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by neerajbansal » Sun May 23, 2010 5:29 pm
Those who have visited the Grand Canyon have typically seen layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, with different colors that mark the passage of time like the rings in a tree trunk.

(A) seen layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, with different colors that mark :?:

(B) seen layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, whose different colors mark
whose is used to modify people.. :(

(C) been seeing layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, whose different colors are markers of
whose is used to modify people.. :(

(D) been able to see layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, with different colors marking:?:

(E) seen layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, marking by different colors
Meaning issue..awkward or just pure plain crazy construction :(
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by hardik.jadeja » Mon May 24, 2010 5:31 am
IMO B.

"whose" can be used for both human and things.

eg: The city has proposed a number of water treatment projects whose cost will raise water bills so high that even environmentalists are beginning to raise alarms.
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Mon May 24, 2010 10:12 am
I would choose A

D is wrong because "been able' is the wrong verb tense.
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by yankee.musk » Mon May 24, 2010 10:48 am
I agree with osirus' explanation. IMO A
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by hardik.jadeja » Mon May 24, 2010 7:50 pm
I searched for this question and I found couple of threads where this problem has already been discussed. As per one of the threads, the source is Kaplan 800.
https://www.beatthegmat.com/doubt-about- ... t1018.html
https://www.beatthegmat.com/visited-the- ... 57626.html

There is a typo in option B here. Actually option B is

(B) see layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, whose different colors mark

If option B is using 'see' instead of 'seen', then most certainly it is wrong.
option C, D and E are ruled out because of incorrect usages as mentioned above.

That leaves us with option A.
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by neerajbansal » Mon May 24, 2010 7:50 pm
the OA is A
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