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Source: Beat The GMAT — Sentence Correction |
what does -....- means in the above question? is it a kind of punctuation like comma or colon? can someone explain this pls?
thanks
thanks
paku- C I understand, but what is wrong w/ E?
kiranlegend- I think the dash in the underlined piece serves as a pause...either comma/semicolon. I really don't understand why it is necessary.
kiranlegend- I think the dash in the underlined piece serves as a pause...either comma/semicolon. I really don't understand why it is necessary.
If you pick E, the sentence sounds like a run-on...it doesn't end well and sounds awkward. Try reading it out loud and you'll find yourself wanting to end the sentence, but it doesn't....it ends with "..."
I don't know how else to better explain it.
I don't know how else to better explain it.
I think this a good question
Archeologit ... excavated a 5000 year old wooden skull that is the earliest .... and that thus represents ....
Archeologit ... excavated a 5000 year old wooden skull ---> main clause
that - > introduces a sub ordinate clause
and -> introduces another clause
that -> should refer back to wooden skull of the mail clause
If u notice the second that is not contained inside the first that
Option A is correct because there is a proper reference to wooden skull
Option C does not properly refer to the wooden skull of the main clause . It would probably refer to the excavated a 5000 year old wooden skull of the mail clause . This is not desired.
The wooden skull represents a major advance and not the excavation of the wooden skull.
Option E cannot be the aanswer because there is not proper reference to the wooden skull of the main clause.
If u chose option E u would be saying that "a boat counstructed out of wooden planks" as the major advancement. That is not the intention
I hope ppl can understand this .
Please correct me if i am wrong
Archeologit ... excavated a 5000 year old wooden skull that is the earliest .... and that thus represents ....
Archeologit ... excavated a 5000 year old wooden skull ---> main clause
that - > introduces a sub ordinate clause
and -> introduces another clause
that -> should refer back to wooden skull of the mail clause
If u notice the second that is not contained inside the first that
Option A is correct because there is a proper reference to wooden skull
Option C does not properly refer to the wooden skull of the main clause . It would probably refer to the excavated a 5000 year old wooden skull of the mail clause . This is not desired.
The wooden skull represents a major advance and not the excavation of the wooden skull.
Option E cannot be the aanswer because there is not proper reference to the wooden skull of the main clause.
If u chose option E u would be saying that "a boat counstructed out of wooden planks" as the major advancement. That is not the intention
I hope ppl can understand this .
Please correct me if i am wrong
Vignesh.4384 wrote:I think this a good question
Archeologit ... excavated a 5000 year old wooden skull that is the earliest .... and that thus represents ....
Archeologit ... excavated a 5000 year old wooden skull ---> main clause
that - > introduces a sub ordinate clause
and -> introduces another clause
that -> should refer back to wooden skull of the mail clause
If u notice the second that is not contained inside the first that
Option A is correct because there is a proper reference to wooden skull
Option C does not properly refer to the wooden skull of the main clause . It would probably refer to the excavated a 5000 year old wooden skull of the mail clause . This is not desired.
The wooden skull represents a major advance and not the excavation of the wooden skull.
Option E cannot be the aanswer because there is not proper reference to the wooden skull of the main clause.
If u chose option E u would be saying that "a boat counstructed out of wooden planks" as the major advancement. That is not the intention
I hope ppl can understand this .
Please correct me if i am wrong
In short, I guess, we can say A has parallel structure.. right?:)
one more reason, possibly, E might be wrong could be due to lack of finish of that dash
correct me if am wrong?
Whatever you need to have the other "-" to get the sentence right?
Only one "-" is not possible I think so --> A or B
Only one "-" is not possible I think so --> A or B
