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chaitanya.mehrotra: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 184; Joined: Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:57 pmFollowed by: 5 members; Thanked: 1 times; GMAT Score:700

by chaitanya.mehrotra » Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:57 am

The domesticated camel, which some scholars date around the twelfth century B.C., was the key to the
development of the spice trade in the ancient world.

a. The domesticated camel, which some scholars date
b. The domesticated camel, which some scholars have thought to occur
c. Domesticating the camel, dated by some scholars at
d. The domestication of the camel, thought by some scholars to have occurred
e. The camel's domestication, dated by some scholars to have been

OA D
Doubt: Why is E wrong ?

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by Target2009 » Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:29 pm

chaitanya.mehrotra wrote:
Doubt: Why is E wrong ?

@ Chaitanya : Why do you think E is correct? This will give us your logic for option E .

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chaitanya.mehrotra: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 184; Joined: Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:57 pmFollowed by: 5 members; Thanked: 1 times; GMAT Score:700

by chaitanya.mehrotra » Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:13 am

Target2009 ,

I got that in E since "occured" is missing thus it is not correct.

However can somebody please clarify why option C is not correct.

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by bradenm2 » Fri Jul 22, 2011 9:45 am

I thought that C was incorrect since you date an noun, not a verb. Although I could be wrong.

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by aspirant2011 » Fri Jul 22, 2011 9:58 am

chaitanya.mehrotra wrote:The domesticated camel, which some scholars date around the twelfth century B.C., was the key to the development of the spice trade in the ancient world.

a. The domesticated camel, which some scholars date
b. The domesticated camel, which some scholars have thought to occur
c. Domesticating the camel, dated by some scholars at
d. The domestication of the camel, thought by some scholars to have occurred
e. The camel's domestication, dated by some scholars to have been

OA D
Doubt: Why is E wrong ?

E changes the meaning i.e it means that the domestication was around 12th century BC and now the same is no more done........therefore E is wrong

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