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The Anasazi settlements at Chaco Canyon were built on a spectacular scale with more than 75 carefully engineered structures, of up to 600 rooms each, were connected by a complex regional system of roads. A. scale with more than 75 carefully engineered structures, of up to 600 rooms each, were B. scale with more than 75 carefully engineered structures, of up to 600 rooms each, C. scale of more than 75 carefully engineered structures of up to 600 rooms, each that had been D. scale of more than 75 carefully engineered structures of up to 600 rooms and with each E. scale of more than 75 carefully engineered structures of up to 600 rooms each had been Why "were" is not required for B as the correct answer?
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Baten80 wrote: The Anasazi settlements at Chaco Canyon were built on a spectacular scale with more than 75 carefully engineered structures, of up to 600 rooms each, were connected by a complex regional system of roads.
A. scale with more than 75 carefully engineered structures, of up to 600 rooms each, were
B. scale with more than 75 carefully engineered structures, of up to 600 rooms each,
C. scale of more than 75 carefully engineered structures of up to 600 rooms, each that had been
D. scale of more than 75 carefully engineered structures of up to 600 rooms and with each
E. scale of more than 75 carefully engineered structures of up to 600 rooms each had been
Why "were" is not required for B as the correct answer? Using 'were' in option A creates run on sentence as only a comma is used.
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I was able to rull out c,d and e. But selected A. Can anyone please suggest
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The question here is "what is/are connected by roads" If "The Anasazi settlements" is the subject, which is the case..another 'were' is reqd..and if the specacular scale is connected by roads, then 'were' isn't reqd..
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B. The Anasazi were built on a spectacular scale with ... structures, of up to 600 rooms each, connected by a complex regional system of roads.
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Quote: Why "were" is not required for B as the correct answer? We have main verb "were built" in the non-underlined part. the second "were" here has no subject. So, B is eliminated.
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Re: The Anasazi settlements at Chaco Canyon were built on a [#permalink]
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On this topic, interestingly, I found four different transcriptions of the original test, essentially in the portion that is underlined, in as many different forums for a question that is from GPREP. Which one should we follow? 1 Urch version The Anasazi settlements of Chaco Canyon were built on a spectacular scare with more than 75 carefully engineered structures, of up to 600 rooms each were connected by a complex regional system of roads. (note tht there is no comma after each) 2. Beat the GMAT version
The Anasazi settlements at Chaco Canyon were built on a spectacular scale with more than 75 carefully engineered structures, of up to 600 rooms each, were connected by a complex regional system of roads. (note the comma after each) 3 Gmatclub versionThe Anasazi settlements at Chaco Canyon were built on a spectacular scale with more than 75 carefully engineered structures, of up to 600 rooms each, were connected by a complex regional system of roads. 4. Manhattan version The Anasazi settlements at Chaco Canyon were built on a spectacular scale with more than 75 carefully engineered structures, of up to 600 rooms each, were connected by a complex regional system of roads.
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Re: The Anasazi settlements at Chaco Canyon were built on a [#permalink]
18 Jan 2012, 19:41
Guys in my book, it has the following form; notice that there is a comma after scale in the original question. And that's what confuses me. If there was no comma, the answer is easily B though.
Any comment?
The Anasazi settlements at Chaco Canyon were built on a spectacular scale, with more than 75 carefully engineered structures, of up to 600 rooms each, were connected by a complex regional system of roads.
A. scale,with more than 75 carefully engineered structures, of up to 600 rooms each, were
B. scale, with more than 75 carefully engineered structures, of up to 600 rooms each,
C. scale of more than 75 carefully engineered structures of up to 600 rooms, each that had been
D. scale of more than 75 carefully engineered structures of up to 600 rooms and with each
E. scale of more than 75 carefully engineered structures of up to 600 rooms, each had been
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