Of all the wild animals in their area, none was more useful to the Delaware tribes than the Virginia white-tailed deer: it was a source of meat, and its hide was used for clothing, its antlers and bones for tools, and its sinews and gut for bindings and glue.
(A) deer: it was a source of meat, and its hide was used for clothing, its antlers and bones for tools, and its sinews and gut
(B) deer: it was a source of meat, and its hide used for clothing, with its antlers and bones for tools, and its sinews and gut used
(C) deer, which was a source of meat, with its hide used for clothing, antlers and bones for tools, as well as its sinews and gut used
(D) deer, which, as well as being a source of meat, its hide was used for clothing, its antlers and bones for tools, and its sinews and gut were
(E) deer, with, as well as being a source of meat, its hide used for clothing, its antlers and bones for tools, and its sinews and gut
OA A
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crazy4gmat wrote:Of all the wild animals in their area, none was more useful to the Delaware tribes than the Virginia white-tailed deer: it was a source of meat, and its hide was used for clothing, its antlers and bones for tools, and its sinews and gut for bindings and glue.
(A) deer: it was a source of meat, and its hide was used for clothing, its antlers and bones for tools, and its sinews and gut
(B) deer: it was a source of meat, and its hide used for clothing, with its antlers and bones for tools, and its sinews and gut used since (used) for hide and not used for antlers and bone and then again used for last option is incorrect.For parallelism it should be used for all three option.Parallelism is also maintained if a word is used in first option and not repeated for others.
(C) deer, which was a source of meat, with its hide used for clothing, antlers and bones for tools, as well as its sinews and gut used as well as is redundant
(D) deer, which, as well as being a source of meat, its hide was used for clothing, its antlers and bones for tools, and its sinews and gut were
(E) deer, with, as well as being a source of meat, its hide used for clothing, its antlers and bones for tools, and its sinews and gut
OA A
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I am for A
In B the phrase 'and its sinews and gut used ' is not parallel to the earlier one
In B the phrase 'and its sinews and gut used ' is not parallel to the earlier one
looks better thanit was a source of meat, and its hide was used for clothing, its antlers and bones for tools, and its sinews and gut for bindings and glue.
[/spoiler]it was a source of meat, and its hide used for clothing, with its antlers and bones for tools, and its sinews and gut used for bindings and glue.
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Need to look out for parallelism:
(B) INCORRECT="with" breaks it
(C) INCORRECT="which" non-essential modifier changes the meaning of the sentence
(D) INCORRECT="as well as being"
(E) INCORRECT ="as well as being"
(A) is the right choice
(B) INCORRECT="with" breaks it
(C) INCORRECT="which" non-essential modifier changes the meaning of the sentence
(D) INCORRECT="as well as being"
(E) INCORRECT ="as well as being"
(A) is the right choice
