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Some scholars assert that the foundation of Slavonic literat

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by gmatdriller » Sun Nov 18, 2012 1:36 pm
Some scholars assert that the foundation of Slavonic literature was as a result of the linguistic contributions by two brothers in ninth-century Great Moravia, Cyril and Methodius, who are credited with inventing the Glagolitic alphabet.

A. the foundation of Slavonic literature was as a result of the linguistic contributions by
B. Slavonic literature's founding was mainly contributed by the linguistic influence of
C. Slavonic literature was founded as a result of the linguistic contributions of
D. the foundation of Slavonic literature stems from linguistic contributions made by
E. the founding of Slavonic literature is derived from linguistic contributions by
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by gmatwar13 » Sun Nov 18, 2012 10:49 pm
I would go with C...
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by mvaditya » Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:05 am
I too will go with "C".
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by amit.saxena » Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:03 am
My Guess 'D'.

This sounds good both Logically and Grammatically.
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by pritish2301 » Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:35 pm
"Contributions made by" seems to be a correct usage here. Hence I would go with 'D'.
What is the OA?
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by gmatdriller » Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:16 am
OA is C
The original sentence says the foundation occurred in the past; also, to use "stems"
for present perfect implies that the "foundation" is usually feature of the contributions
by the 2 brothers.
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