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SC Practice question #38

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by missionmba » Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:56 am
In addition to her work on the miocene homicide fosiil record, Mary Leakey contributed to archaelogy with her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and painstakingly documenting East African paintings.

(A) Leakey contributed to archaeology with her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and painstakingly documenting
(B) Leakey contributed to archaeology by her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and by painstakingly documenting
(C) Leakey was a contributor to archaelogy with her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and with her painstaking documentation of
(D) Leakey's contributions to archaelogy include her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and her painstaking documentation of
(E) Leakey's contributions to archaelogy include her discovering the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and painstaking documentation of
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by NSNguyen » Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:53 am
C is my option
A, B - documenting?
D, E - modifier mistake
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by Suyog » Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:37 am
IMO D.
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by cornell2005 » Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:40 am
IMO D. Shouldn't be C becuase "In addition to her work on the miocene homicide fosiil record" shouldn't modify Mary. It should modify contributions?

Anyone disagree?
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by ildude02 » Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:43 pm
I know the answer is D. But just wanted to see if anyone can clarify this for me, what would "her" in the initital phrase refer to if we don't use "Leakey".

Also, while trying to read the phrase, should we read it as "In addition to ........homicide fosiil record" to see if it needs Leakey or Leakeys contributions ? Just wanted to see how you guys approach this.
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by arorag » Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:16 pm
How it can be D... There is no reference for Her
It should be B
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by NSNguyen » Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:11 am
D seems reasonable,
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by anju » Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:29 am
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by ildude02 » Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:40 pm
anju wrote:IMO : D.

Here's my explanation: https://www.beatthegmat.com/gmat-practic ... html#68154
I don't think the sentence is doing any comparison here. But are you saying to read it as "In addition to......fossil record" and don't worry about anything after the preposition.
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by anju » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:45 pm
ildude02 wrote:
anju wrote:IMO : D.

Here's my explanation: https://www.beatthegmat.com/gmat-practic ... html#68154
I don't think the sentence is doing any comparison here. But are you saying to read it as "In addition to......fossil record" and don't worry about anything after the preposition.
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No you should not omit that part, by comparison I meant her (Leakey's) work and Leakey's contribution.. and not Leakey and her work. I hope it is clear now.
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by kiranlegend » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:54 pm
missionmba wrote:In addition to her work on the miocene homicide fosiil record, Mary Leakey contributed to archaelogy with her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and painstakingly documenting East African paintings.

(A) Leakey contributed to archaeology with her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and painstakingly documenting
(B) Leakey contributed to archaeology by her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and by painstakingly documenting
(C) Leakey was a contributor to archaelogy with her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and with her painstaking documentation of
(D) Leakey's contributions to archaelogy include her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and her painstaking documentation of
(E) Leakey's contributions to archaelogy include her discovering the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and painstaking documentation of
IMO D

agree with anju.. :)
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by aj5105 » Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:16 pm
(D) Leakey's contributions to archaelogy include her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and her painstaking documentation of --IMO the answer -- i see appropriate parallelism here.

Reason for choosing C --Leakey was a contributor to archaelogy --IMO too wordy.
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by Vignesh.4384 » Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:59 am
His, her, its, my, yours, ours are all possessive pronouns.
That is why the possessive form leaky's is used to modify the first phrase .. This maintains parallelism i guess.

IMO D

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