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by fengjig » Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:36 am
What is wrong with A?
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For protection from the summer sun, the Mojave lived in open-sided, flat-topped dwellings known as shades, each a roof of poles and arrowweed supported by posts set in a rectangle.

A. each a roof of poles and arrowweed
B. each a roof of poles and arrowweed that are being
C. with each being a roof of poles and arrowweed
D. with roofs of poles and arrowweed to be
E. with roofs of poles and arrowweed that are
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by rahulg83 » Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:46 am
For protection from the summer sun, the Mojave lived in open-sided, flat-topped dwellings known as shades, each a roof of poles and arrowweed supported by posts set in a rectangle.

A. each a roof of poles and arrowweed
B. each a roof of poles and arrowweed that are being
C. with each being a roof of poles and arrowweed
D. with roofs of poles and arrowweed to be
E. with roofs of poles and arrowweed that are

I think A is absurd/changes the meaning..a dwelling can't be a roof and that is what a intends to say...but at first look, it's very difficult to neglect A
Is E the OA?
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by fengjig » Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:53 am
Good point. E is right. Thx
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by hetavdave » Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:01 am
IMO - A

E is wrong due to subject verb agreement
arrowweed that "are" does not agree with the Mojave "lived"
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by rahulg83 » Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:21 am
IMO E is correct because these structure are still known as shades. The part after comma just describes its attributes.
Well, i couldn't find any subject-verb agreement error here..
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by hetavdave » Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:27 am
https://www.beatthegmat.com/roof-t13278.html

googled it :)
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by rahulg83 » Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:35 am
Hmmm, but we still don't have the OA..
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by rseeker2 » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:01 am
'A' might give an impression that the arrowweed alone is being supported by the posts.

We need the 'are' in 'E' to imply that the arrowweed as well as the roof is supported by the posts.
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