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The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now northern California, was conical in shape, its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet.
A. banked with dirt to a height of
B. banked with dirt as high as that of
C. banked them with dirt to a height of
D. was banked with dirt as high as
E. was banked with dirt as high as that of
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C,D and E are out because they are not parallel to 'overlaid with'.B is out because 'as high as' needs to be compared with something, whereas it is being compared to nothing. A is the best answer.
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I am btn A and B. what that of in B...? nothing.
go with A.
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(A)
Its an example of Absolute construction. Strusture should be something like this:
Independent Clause, Absolute Construction (Noun or Pronoun + Modifer)
Only (A) and (B) maintain that structure (using Past participle) but only (A) is gramatically correct.
(A): The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now northern California, was conical in shape, its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet.
(B): says.. banked with dirt as high as framework of three to four feet...
Three to four feet can't have framework
(C), (D) & (E):
banked them, was banked --> converts the portion in verbal form.
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One more for A 
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D) !
"...was conical in shape..." and "...was banked with dirt..."
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By introducing a verb in the second half of the sentence, C, D and E would create a run-on sentence problem. A is best.
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Paul wrote: By introducing a verb in the second half of the sentence, C, D and E would create a run-on sentence problem. A is best.
paul, but the error can be corrected by adding a conjunction, isn`t ? => , and was banked
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christoph wrote: Paul wrote: By introducing a verb in the second half of the sentence, C, D and E would create a run-on sentence problem. A is best. paul, but the error can be corrected by adding a conjunction, isn`t ? => , and was banked The conjunction which you are talking about does not link the first independent clause:
"The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now northern California, was conical in shape"
with whatever comes after.
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Hello, guys.
I think this is the trickiest one.
Because the OA is D.
The key point is what does the sentence parallel.
(A) poles overlaid with ... and banked with ....
(D) ....was conical in shape.........and was banked with ......
what do you think?
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Happy to see OA is D. This is what I selected as my choice but doubted as most said A.
I chose D as it has the correct usage of "as high as".
House does not bank dirt. house was banked.I am not clear whther it was referring to house or "framework of pole" though.In anycase, passive voice should be used.
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This is one of those questions you have to understand the logic of construction architecture...  I agree with chunjuwu's analysis but then again, you have to know that:
its framework of poles
can be
overlaid with slabs of bark
but cannot be
banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet
instead, by introducing verb "was", " banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet" will then refer to "The single-family house constructed by the Yana"
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agree with Paul!..the framework does not include the banking..and hence was banked should be used!
The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now northern California, was conical in shape, its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet.
Eliminating the part in yellow, I read the sentence as "The single-family house was conical in shape -
was banked should be used to make it parallel with "was conical"
and between D and E..E is out because of the unnecessary "that of" which makes the sentence sound awkward
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why did not I see that?? 
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Hmmm, actually OA is A according to GMATPrep
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chunjuwu wrote: The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now northern California, was conical in shape, its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet.
A. banked with dirt to a height of
B. banked with dirt as high as that of
C. banked them with dirt to a height of
D. was banked with dirt as high as
E. was banked with dirt as high as that of
D. it should certainly be D for correct idiom: "as high ........ as".
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Took GMAT prep today and picked D.
My thought process was that the single family homes were "banked with dirt".
"A" would work if the purpose of the sentence was to modify the framework of the poles.
Confusing indeed! 
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So the OA was A and not D? I don't think I would have picked that either..
So aside from the "banked with dirt" and "was banked with dirt" descrepancy, which one would be more likely a GMAT answer: "at a height of" or "as high as"? (or does it just depend on the sentence...) These questions are killing me!
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You bank something with dirt to a height of ........ In t his case it seems that the framework was banked with dirt and not the actual house.
When you say banked with dirt as high as, it seems to convey that the dirt was as high as AND NOT the bank of dirt.
A seems right.
chunjuwu wrote: The single-family house constructed by the Yana, a Native American people who lived in what is now northern California, was conical in shape, its framework of poles overlaid with slabs of bark, either cedar or pine, and banked with dirt to a height of three to four feet.
A. banked with dirt to a height of
B. banked with dirt as high as that of
C. banked them with dirt to a height of
D. was banked with dirt as high as
E. was banked with dirt as high as that of
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