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SC1000 Q-730

by neha.patni » Mon Jul 05, 2010 3:12 am
730. 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

OA E

Why it can't be B? Please provide explanations.
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by blaster » Mon Jul 05, 2010 3:37 am
i don't know for sure,but in my opiniour in B the following things are wrong

additional and . we don't need "and" here,because in previous part it was used once.
also was is not properly used here, as is much better.

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