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by stubbornp » Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:20 am
Why the answer is D.....
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by arvindm07 » Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:59 am
IMO C.
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by reachac » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:23 am
IMO C.....D can't be correct
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by kiranlegend » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:34 am
IMO C.. C has subject verb agreeme..nt skull and has
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by eccentric » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:49 am
the correct idiomatic phrase is x associated with y which eliminates option A & B the subject skull bearing traits do not agree with verb, the sentence also has verb parallel in the form of gerunds
option D corrects all errors
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by Vignesh.4384 » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:54 pm
IMO C
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by sudhir3127 » Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:24 pm
i would go with D as well.,..
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by stubbornp » Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:54 am
its fine that D corrects all errors......


but it doesnt make any sense............use of 'and' insttead of 'have been'
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by eccentric » Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:13 am
The options with verb tense do not fit in well with the gerund parallels
bearing.......indicating
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by yogesh_kkk » Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:36 am
I will go with C, "and found" construction is awkward there
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by rey.fernandez » Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:18 pm
Eliminate options B and E due to subject-verb agreement. The subject "skull" requires "has been found."

Eliminate A due to the awkward and wordy "in addition."

Eliminate D because it is a sentence fragment -- the subject "skull" has no corresponding verb in the sentence.

The correct answer is C.

To clarify why D is wrong, since some of the earlier posts support it, let's first look at C. If we strip away all of the "extras" from this sentence (any modifying phrases and clauses) and get to its essential core, what results is:
A skull has been found.

If you try that with D, you wind up with nothing but:
A skull.

That is a fragment!
Rey Fernandez
Instructor
Manhattan GMAT
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