaps as early as the sixth century B.C." modifying? worshipped? O.A. is E

atulmangal wrote: NO DOUBT its CULT...even the question has given an indication by using THAT after CULT

chendawg wrote:

atulmangal wrote: NO DOUBT its CULT...even the question has given an indication by using THAT after CULT

The that is for worshipped. The sentence without the modifier would read "an all-female cult that worshipped a goddess known......". The that wouldn't be an indication that the modifier is modifying cult. IMO the modifier can't be modifying cult because let's say the sentence is this:

The cult, perhaps as early as the sixth century B.C., had sixty members.

That modifier doesn't make sense to me. I still think it modifies worshipped, but of course I'm not sure, as I'm asking a question about it.