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by harsh.champ » Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:37 pm
The exhibition of art from Nubians, the site of a Black civilization that goes back to the fourth millennium B.C., makes clear the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that of sub-Saharan Africa.

(A) the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that
(B) that the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that
(C) the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt with that
(D) that the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt with those
(E) that Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt and those

The OA is D.
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by reply2spg » Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:44 pm
harsh.champ wrote:The exhibition of art from Nubians, the site of a Black civilization that goes back to the fourth millennium B.C., makes clear the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that of sub-Saharan Africa.

(A) the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that -- makes clear requires 'that' - eliminate
(B) that the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that -- Issue, which is in A, cleared. Howevere, no clear antecedent for 'that'
(C) the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt with that -- Same as A
(D) that the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt with those -- Issue in A is addressed....combined X with Y is correct....
(E) that Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt and those -- Idiom is not properly used

The OA is D.

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by kstv » Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:57 pm
Combined with is the the correct idiom. So C or D.
Is ' Artistic elements' - Plural the reason for those ?

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by reply2spg » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:01 pm
Yes....artistic is adj and elements is noun
kstv wrote:Combined with is the the correct idiom. So C or D.
Is ' Artistic elements' - Plural the reason for those ?

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by thephoenix » Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:03 am
harsh.champ wrote:The exhibition of art from Nubians, the site of a Black civilization that goes back to the fourth millennium B.C., makes clear the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that of sub-Saharan Africa.

(A) the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that
(B) that the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that
(C) the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt with that
(D) that the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt with those
(E) that Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt and those

The OA is D.
(D) is the correct answer.

1. Use of THAT after MAKES CLEAR is necessary. So eliminate the choices (A) and (C).
2. COMBINED WITH is the correct IDIOM. Hence choose (D).