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by trustkip » Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:37 pm
The ancient Anasazi harvested such native desert vegetation as the purple-flowered bee plant, what they now commonly call wild spinach in northern Arizona and other parts of the southwestern United States.

A. what they now commonly call
B. a plant that they now commonly call
C. now commonly called
D. and is mow commonly called
E. which it is now commonly called
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by theCodeToGMAT » Thu Nov 14, 2013 11:25 pm
According to the structure of the sentence & meaning, the underlined part must show something in present and in general.

{A} - INCORRECT; meaning issue -- "what they" means that "ancient Anasazi" call...
{B} - INCORRECT; meaning issue -- "they now" means that "ancient Anasazi" call...
{C} - CORRECT
{D} - INCORRECT; the breakage of sentence by "and" means that Ancient Anasazi is now called.-- meaning issue
{E} - INCORRECT; "it is now" is incorrect
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by [email protected] » Fri Nov 15, 2013 2:01 pm
Hi trustkip,

Is this sentence missing a comma? Either way, I agree with Rahul's explanation.

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by pareekbharat86 » Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:33 pm
theCodeToGMAT wrote:According to the structure of the sentence & meaning, the underlined part must show something in present and in general.

{A} - INCORRECT; meaning issue -- "what they" means that "ancient Anasazi" call...
{B} - INCORRECT; meaning issue -- "they now" means that "ancient Anasazi" call...
{C} - CORRECT
{D} - INCORRECT; the breakage of sentence by "and" means that Ancient Anasazi is now called.-- meaning issue
{E} - INCORRECT; "it is now" is incorrect
What's wrong with 'they'...is it not right to refer to the anasazi civilisation as 'they'? I was deliberating between B and C.
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by theCodeToGMAT » Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:46 pm
Bharat,
The problem with the usage of "they" is that it refers to ancient Anasazi.. They are ancient and doesn't exist now.. So we cannot use the word "now" in the underlined part; doing so impacts the meaning and tense.
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