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The period when the great painted caves at Lascaux and Altamira were occupied by the Upper Palcolithic people has been established by carbon - 14 dating, but what is more difficult to determine are the reason for their decoration, the use to which primitive people put the caves, and the meaning of the magnificently depicted animals. A. .... B. has been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is C. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is D. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine are E. are established by carbon-14 dating, but that which is much more difficult to determine is
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sdas wrote: The period when the great painted caves at Lascaux and Altamira were occupied the Upper Palcolithic people has been established by carbon - 14 dating, but what is more difficult to determine are the reason for their decoration, the use to which primitive people put the caves, and the meaning of the magnificently depicted animals.
A. has been established by carbon - 14 dating, but what is more difficult to determine are
B. has been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is
C. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is
D. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine are
E. are established by carbon-14 dating, but that which is much more difficult to determine is It's B The period when the great painted caves at Lascaux and Altamira were occupied the Upper Palcolithic people has been established (the period) by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is (as you can see the reason is singular, so "is" is correct) the reason for their decoration, the use to which primitive people put the caves, and the meaning of the magnificently depicted animals
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B it is.
The period when the great painted caves at Lascaux and Altamira were occupied the Upper Palcolithic people has been established by carbon - 14 dating, but what is more difficult to determine are the reason for their decoration, the use to which primitive people put the caves, and the meaning of the magnificently depicted animals.
A. has been established by carbon - 14 dating, but what is more difficult to determine are
B. has been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is
C. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is
D. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine are
E. are established by carbon-14 dating, but that which is much more difficult to determine is
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Mates, can you all please specify the subject verb pairs....
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sdas wrote: Mates, can you all please specify the subject verb pairs.... Hi sdas, The subject-verb pairs are marked with the same colors. The period when the great painted caves at Lascaux and Altamira were occupied the Upper Palcolithic people has been established by carbon - 14 dating, but what is more difficult to determine are the reason for their decoration, the use to which primitive people put the caves, and the meaning of the magnificently depicted animals. A. ... B. has been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine isC. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is D. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine areE. are established by carbon-14 dating, but that which is much more difficult to determine isHope this helps, Vercules
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The subject-verb pairs in the text: Subject - The period Verb -has been established Subject - the great painted caves Verb - were occupied Subject -what is more difficult to determine Verb is the Subject - primitive people Verb put the “the reason for their decoration, the use to which primitive people put the caves, and the meaning of the magnificently depicted animals” This long list of three factors is a compound noun, which acts as the object of the second clause
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Vercules wrote: sdas wrote: Mates, can you all please specify the subject verb pairs.... Hi sdas, The subject-verb pairs are marked with the same colors. The period when the great painted caves at Lascaux and Altamira were occupied the Upper Palcolithic people has been established by carbon - 14 dating, but what is more difficult to determine are the reason for their decoration, the use to which primitive people put the caves, and the meaning of the magnificently depicted animals. A. ... B. has been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine isC. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is D. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine areE. are established by carbon-14 dating, but that which is much more difficult to determine isHope this helps, Vercules Request explanation of second subject "what is" how is this the subject and why not the "the reason'
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We can reverse a clause and bring in the object s the subject, provided what is before the verb cannot function as a subject in the text, say something like a prepositional phrase. Here, in this case, the noun phrases ‘what is more difficult to determine” can be a legal subject. Therefore ‘the reason’ cannot be preferred as the subject, by resorting to unnecessary reversal.
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Thanks Daagh, that helps. Also, can you recommend me some insights on appositive modifiers
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The period when the great painted caves at Lascaux and Altamira were occupied the Upper Palcolithic people has been established by carbon - 14 dating, but what is more difficult to determine are the reason for their decoration, the use to which primitive people put the caves, and the meaning of the magnificently depicted animals. A. .... B. has been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is C. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is D. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine are E. are established by carbon-14 dating, but that which is much more difficult to determine is[/quote] The period has been established, but what is much more difficult to determine (<-- Noun Clause. Therefore, Singular) is
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sdas wrote: The period when the great painted caves at Lascaux and Altamira were occupied the Upper Palcolithic people has been established by carbon - 14 dating, but what is more difficult to determine are the reason for their decoration, the use to which primitive people put the caves, and the meaning of the magnificently depicted animals.
A. ....
B. has been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is
C. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is
D. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine are
E. are established by carbon-14 dating, but that which is much more difficult to determine is Missing "by" before "the Upper Palcolithic people". Please, take caution when posting.
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honggil wrote: sdas wrote: The period when the great painted caves at Lascaux and Altamira were occupied the Upper Palcolithic people has been established by carbon - 14 dating, but what is more difficult to determine are the reason for their decoration, the use to which primitive people put the caves, and the meaning of the magnificently depicted animals.
A. ....
B. has been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is
C. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is
D. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine are
E. are established by carbon-14 dating, but that which is much more difficult to determine is Missing "by" before "the Upper Palcolithic people". Please, take caution when posting. Thanks mate. Typo....rectified
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The period when the great painted caves at Lascaux and Altamira were occupied by the Upper Palcolithic people has been established by carbon - 14 dating, but what is more difficult to determine are the reason for their decoration, the use to which primitive people put the caves, and the meaning of the magnificently depicted animals.
A. ....--WRONG
B. has been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is --CORRECT
C. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is --WRONG
D. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine are --WRONG
E. are established by carbon-14 dating, but that which is much more difficult to determine is --WRONG
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Agree with aquarius24..... Options with "have" can been eliminated directly....and sentence should be end with "is" not "are"...so Option B will be correct. aquarius24 wrote: The period when the great painted caves at Lascaux and Altamira were occupied by the Upper Palcolithic people has been established by carbon - 14 dating, but what is more difficult to determine are the reason for their decoration, the use to which primitive people put the caves, and the meaning of the magnificently depicted animals.
A. ....--WRONG
B. has been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is --CORRECT
C. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is --WRONG
D. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine are --WRONG
E. are established by carbon-14 dating, but that which is much more difficult to determine is --WRONG
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What is most important here is the identification of the Subject and the verb in the sentence and most importantly the subject in the sentence.
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Also, one thing to be noted in the above question is that all the 5 options use the noun phrase and noun phrase is singular.
However, if one of the options would have been 'to determine', then that would have been the correct answer and the plural verb 'are' would have been taken as the correct answer choice.
Hence singular verb and not a plural verb in the second clause of the sentence.
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sdas wrote: The period when the great painted caves at Lascaux and Altamira were occupied by the Upper Palcolithic people has been established by carbon - 14 dating, but what is more difficult to determine are the reason for their decoration, the use to which primitive people put the caves, and the meaning of the magnificently depicted animals.
A. ....
B. has been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is
C. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine is
D. have been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine are
E. are established by carbon-14 dating, but that which is much more difficult to determine is IMO: B is correct. The period........ has ==> only B is correct. Also, correct use of parallel structure: "what is much more difficult to determine is" Hope it's clear.
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