The diet of the ordinary Greek in classical times was largely vegetarian--vegetables, fresh cheese, oatmeal,
and meal cakes, and meat rarely.
(A) and meat rarely
(B) and meat was rare
(C) with meat as rare
(D) meat a rarity
(E) with meat as a rarity
A and B:
The diet of the ordinary Greek in classical times was largely vegetarian--vegetables, fresh cheese...and meat.
Here, the usage of
and meat implies that meat is a VEGETARIAN food.
This meaning is nonsensical.
Eliminate A and B.
C:
meat as rare
meat as rare AS WHAT?
Also, the usage of
rare could imply RARE MEAT -- in other words, meat that is barely cooked.
Not the intended meaning.
Eliminate C.
An absolute phrase is a modifier composed of COMMA + NOUN + OTHER WORDS that serves to modify the entire preceding clause.
In an absolute phrase, the noun after the comma must refer to the PRECEDING SUBJECT.
SC108 in the OG for Verbal:
Sound can travel through water for enormous distances, its acoustic energy prevented from dissipating.
Here, the portion in red is an absolute phrase in which
its acoustic energy (the noun after the comma) refers to
sound (the preceding subject).
D:
The diet of the ordinary Greek in classical times was largely vegetarian, meat a rarity.
Here, the portion in red seems to be an absolute phrase, but
meat (the noun after the comma) does not refer to
the diet (the preceding subject).
Eliminate D.
The correct answer is
E.
Generally, COMMA +
with at the end of a sentence serves as an ADVERB modifying the VERB in the preceding clause.
OA:
The diet of the ordinary Greek in classical times WAS largely vegetarian -- vegetables, fresh cheese, oatmeal, and meal cakes, WITH meat as a rarity.
Here, the portion in red is an adverb modifying
was -- the verb in the preceding clause -- expressing how the diet WAS largely vegetarian.
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