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rohu27 wrote:

atulmangal wrote:Also can anyone verify...??

Is "Known as" an INCORRECT IDIOM..?????? or there are some conditions to use Known as and Known to be...just like we use AGREE TO and AGREE WITH in specific cases???

Please clear as its a very common word...thanks

OA is C guys..

as per MGMAT known as is named as.
so B would imply bones are known as animals.
i had a problem in B that presnetly known as from large prehistoric animals, - wht does this modify? bones? its not clear. but as we see we have more reasons to eliminate B.

atulmangal wrote:Until a few centuries ago, any large bones discovered in the fields or caves of Europe, now known to be large prehistoric animals, were usually assumed to be the remains of giants and were often displayed as curiosities in castles, palaces, town halls, churches, and monasteries.

A. now known to be large prehistoric animals, were usually assumed to be
B. presently known as from large prehistoric animals, were usually assumed as
C. bones now known to be those of large prehistoric animals, were usually assumed to be
D. bones known at present as of large prehistoric animals, were usually assumed as those of
E. currently known as those of large prehistoric animals, were usually assumed to be those of

How to approach this question???

AIM GMAT wrote:

rohu27 wrote:

atulmangal wrote:Also can anyone verify...??

Is "Known as" an INCORRECT IDIOM..?????? or there are some conditions to use Known as and Known to be...just like we use AGREE TO and AGREE WITH in specific cases???

Please clear as its a very common word...thanks

OA is C guys..

as per MGMAT known as is named as.
so B would imply bones are known as animals.
i had a problem in B that presnetly known as from large prehistoric animals, - wht does this modify? bones? its not clear. but as we see we have more reasons to eliminate B.

I guess we wnt get a problem where we need to eliminate on basis of just the idiom .Correct me if i am wrong .

IDIOMS LEARNED:-

assumed to be
known as
known to be

Great going guys , this way we would become well versed with the idioms .We can start a separate thread for IDIOMS ... what u guys say ??

Either way, it doesn't make sense to say that any large bones were known. Eliminate A, B and E.

any large bones were usually assumed

crescendo85 wrote:Mitch

Until a few centuries ago, any large bones discovered in the fields or caves of Europe, bones now known to be those of large prehistoric animals, were usually assumed to be.....

In this bones now... is a appositive ? If yes then looks that bones is modifying Europe ? I am able to get the right answer but revisiting it makes me confused on this point.

From what I know appositive modify noun/noun phrases...


Please help