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Schliemann’s excavations

by 4meonly » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:13 am
Confused by the many strata and substrata of ancient civilizations overlying one another, Schliemann’s excavations of the fabled city of Ilium, the ancient Troy, were temporarily called to a halt.

(A) Schliemann’s excavations of the fabled city of Ilium, the ancient Troy, were temporarily called to a halt
(B) Schliemann’s excavations of the fabled city of Ilium, the ancient Troy, temporarily halted
(C) Schliemann temporarily halted his excavations of the fabled city of Ilium, the ancient Troy
(D) excavations of the fabled city of Ilium, the ancient Troy, were temporarily halted by Schliemann
(E) excavations of the fabled city of Ilium, and of the ancient Troy, were temporarily halted by Schliemann

OA C.
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by piyush_nitt » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:22 am
imo C

"Confused by the many strata and substrata of ancient civilizations overlying one another" , participle phrase should modify person i.e Schliemann

Rest of the choices are irrelevant.
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by poonam1279 » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:26 am
(A) Schliemann’s excavations of the fabled city of Ilium, the ancient Troy, were temporarily called to a halt - Ruled out since Schliemann’s excavations cannot be Confused. Confused requires subject noun(person).
(B) Schliemann’s excavations of the fabled city of Ilium, the ancient Troy, temporarily halted-Ruled out since Schliemann’s excavations cannot be Confused. Confused requires subject noun(person).
(C) Schliemann temporarily halted his excavations of the fabled city of Ilium, the ancient Troy - active voice preferable than passive. So this is correct.
(D) excavations of the fabled city of Ilium, the ancient Troy, were temporarily halted by Schliemann- passive
(E) excavations of the fabled city of Ilium, and of the ancient Troy, were temporarily halted by Schliemann - passive also unnecessary and
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:25 am
same here, it has to be C.
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by gmatman1 » Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:50 am
This is a simple one.

There should be a direct relation between the word confused and the first word in the sentence after the comma. Only Schliemann can be confused. So it must be (C).
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