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by mundasingh123 » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:13 am
The early inhabitants of the Nile Valley used primitive forked sticks and wooden hoes to sow barley, millet, and summer wheat successfully, which archaeology indicates that they did.

A)which archaeology indicates that they did
B)which they did, according to archaeology
C)as archaeological findings indicate that they did
D)as is indicated by archaeology
E)as is archaeologically found to be the case
EDIT Could someone explain the SC with proper grammatical explanations
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by aspirant2011 » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:22 am
The early inhabitants of the Nile Valley used primitive forked sticks and wooden hoes to sow barley, millet, and summer wheat successfully, which archaeology indicates that they did.

A)which archaeology indicates that they did -----> somehow not convinced for the referent of which
B)which they did, according to archaeology -----> same as A
C)as archaeological findings indicate that they did
D)as is indicated by archaeology -----> i think it changes the meaning
E)as is archaeologically found to be the case ------> awkward

whats the OA??????
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by mundasingh123 » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:33 am
aspirant2011 wrote:The early inhabitants of the Nile Valley used primitive forked sticks and wooden hoes to sow barley, millet, and summer wheat successfully, which archaeology indicates that they did.

A)which archaeology indicates that they did -----> somehow not convinced for the referent of which
B)which they did, according to archaeology -----> same as A
C)as archaeological findings indicate that they did
D)as is indicated by archaeology -----> i think it changes the meaning
E)as is archaeologically found to be the case ------> awkward

whats the OA??????
How does D change the meaning ?
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by aspirant2011 » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:39 am
mundasingh123 wrote:
aspirant2011 wrote:The early inhabitants of the Nile Valley used primitive forked sticks and wooden hoes to sow barley, millet, and summer wheat successfully, which archaeology indicates that they did.

A)which archaeology indicates that they did -----> somehow not convinced for the referent of which
B)which they did, according to archaeology -----> same as A
C)as archaeological findings indicate that they did
D)as is indicated by archaeology -----> i think it changes the meaning
E)as is archaeologically found to be the case ------> awkward

whats the OA??????
How does D change the meaning ?
archaelogy can't indicate anything by itself, its only the findings which can indicate the things........
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by mundasingh123 » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:41 am
How do we eliminate E ?
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by aspirant2011 » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:48 am
mundasingh123 wrote:How do we eliminate E ?
E is really awkward construction i.e meaningless as it says "as is archaelogically found to be the case".......as is used for comparing clauses and I don't feel so in E the comparison is proper,moreover, E feels as if the case is true every where
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by mundasingh123 » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:52 am
aspirant2011 wrote:
mundasingh123 wrote:How do we eliminate E ?
E is really awkward construction i.e meaningless as it says "as is archaelogically found to be the case".......as is used for comparing clauses and I don't feel so in E the comparison is proper,moreover, E feels as if the case is true every where
No, As is not always used for comparing clauses
also E has a clause after as
i do understand to some extent what u mean by saying that E seems to be stating a universal truth . However i need further clarification . Nevertheless, u hit the OA
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by aspirant2011 » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:54 am
mundasingh123 wrote:
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mundasingh123 wrote:How do we eliminate E ?
E is really awkward construction i.e meaningless as it says "as is archaelogically found to be the case".......as is used for comparing clauses and I don't feel so in E the comparison is proper,moreover, E feels as if the case is true every where
No, As is not always used for comparing clauses
also E has a clause after as
but I am not finding the meaning clear in E and thats the reason of me rejecting the same.....
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by Frankenstein » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:57 am
mundasingh123 wrote:How do we eliminate E ?
Hi,
E is awkward as well as passive construction.
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by mundasingh123 » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:58 am
aspirant2011 wrote:
mundasingh123 wrote:
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mundasingh123 wrote:How do we eliminate E ?
E is really awkward construction i.e meaningless as it says "as is archaelogically found to be the case".......as is used for comparing clauses and I don't feel so in E the comparison is proper,moreover, E feels as if the case is true every where
No, As is not always used for comparing clauses
also E has a clause after as
but I am not finding the meaning clear in E and thats the reason of me rejecting the same.....
ok , just as a sidenotes its my rejecting the same
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by amit2k9 » Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:49 pm
causation usage of as here.
I will not tell you, as you already know. (example)

As has been used as a preposition thereby requiring a Noun or a noun phrase.
E archaeologically is an adjective.Hence POE.

C archaeology a noun. Hence Correct usage.Thus C it is.
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by mundasingh123 » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:50 pm
Frankenstein wrote:
mundasingh123 wrote:How do we eliminate E ?
Hi,
E is awkward as well as passive construction.
Awkward construction is just an excuse used to remove options just the way out of scope is an excuse for removing options in CR . Passive constructions arent always unacceptable on GMAT
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by Frankenstein » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:54 pm
mundasingh123 wrote:
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mundasingh123 wrote:How do we eliminate E ?
Hi,
E is awkward as well as passive construction.
Awkward construction is just an excuse used to remove options just the way out of scope is an excuse for removing options in CR . Passive constructions arent always unacceptable on GMAT
It is not an excuse, it is preference of the better. It is not absolute but relative. If we find a better construct than awkward, we eliminate awkward. If we find passive construct when active already conveys the same meaning in another option, we eliminate the passive one.
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by mundasingh123 » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:59 pm
Frankenstein wrote:
mundasingh123 wrote:
Frankenstein wrote:
mundasingh123 wrote:How do we eliminate E ?
Hi,
E is awkward as well as passive construction.
Awkward construction is just an excuse used to remove options just the way out of scope is an excuse for removing options in CR . Passive constructions arent always unacceptable on GMAT
It is not an excuse, it is preference of the better. It is not absolute but relative. If we find a better construct than awkward, we eliminate awkward. If we find passive construct when active already conveys the same meaning in another option, we eliminate the passive one.
So in this case we are not sure whether awkwardness/passiveness is the only thing wrong with E or not .
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by Frankenstein » Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:02 pm
mundasingh123 wrote:So in this case we are not sure whether awkwardness/passiveness is the only thing wrong with E or not .
Yup...At least we are not sure of the grammatical errors in E. May be experts can help on this.
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