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by sk8ternite » Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:21 am
In late 1997,the chambers inside the pyramid of the Pharaoh Menkaure at Giza were closed to visitors for cleaning and repairing due to moisture exhaled by tourists,which raised its humidity to such levels so that salt from the stone was crystallizing and fungus was growing in the walls.

A) due to moisture exhaled by tourists,which raised its humidity to such levels so that salt from the stone was crystallizing

B) due to moisture that tourists had exhaled,thereby raising its humidity to such levels that salt from the stone would crystallize.

C) because tourists were exhaling moisture,which had raised the humidity within then to levels such that salt from the stone would crystallize.

D)because of moisture that was exhaled by tourists raising the humidity within them to levels so high as to make the salt from the stone crystallize.

E) because moisture exhaled by tourists had raised the humidity within them to such levels that salt from the stone was crystallizing.

OA is E

I ruled out E because I thought "them" was ambiguous.
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by shibal » Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:39 am
Them is refering perfectly to chambers...

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by sk8ternite » Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:48 am
But tourists come right before them, so couldnt "them" apply to tourists or chambers?

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by shibal » Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:05 pm
'because moisture exhaled by tourists' tourists refrs to moisture and the them goes with the chambers

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