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by abcdefg » Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:05 am
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The Achaemenid empire of Persia reached the Indus valley in the fifth century B.C, bringing the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and southern Indian alphabets.

A) same as above

B) the Aramaic script with it, and from which deriving both the northern and the

C) with it the Aramaic script, from which derive both the northern and the

D) with it the Aramaic script, from which derives both northern and

E) with it the Aramaic script, and deriving from it both the northern and the
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My question is that I don't understand the difference between the options "the Aramaic script with it" vs "with the the Aramaic script". Thank you.

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by dumb.doofus » Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:45 am
When u use "it" then the "which" refers to it rather than the aramic script and that's the problem.
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by MBA2010HereWeGo » Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:26 pm
IMO E

The Achaemenid empire of Persia reached the Indus valley in the fifth century B.C, bringing the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and southern Indian alphabets.

A) same as above - "from which..." seems to modify "it" (or the "empire") but it should modify the Aramaic script thus wrong

B) the Aramaic script with it, and from which deriving both the northern and the
and from which driving sounds awkward

C) with it the Aramaic script, from which derive both the northern and the
"derive" not parallel with bringing

D) with it the Aramaic script, from which derives both northern and

see C
E) with it the Aramaic script, and deriving from it both the northern and the

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by MBA2010HereWeGo » Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:28 pm
Ah, I guess my initial thought was incorrect after all. Can someone please explain why C is better than E? :oops:
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by PAB2706 » Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:39 pm
can anyone pls explain in detail.....

I am not understanding wht is the subject for the verb derive...
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by cramya » Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:49 pm
am not understanding wht is the subject for the verb derive
The Northern and Southern alphabets -> Plural subject since these are distinct alphabets so we use plural verb derive
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by madhur_ahuja » Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:58 pm
he Achaemenid empire of Persia reached the Indus valley in the fifth century B.C, bringing the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and southern Indian alphabets.

A) the Aramaic script with it, from which was derived both northern and

it refers to the empire here ... and hence which refers to empire which is incorrect. which should refer to script.

B) the Aramaic script with it, and from which deriving both the northern and the

Same error as above

C) with it the Aramaic script, from which derive both the northern and the

Correct. which refers to script. derive (plural) is in agreement with plural subject

D) with it the Aramaic script, from which derives both northern and

Which correctly refers. But derives (singular) does not agree with plural subject.


E) with it the Aramaic script, and deriving from it both the northern and the

it incorrectly refers to empire here. They derive from script and not the empire.
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by rookiez » Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:17 am
Hey guys this is wonderful question . Thanks for all of your posts.

I have a different question here...

Whats the difference between following:

both northern and southern Indian alphabets
and
both the northern and the southern Indian alphabets
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by capnx » Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:11 pm
C seems to be the best answer, but my question is why isn't "derive" in past tense as in "derived"???

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by viju9162 » Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:08 am
I went with "D"! In C, from which derive both ... - doesn't it sound awkward
"Native of" is used for a individual while "Native to" is used for a large group
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