kvitkod wrote:Carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.), the annals of Nabonidus is the earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus, it is the only chronology found so far that predates the ascension of Cyrus II to the throne.


(A) Carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.), the annals of Nabonidus is the earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus, it is
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(B) Carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.), the annals of Nabonidus, the earliest known account of the Median Empire, is more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus and is
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(C) The annals of Nabonidus, having been carved at least as early as the Aecheminid dynasty (530-330 B.C.) and the earliest known account of the Median Empire, is more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus and
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(D) The annals of Nabonidus, which was carved at least as early as the Aecheminid dynasty (530-330 B.C.) and is the earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus and is
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(E) The earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus, the annals of Nabonidus, which was carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.) and is
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[spoiler]OA is B. Why ANNALS use a singe verb IS?[/spoiler][/spoiler]

smackmartine wrote:(A) Carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.), the annals of Nabonidus is the earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus, it is (comma splice)
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(B) Carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.), the annals of Nabonidus, the earliest known account of the Median Empire, is more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus and is (the annals of Nabonidus is an account of series of events, and hence, singular. Even if we have a doubt whether annals is plural/singular, we can scan through other answer choices to see whether a plural verb has been used. If there is no such usage, you can assume the usage of is is alright)
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(C) The annals of Nabonidus, having been carved at least as early as the Aecheminid dynasty (530-330 B.C.) and the earliest known account of the Median Empire, is more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus and
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(D) The annals of Nabonidus, which was carved at least as early as the Aecheminid dynasty (530-330 B.C.) and is the earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus and is (comma splice)
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(E) The earliest known account of the Median Empire, more than a century older than a similar account written by Herodotus, the annals of Nabonidus, which was carved at least as early as the Aechemenid dynasty (530-330 B.C.) and is (consecutive modifiers, run-on)

aspirant2011:
Hi smackmartine,

Can you please clarify why singular verb is is being used????