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by rakeshd347 » Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:23 am
Found even in ancient Egyptian mummies, the parasitic Guinea worm became the focus of a
global public health campaign in 1986; this species of parasite has
declined for two decades,
and may finally be eradicated from the earth by 2010.

"¢ Found even in ancient Egyptian mummies, the parasitic Guinea worm became the focus of a
global public health campaign in 1986; this species of parasite has

"¢ Being the focus of a global public health campaign since 1986 and found even in ancient
Egyptian mummies; the population of the parasitic Guinea worm has

"¢ Having been the focus of a global public health campaign in 1986, it was found even in ancient
Egyptian mummies; the frequency of the parasitic Guinea worm

"¢ Being found even in ancient Egyptian mummies and having been the focus of a global public
health campaign since 1986, the frequency of the parasitic Guinea worm

"¢ Having been found even in ancient Egyptian mummies and being the focus of a global public
health campaign since 1986, the parasitic Guinea worm species

OA is A. I chose the correct answer but I have a confusion about the usage of "having been"...does the usage of having been found implies that mummies were found even before 1986 ( answer choice E), if not then what does having been found implies here.
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by theCodeToGMAT » Thu Oct 10, 2013 5:10 am
rakeshd347 wrote:Found even in ancient Egyptian mummies, the parasitic Guinea worm became the focus of a
global public health campaign in 1986; this species of parasite has
declined for two decades,
and may finally be eradicated from the earth by 2010.

"¢ Found even in ancient Egyptian mummies, the parasitic Guinea worm became the focus of a
global public health campaign in 1986; this species of parasite has

"¢ Being the focus of a global public health campaign since 1986 and found even in ancient
Egyptian mummies; the population of the parasitic Guinea worm has

"¢ Having been the focus of a global public health campaign in 1986, it was found even in ancient
Egyptian mummies; the frequency of the parasitic Guinea worm

"¢ Being found even in ancient Egyptian mummies and having been the focus of a global public
health campaign since 1986, the frequency of the parasitic Guinea worm

"¢ Having been found even in ancient Egyptian mummies and being the focus of a global public
health campaign since 1986, the parasitic Guinea worm species

OA is A. I chose the correct answer but I have a confusion about the usage of "having been"...does the usage of having been found implies that mummies were found even before 1986 ( answer choice E), if not then what does having been found implies here.
"having been.." is modifying "the parasitic Guinea worm species"
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by [email protected] » Thu Oct 10, 2013 8:22 pm
Hi rakeshd347,

For this SC, the primary rule is modification. The only answers that correctly present the modification are A and E.

Between those 2 answers, A presents a series of simple past events, while E presents some really "clunky" language (including the word "being", which tends to be incorrect).

Final Answer: A

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