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The quality of early pieces of blown glass excavated in Italy and Western Europe by
far surpass those of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, when regarded not only in
terms of the variety of shapes represented, but also in terms of decorative techniques
and functionality.
A. by far surpass those of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, when regarded
not only in terms of
B. surpasses by far those from the eastern Mediterranean, with regard not only to
C. far surpass that of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, not only regarding
D. far surpasses that of the eastern Mediterranean, with regard to not only
E. far surpasses that of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, not only with
regard to
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20 Dec 2008, 23:46
vivektripathi wrote: The quality of early pieces of blown glass excavated in Italy and Western Europe by
far surpass those of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, when regarded not only in
terms of the variety of shapes represented, but also in terms of decorative techniques
and functionality.
A. by far surpass those of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, when regarded
not only in terms of
B. surpasses by far those from the eastern Mediterranean, with regard not only to
C. far surpass that of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, not only regarding
D. far surpasses that of the eastern Mediterranean, with regard to not only
E. far surpasses that of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, not only with
regard to 1. "the quality" disagrees with "surpass", A and C out 2. "the quality" disagrees with "those", B out also 3. "not only the variety..." and "but also in terms of..." do not parallel, D out E is the best
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Re: SC-blown glass [#permalink]
20 Dec 2008, 23:49
yep A for // ism also retains the original meaning of the sentence.
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Re: SC-blown glass [#permalink]
21 Dec 2008, 15:17
E is my choice
The subject is Quality and singular, needs singular verb surpasses. Hence A & C are out.
D is out because it compares Quality of X to Quality of EM
Between B & E, E is correct as the not only but also sequence is parallel. In B it is broken.
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28 Dec 2008, 07:28
I also think E
but at the end it seems awakward
well no other good choice
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Re: The quality of early pieces of blown glass excavated in [#permalink]
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OA: E A. by far surpass those of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, when regarded not only in terms of B. surpasses by far those from the eastern Mediterranean, with regard not only to -> those from em point to piece of glass but here we are comparing the quality C. far surpass that of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, not only regarding-> Parallelism issue D. far surpasses that of the eastern Mediterranean, with regard to not only-> sub -verb issue and parallelism issue E. far surpasses that of pieces from the eastern Mediterranean, not only with regard to
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