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by real2008 » Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:39 am
At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.
(A) land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards
(B) land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the Spaniards
(C) land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership
(D) land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the Spaniards
(E) land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the

why oa is A not Bor E?
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:02 pm
I think B is wrong because the answer needs to be in the past perfect tense. Both A and E are in the past perfect tense, but I really don't see why A is the answer and not E, so if someone else can shed light on that it would be greatly appreciated.
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by SanjeevK » Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:24 am
Option E suggests that the land had been a pre-columbian form of ownership.
It should be the communal ownership which had been a pre-columbian form of ownership. Hence the option should be A
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by real2008 » Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:47 am
osirus0830 wrote:I think B is wrong because the answer needs to be in the past perfect tense. Both A and E are in the past perfect tense, but I really don't see why A is the answer and not E, so if someone else can shed light on that it would be greatly appreciated.
@ osirus0830: You mean the choice B would be OK if it is written like this...... land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and had been respected by the Spaniards

please comment.
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by Domnu » Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:52 pm
Why isn't the answer C?
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:11 pm
real2008 wrote:
osirus0830 wrote:I think B is wrong because the answer needs to be in the past perfect tense. Both A and E are in the past perfect tense, but I really don't see why A is the answer and not E, so if someone else can shed light on that it would be greatly appreciated.
@ osirus0830: You mean the choice B would be OK if it is written like this...... land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and had been respected by the Spaniards

please comment.
Yes, that would have been grammatically correct. Where did you get this question? I hope its not from the official guide, because this is really poorly written to the point that its almost unfair. When you have a return to something the following clause should have illustrated what they were transitioning from. As it stands, that sentence is really awkward. While, I guess its not technically grammatically incorrect by choosing option A, it is definitely awkward and poorly written.
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by gmat740 » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:37 pm
Hey there has been lot of discussion going on with this one.
Please suggest which one to go for.

The OA is A. But E looks much better than A

https://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentenc ... ution.html

https://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentenc ... 153-a.html
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by crackgmat007 » Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:53 pm
Searched other forum for a good explanation. But in vain. Can anyone explain why A beats E?

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by bhumika.k.shah » Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:43 am
Can we have the experts comment on this one please.

I think there is some sort of meaning error tht we are missing out.

Experts opine please!
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by shashank.ism » Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:56 am
I think E is correct ..
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by sarthak » Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:42 am
On my first pass I obviously picked E. But after re reading I realised that since E is using land that so the succeding clause is actually modifying land. to what on the other hand refers to communal ownership of land. I am nt at all sure. Experts please comment. Ian,Stacy anyone listening ? Please bail us out :(
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by analyst218 » Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:12 pm
this question is in GMATPREP and the OA is E
please check your sources before posting....
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by melifox » Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:37 pm
analyst218 wrote:this question is in GMATPREP and the OA is E
please check your sources before posting....
I have a booklet in my hands that states that OA is A. Please do not assume that we are being careless. In my case this is my only reference and I guess I have to trust it and so do all the people posting here.

Where did you get that answer? Maybe your material is updated? Or a revised version?
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by analyst218 » Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:38 pm
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i dont know what booklet, but go with mba.com please
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by Sm1520 » Thu May 27, 2010 11:37 pm
real2008 wrote:At the time of the Mexican agrarian revolution, the most radical faction, that of Zapata and his followers, proposed a return to communal ownership of land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards.
(A) land, to what had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the Spaniards
(B) land, a form of ownership of the pre-Columbians and respected by the Spaniards
(C) land, respected by the Spaniards and a pre-Columbian form of ownership
(D) land in which a pre-Columbian form of ownership was respected by the Spaniards
(E) land that had been a pre-Columbian form of ownership respected by the

why oa is A not Bor E?
can an expert pls explain this ans referring to each given option?!

Thanx in advance!
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