Sculpted boulders found at Lepenski Vir, an example of the earliest monumental art known from central and western Europe, includes 15 figures with human features similar to Upper Paleolithic forms and to Middle Eastern Nantufian stone figurines.
(A) Vir, an example of the earliest monumental art known from central and western Europe, includes
(B) Vir, examples of the earliest monumental art known from central and western Europe, include
(C) Vir, earliest of monumental art known from central and western Europe, include
(D) Vir are examples of the earliest monumental art known from central and western Europe and includes
(E) Vir are examples of the earliest monumental art known from central and western Europe, including
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Subject-Verb agreement ("Boulders...include") is tested. In addition, logical modification is tested (B describes boulders as "examples of art", but C describes them as "earliest of art"). The full solution below is taken from the GMATFix App.
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Hi LulaBrazilia,
The GMAT has a series of grammar rules that are consistently tested, so knowing how those rules will "appear" can help you to realize which rules are tested in each SC. Based on the answer choices that follow this prompt, it certainly appears that Modification rules will be tested (the use of commas is a big clue/part of both Modification and Parallelism rules).
The first part of the sentence references "Sculpted boulders," which is a plural noun, so we'll need to match that with plural terms. Eliminate A (singular) and C (vague, could be singular or plural).
Since the GMAT usually tests Modification "phrases" by offsetting the phrase with commas, answer B appears to fit that "format." We can confirm that answer by ignoring the middle phrase and making sure that the rest of the sentence matches: "Sculpted boulders found at Lepenski Vir.....include 15 figures...." Since both the missing phrase and the following phrase match the opening phrase, we have the correct answer.
Final Answer: B
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The GMAT has a series of grammar rules that are consistently tested, so knowing how those rules will "appear" can help you to realize which rules are tested in each SC. Based on the answer choices that follow this prompt, it certainly appears that Modification rules will be tested (the use of commas is a big clue/part of both Modification and Parallelism rules).
The first part of the sentence references "Sculpted boulders," which is a plural noun, so we'll need to match that with plural terms. Eliminate A (singular) and C (vague, could be singular or plural).
Since the GMAT usually tests Modification "phrases" by offsetting the phrase with commas, answer B appears to fit that "format." We can confirm that answer by ignoring the middle phrase and making sure that the rest of the sentence matches: "Sculpted boulders found at Lepenski Vir.....include 15 figures...." Since both the missing phrase and the following phrase match the opening phrase, we have the correct answer.
Final Answer: B
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Modifiers that begin with -ing after a comma typically describe the entire clause before the comma. They usually...
(1) explain how the main clause action happened: "John became the best, surpassing all others."
(2) explain the effect of the main clause action: "We found a new moon, bringing to two the number of known moons"
(3) give more info about the main clause action: "The composer can write many types of music, including classical and jazz music"
Now it's true that sometimes, these modifiers will modify a specific noun in the main clause but in that case, the -ing should be placed close to the noun to make the sentence easier to understand (see (3) above). Answer E uses the structure below:
(1) explain how the main clause action happened: "John became the best, surpassing all others."
(2) explain the effect of the main clause action: "We found a new moon, bringing to two the number of known moons"
(3) give more info about the main clause action: "The composer can write many types of music, including classical and jazz music"
Now it's true that sometimes, these modifiers will modify a specific noun in the main clause but in that case, the -ing should be placed close to the noun to make the sentence easier to understand (see (3) above). Answer E uses the structure below:
"including" could refer to boulders but they are so far apart that the reference is flimsy. If we wish to refer to just "boulders" with "including", we should restructure the sentence to bring the two closer. Something like...E) Boulders found at LP are examples of the earliest monumental art known from central and western Europe, including 15 figures...
Boulders found at LP, including 15 figures, are examples of X
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