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by sunny.bhasin » Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:17 am
Q)The quality of early pieces of blown glass excavated in Italy and Western Europe by far surpass those of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, when regarded not only in terms of the variety of shapes represented, but also in terms of decorative techniques and functionality.



by far surpass those of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, when regarded not only in terms of

surpasses by far those from the eastern Mediterranean, with regard not only to

far surpass that of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, not only regarding

far surpasses that of the eastern Mediterranean, with regard to not only

far surpasses that of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, not only with regard to
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by phanideepak » Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:24 am
The subject is the quality so its singular

we can eliminate every answer that has surpass

so eliminate A,C

B can be eliminated as there is comparison between quality of the stones and the stones from eastern Mediterranean.

D can be eliminated as there is comparison between the quality and the quality of eastern Mediterranean.

So IMO

E is the answer.
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by vikram4689 » Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:38 am
IMO E

Quality is singular so A,C are wrong
Quality can surpass quality (singular) so B (those) is wrong
D,E - that refers to quality. Now D says "quality of the eastern..) and E says "quality of pieces of eastern)

So E is Correct
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by Calvin123 » Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:52 am
sunny.bhasin wrote:Q)The quality of early pieces of blown glass excavated in Italy and Western Europe by far surpass those of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, when regarded not only in terms of the variety of shapes represented, but also in terms of decorative techniques and functionality.



by far surpass those of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, when regarded not only in terms of

surpasses by far those from the eastern Mediterranean, with regard not only to

far surpass that of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, not only regarding

far surpasses that of the eastern Mediterranean, with regard to not only

far surpasses that of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, not only with regard to
+1 for E
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by sameerballani » Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:07 am
IMO D
What's the OA and the source?
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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Jun 13, 2011 6:42 pm
sunny.bhasin wrote:Q)The quality of early pieces of blown glass excavated in Italy and Western Europe by far surpass those of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, when regarded not only in terms of the variety of shapes represented, but also in terms of decorative techniques and functionality.



by far surpass those of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, when regarded not only in terms of

surpasses by far those from the eastern Mediterranean, with regard not only to

far surpass that of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, not only regarding

far surpasses that of the eastern Mediterranean, with regard to not only

far surpasses that of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, not only with regard to
In A and C, surpass (plural) does not agree with its subject quality (singular). Eliminate A and C.

In B, the quality...surpasses those is not a parallel comparison. Eliminate B.

D incorrectly compares the quality of early pieces to that [the quality] of the eastern Mediterranean. Also, to not only...but also in lacks parallelism.
Eliminate D.

The correct answer is E.
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