Although the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings of either wattle and daub or unfired mud brick, by the thirteenth century buildings of coral blocks in lime mortar began to appear.
A. earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings
B. earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, who built their dwellings
C. earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, built their dwellings
D. dwellings of the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, built
E. dwellings of the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, which were built
C
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Although the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings of either wattle and daub or unfired mud brick, by the thirteenth century buildings of coral blocks in lime mortar began to appear.
"by the thirteenth-century buildings of coral blocks in lime mortar began to appear." is already an independent clause, hence we need to make sure the underlined portion of the sentence is also an independent clause joined by the conjunction "although"
A) earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings -- Run on
B) earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, who built their dwellings -- Run on
There shouldn't be a comma between a subject and a verb
C) earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe built their dwellings -- CORRECT,
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D) dwellings of the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, built -- run on
E) dwellings of the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, which were built -- sentence fragment
Answer is C
Although the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings of either wattle and daub or unfired mud brick, by the thirteenth century buildings of coral blocks in lime mortar began to appear.
"by the thirteenth-century buildings of coral blocks in lime mortar began to appear." is already an independent clause, hence we need to make sure the underlined portion of the sentence is also an independent clause joined by the conjunction "although"
A) earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings -- Run on
B) earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, who built their dwellings -- Run on
There shouldn't be a comma between a subject and a verb
C) earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe built their dwellings -- CORRECT,
IC +IC
D) dwellings of the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, built -- run on
E) dwellings of the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, which were built -- sentence fragment
Answer is C
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Yes. The question is posted with errors.GaganHs wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2020 8:57 amQuestion is built wrong here
Although the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings of either wattle and daub or unfired mud brick, by the thirteenth century buildings of coral blocks in lime mortar began to appear.
"by the thirteenth-century buildings of coral blocks in lime mortar began to appear." is already an independent clause, hence we need to make sure the underlined portion of the sentence is also an independent clause joined by the conjunction "although"
A) earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, building their dwellings -- Run on
B) earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, who built their dwellings -- Run on
There shouldn't be a comma between a subject and a verb
C) earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe built their dwellings -- CORRECT,
IC +IC
D) dwellings of the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, built -- run on
E) dwellings of the earliest inhabitants of Mapungubwe, which were built -- sentence fragment
Answer is C
