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by fangtray » Fri May 04, 2012 2:28 pm
In July 1965 Mariner IV passed by Mars and took the first-ever close-up photographs of another planet, which showed that the Martian surface was like that of the Moon's in that it was pockmarked by moonlike craters and was dry and apparently dead.

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b. which showed a dry, apparently dead Martian surface, and it was pockmarked by craters like the Moon has
c. which showed the Martian surface as a dry, apparently dead one, which was pockmarked with craters such as the Moon's
d. photos showing the Martian surface to be like that of the Moon's, dry and apparently dead, and it was pockmarked by moonlike craters
e. photos that showed a dry, apparently dead Martian surface pockmarked with craters like those on the Moon
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by rajcools » Fri May 04, 2012 3:13 pm
IMO E
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by vk_vinayak » Fri May 04, 2012 11:42 pm
A/B/C are simply wrong.

d. photos showing the Martian surface to be like that of the Moon's, dry and apparently dead, and it was pockmarked by moonlike craters

From the question, we are not sure whether the surface of moon is also dry and apparently dead.

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by ihatemaths » Sat May 05, 2012 7:01 am
photos or photo should come right after the comma since the first part is a modifier so btw D and E

E is precise and perfect
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by patanjali.purpose » Sat May 05, 2012 8:13 am
fangtray wrote:In July 1965 Mariner IV passed by Mars and took the first-ever close-up photographs of another planet, which showed that the Martian surface was like that of the Moon's in that it was pockmarked by moonlike craters and was dry and apparently dead.

a. which showed that the Martian surface was like that of the Moon's in that it was pockmarked by moonlike craters and was dry and apparently dead
b. which showed a dry, apparently dead Martian surface, and it was pockmarked by craters like the Moon has
c. which showed the Martian surface as a dry, apparently dead one, which was pockmarked with craters such as the Moon's
d. photos showing the Martian surface to be like that of the Moon's, dry and apparently dead, and it was pockmarked by moonlike craters
e. photos that showed a dry, apparently dead Martian surface pockmarked with craters like those on the Moon
A/D - THAT OF MOON'S (one of them is redundant)
A/B/C - cud WHICH refer to PLANET

IMO E
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by GMAT Kolaveri » Sat May 05, 2012 9:28 am
If you get the meaning of the sentence this sentence, you can find out that E is the correct option.

It is the photos that showed a dry, apparently dead Martian surface.
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by ice_rush » Sat May 05, 2012 11:22 am
(E) for me.
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by fangtray » Sun May 06, 2012 8:04 pm
OA is E. But it seems strange to me that the first part is a complete full sentence, and the second part, isn't modifying photos, so much as it is saying photos that blah blah blah, seems grammatically incorrect or a run-on of some sort.
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by GmatKiss » Mon May 07, 2012 12:40 am
fangtray wrote:In July 1965 Mariner IV passed by Mars and took the first-ever close-up photographs of another planet, which showed that the Martian surface was like that of the Moon's in that it was pockmarked by moonlike craters and was dry and apparently dead.

a.
b. which showed a dry, apparently dead Martian surface, and it was pockmarked by craters like the Moon has
c. which showed the Martian surface as a dry, apparently dead one, which was pockmarked with craters such as the Moon's
d. photos showing the Martian surface to be like that of the Moon's, dry and apparently dead, and it was pockmarked by moonlike craters - Passive
e. photos that showed a dry, apparently dead Martian surface pockmarked with craters like those on the Moon
IMO: E
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