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In addition to her work on the Miocene hominid fossil [#permalink] New post 25 Sep 2008, 06:39
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In addition to her work on the Miocene hominid fossil record, Mary Leakey contributed to archaeology through her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and through her painstaking documentation of East African cave paintings.
A. Mary Leakey contributed to archaeology through her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and through her painstaking documentation of
B. Mary Leakey contributed to archaeology by her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and painstakingly documenting
C. Mary Leakey was a contributor to archaeology by discovering the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and with her painstaking documentation of
D. Mary Leakey's contributions to archaeology include her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and painstakingly documenting
E. Mary Leakey's contributions to archaeology include her discovering the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and painstaking documentation of
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Re: MARY LEAKEY - 2 [#permalink] New post 25 Sep 2008, 06:59
A seems alright.
"Discovery" and "documentation" should pair up just as "discovering" and "documenting" should.
All the other choices have this error.
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Re: MARY LEAKEY - 2 [#permalink] New post 25 Sep 2008, 08:37
discovering / discovery- discover wins
B & D left, B has modifier error

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Re: MARY LEAKEY - 2 [#permalink] New post 25 Sep 2008, 10:23
pawan203 wrote:
discovering / discovery- discover wins
B & D left, B has modifier error

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Can someone explain how documenting is parallel to discovery?
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Re: MARY LEAKEY - 2 [#permalink] New post 25 Sep 2008, 13:15
Apparently, there are 2 versions of it. Ahh, I knew I recognized this question before:

11-t66708?hilit=Leakey%27s+contributions

So the question is: in regards to the first part of the sentence,

In addition to her work on the Miocene hominid fossil record, - should this be followed by:

Mary Leakey contributed
or
Mary Leakey's contribution

The OAs in the above link differs in opinion...
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Re: MARY LEAKEY - 2 [#permalink] New post 25 Sep 2008, 20:00
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In addition to her work on the Miocene hominid fossil record, Mary Leakey contributed to archaeology through her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and through her painstaking documentation of East African cave paintings.
A. Mary Leakey contributed to archaeology through her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and through her painstaking documentation of
B. Mary Leakey contributed to archaeology by her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and painstakingly documenting
C. Mary Leakey was a contributor to archaeology by discovering the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and with her painstaking documentation of
D. Mary Leakey's contributions to archaeology include her discovery of the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and painstakingly documenting
E. Mary Leakey's contributions to archaeology include her discovering the earliest direct evidence of hominid activity and painstaking documentation of


(A) is right
1) "In addition to her work" must be followed by the person and not by person's contribution
2) "Mary Leakey contributed to archaeology through X and through Y" is the right form which is not present in any other answers.
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