The Quechuans believed that

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The Quechuans believed that

by ektamatta » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:33 pm
The Quechuans believed that all things participated in both the material level and the
mystical level of reality, and many individual Quechuans claimed to have contact with it
directly with an ichana (dream) experience.
A. contact with it directly with
B. direct contact with it by way of
C. contact with the last directly through
D. direct contact with the latter by means of
E. contact directly with the mystical level due to

OA is D
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by chidcguy » Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:22 pm
it is ambiguous in A & B

Of two things, we refer to the first and second as former/latter. last by itself to refer is wrong

E uses due to, which is incorrect

D remains
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by sogmat » Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:24 pm
C and D remains-
WHY IS C WRONG?

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by gmat740 » Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:54 am
The Quechuans believed that all things participated in both the material level and the
mystical level of reality, and many individual Quechuans claimed to have contact with it
directly with
an ichana (dream) experience.
Please do underline from the next time
A. contact with it directly with
B. direct contact with it by way of
It has no clear antecedent
C. contact with the last directly through


It has to be latter

E . also means same as D but it is wordy
D. direct contact with the latter by means of



Proper pronoun referance.

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by iamcste » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:30 am
sogmat wrote:C and D remains-
WHY IS C WRONG?

Direct is the key word and it should qualify "contact"

Unfortunately contact with ....directly is more verbose than simple "direct contact "

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by vertigo05 » Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:55 am
"D".

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