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by GmatKiss » Wed Aug 31, 2011 11:58 am
The people of the ancient Assyrian Empire were renowned warriors, although they also crafted some of the best-preserved ancient art.
A) were renowned warriors, although they also crafted
B) had been renowned warriors, although they also crafted
C) were renowned warriors, and also crafted
D) was renowned warriors, although they also crafted
E) were renowned warriors, but also crafting

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by saketk » Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:27 pm
GmatKiss wrote:The people of the ancient Assyrian Empire were renowned warriors, although they also crafted some of the best-preserved ancient art.
A) were renowned warriors, although they also crafted
B) had been renowned warriors, although they also crafted
C) were renowned warriors, and also crafted
D) was renowned warriors, although they also crafted
E) were renowned warriors, but also crafting

OA after some discussion
Looks A to me..

Reason -- (I'll start from the ones which are easy to Eliminate)

Option D --incorrect usage 'Was' should be replaced by 'Were'
option E -- Awkward... 'crafting' is incorrect.. [somehow I think the usage should be 'Not only... But Also' to maintain the parallelism]
option C -- Same as E.. not parallel.
option B -- Incorrect usage of Past Perfect Tense. It should be simple past tense.

Option A is the clear winner :)
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by navami » Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:03 pm
IMO A
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by aspirant2011 » Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:01 am
GmatKiss wrote:The people of the ancient Assyrian Empire were renowned warriors, although they also crafted some of the best-preserved ancient art.
A) were renowned warriors, although they also crafted ----- sentence talks about two distinct qualities which are mutually exclusive and are different on extreme to each other therefore, the usage of transition word although is required
B) had been renowned warriors, although they also crafted
C) were renowned warriors, and also crafted
D) was renowned warriors, although they also crafted
E) were renowned warriors, but also crafting

OA after some discussion
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by saketk » Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:09 am
Hi that's a very good reasoning I suppose to choose the option A. Connecting two extremes usin the word Although :)
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