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by anksm22 » Sat Jun 27, 2015 11:27 am
Architects and stonemasons, huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya without the benefit of the wheel or animal transport.

A: huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya without the benefit of the wheel or animal transport.

B: without the benefits of animal transport or wheel, huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya

C: the Maya built huge palace and temple clusters without the benefits of animal transport or the wheel.

D: there were built, without the benefit of the wheel or animal transport, huge palace and temple clusters by the Maya

E: were the Maya, who without the benefit of the wheel or animal transport, built huge palace and temple clusters.


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by theCEO » Sun Jun 28, 2015 10:50 am
anksm22 wrote:Architects and stonemasons, huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya without the benefit of the wheel or animal transport.

A: huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya without the benefit of the wheel or animal transport.

B: without the benefits of animal transport or wheel, huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya

C: the Maya built huge palace and temple clusters without the benefits of animal transport or the wheel.

D: there were built, without the benefit of the wheel or animal transport, huge palace and temple clusters by the Maya

E: were the Maya, who without the benefit of the wheel or animal transport, built huge palace and temple clusters.


Please explain
The sentence starts with "Architects and stonemasons,". This should be followed with a noun as the preceding phrase serves as an adjective. C is the only option that satisfies this.

If there were no comma after stonemasons, "E" would be the answer.
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