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by ska7945 » Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:42 am
Written in ink or engraved by stylus, more than 2,000 letters and documents on wooden tablets excavated at the site of the old roman fort at vindolanda in northern England are yielding a historical account of the military garrison in the first and second centuries that are so vivid in their details about personal life as they are from Pompeii

A. are so vivid in their details about personal life as they ate
B. are as vivid in their details of personal life as those gathered
C. is as vivid in their detail about personal life as that gathered
D. is as vivid in its details of personal life as that gathered
E. is so vivid in its details of personal life as is that
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by mjjking » Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:17 am
B. It's the only one that refers to letters
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by rohangupta83 » Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:28 am
imo D

letters and documents on wooden tablets excavated at the site of the old roman fort at vindolanda in northern England are yielding a historical account (of................) that is........

a historical account is singular

Therefore, A,B are out

C - out - uses plural 'their'

E - out - uses 'as is that' awkward construction/incorrect idiom

D - correct - uses the correct idiom and fixes the subject - verb agreement i.e. uses singular 'is' and 'its'.
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by Jatinder » Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:33 am
IMO D
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by Bidisha800 » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:56 am
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by jyotiistalking » Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:54 am
D it is ....
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by stop@800 » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:58 pm
B

OA please?
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by jeenashiva » Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:12 pm
I will go with D.
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by nitya34 » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:05 am
Got it

OA is D
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by graghukalyan » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:24 am
Written in ink or engraved by stylus, more than 2,000 letters and documents on wooden tablets excavated at the site of the old roman fort at vindolanda in northern England are yielding a historical account of the military garrison in the first and second centuries that are so vivid in their details about personal life as they are from Pompeii

A. are so vivid in their details about personal life as they ate
B. are as vivid in their details of personal life as those gathered
C. is as vivid in their detail about personal life as that gathered
D. is as vivid in its details of personal life as that gathered
E. is so vivid in its details of personal life as is that

so..that is the correct idiomatic expression. Hence A & E are ruled out.

The relative Pronoun "that" generally refers to the immediate preceeding Noun/ Noun Phrase which is the "a historical account" which is plural. Hence B is eliminated. Out of C & D, it is "D" which uses the proper reference rule . IMHO - D is correct.
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by nitya34 » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:39 am
yes
S-V agreement

X of Y(prepositional phrase)

historical account of the military garrison in the first and second centuries


X is singular
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by goelmohit2002 » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:47 am
Can someone please tell what does the below highlighted "that" points to in D.

"D. is as vivid in its details of personal life as that gathered "
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by xperience » Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:37 am
My vote also gos to (D)

Written in ink or engraved by stylus, more than 2,000 letters and documents on wooden tablets excavated at the site of the old roman fort at vindolanda in northern England are yielding a historical account of the military garrison in the first and second centuries that are so vivid in their details about personal life as they are from Pompeii

A. are so vivid in their details about personal life as they ate
B. are as vivid in their details of personal life as those gathered
C. is as vivid in their detail about personal life as that gathered
D. is as vivid in its details of personal life as that gathered
E. is so vivid in its details of personal life as is that

The correct idiomatic usage should be.. "as vivid...as"
So options (A), (B) and (E) are ruled out.
Secondly, since we are talking about the "historical account" here, so verb tense should be singular. hence "its" is better than "their"

Hence option (D)

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by mittalashwani13 » Fri Jul 03, 2009 6:30 am
goelmohit2002 wrote:Can someone please tell what does the below highlighted "that" points to in D.

"D. is as vivid in its details of personal life as that gathered "

"That" is referring to the "historical account" ..
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by goelmohit2002 » Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:16 am
mittalashwani13 wrote:
goelmohit2002 wrote:Can someone please tell what does the below highlighted "that" points to in D.

"D. is as vivid in its details of personal life as that gathered "

"That" is referring to the "historical account" ..
Thanks.

Just one small doubt...

Can historical account be gathered....? This looks to be a bit awkward....or it is ok to use this ?
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