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by irock » Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:50 am
Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru, the Mochica developed their own elaborate society, based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of �sh and shell�sh, and exploiting other wild and domestic resources.

(A) based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of � sh and shell� sh, and
exploiting
(B) based on the cultivation of such crops as corn and beans, the harvesting of � sh and seafood,
and the exploitation of
(C) and basing it on the cultivation of crops like corn and beans, harvesting � sh and seafood, and the exploiting of
(D) and they based it on their cultivation of crops such as corn and beans, the harvest of � sh and
seafood, and exploiting
(E) and they based it on their cultivating such crops like corn and beans, their harvest of � sh and
shell� sh, and they exploited

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Please explain...
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by krishnasty » Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:12 am
IMO E ...

it sounds better that the rest.
wats the OA??
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by abhimanyu.tanwar » Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:14 pm
irock wrote:Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru, the Mochica developed their own elaborate society, based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of �sh and shell�sh, and exploiting other wild and domestic resources.

(A) based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of � sh and shell� sh, and
exploiting
(B) based on the cultivation of such crops as corn and beans, the harvesting of � sh and seafood,
and the exploitation of
(C) and basing it on the cultivation of crops like corn and beans, harvesting � sh and seafood, and the exploiting of
(D) and they based it on their cultivation of crops such as corn and beans, the harvest of � sh and
seafood, and exploiting
(E) and they based it on their cultivating such crops like corn and beans, their harvest of � sh and
shell� sh, and they exploited

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Please explain...
we should use such as and not like for the examples of crops (corn and beans) ..eliminate A, C and E.
we are left with B and D. Option B has a parallel structure ..cultivation of, harvesting of and exploitation of. Option D lacks the parallel structure.

IMO B
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by irock » Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:22 pm
@krishnasty, OA: B
thanks abhimanyu..
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