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Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru, the Mochica developed their own elaborat society, based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and exploiting other wild and domestic resources. (A) based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and exploiting (B) based on the cultivation of such crops as corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and seafood, and the exploitation of (C) and basing it on the cultivation of crops like corn and beans, harvesting fish and seafood, and the exploiting of (D) and they based it on their cultivation of crops such as corn and beans, the harvest of fish and seafood, and exploiting (E) and they based it on their cultivating such crops like corn and beans, their harvest of fish and shellfish, and they exploited Please explain the solution
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(A) based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and exploiting->wrong the three phrases are not parallel (B) based on the cultivation of such crops as corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and seafood, and the exploitation of--> correct the three noun phrases are parallel ,please see the bold faced nouns(C) and basing it on the cultivation of crops like corn and beans, harvesting fish and seafood, and the exploiting of-->parallelism error (D) and they based it on their cultivation of crops such as corn and beans, the harvest of fish and seafood, and exploiting--> unnecessary use of the word they and also parallelism error (E) and they based it on their cultivating such crops like corn and beans, their harvest of fish and shellfish, and they exploited-->wrong use of the pronoun their and also parallelism error.
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Re: Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru [#permalink]
16 Apr 2012, 23:16
saikarthikreddy wrote: (A) based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and exploiting->wrong
the three phrases are not parallel
(B) based on the cultivation of such crops as corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and seafood, and the exploitation of-->correct the three noun phrases are parallel ,please see the bold faced nouns(C) and basing it on the cultivation of crops like corn and beans, harvesting fish and seafood, and the exploiting of-->parallelism error
(D) and they based it on their cultivation of crops such as corn and beans, the harvest of fish and seafood, and exploiting--> unnecessary use of the word they and also parallelism error
(E) and they based it on their cultivating such crops like corn and beans, their harvest of fish and shellfish, and they exploited-->wrong use of the pronoun their and also parallelism error. Hi saikarthikreddy, the cultivation and the harvesting are not in parallel. It should be cultivating & harvesting. Correct me if I am wrong.
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Re: Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru [#permalink]
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subhajeet wrote: saikarthikreddy wrote: (A) based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and exploiting->wrong
the three phrases are not parallel
(B) based on the cultivation of such crops as corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and seafood, and the exploitation of-->correct the three noun phrases are parallel ,please see the bold faced nouns(C) and basing it on the cultivation of crops like corn and beans, harvesting fish and seafood, and the exploiting of-->parallelism error
(D) and they based it on their cultivation of crops such as corn and beans, the harvest of fish and seafood, and exploiting--> unnecessary use of the word they and also parallelism error
(E) and they based it on their cultivating such crops like corn and beans, their harvest of fish and shellfish, and they exploited-->wrong use of the pronoun their and also parallelism error. Hi saikarthikreddy, the cultivation and the harvesting are not in parallel. It should be cultivating & harvesting. Correct me if I am wrong. based on the cultivation of such crops as corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and seafood, and the exploitation of "the harvesting of " - complex gerund "cultivation" and "exploitation" - action noun complex gerund and action noun can be parallel. Hope this helps..!!
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Re: Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru [#permalink]
17 Apr 2012, 05:57
harvesting is used as a noun, it is a gerund. Also every article (a,an,the) must be followed by a NOUN so there you go
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Re: Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru [#permalink]
17 Apr 2012, 14:19
I can't point to a specific rule or terminology, but such shouldn't be followed by like when providing examples. It's either "such as" or "like"
"such crops like" - wrong
"such crops as" - correct
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Re: Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru [#permalink]
17 Apr 2012, 22:13
Went for B. Great information above, I still can't dissect the answers with specifics though. C D E sounded awkward to me and B had the correct usage of "such crops as".
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Re: Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru [#permalink]
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vikram4689 wrote: aalba005 wrote: Went for B. Great information above, I still can't dissect the answers with specifics though. C D E sounded awkward to me and B had the correct usage of "such crops as". do you have any specific doubt No, after I read the explainations it was clear why C D and E were incorrect but I still need more practice in this regard.
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Re: Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru [#permalink]
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aalba005 wrote: vikram4689 wrote: aalba005 wrote: Went for B. Great information above, I still can't dissect the answers with specifics though. C D E sounded awkward to me and B had the correct usage of "such crops as". do you have any specific doubt No, after I read the explainations it was clear why C D and E were incorrect but I still need more practice in this regard. Great, let us know wherever you have any queries
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