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The skill and the precision of the Anasazi, ancient inhabitants of the Southwest, in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at Chaco Canyon but at a number of other sites.
A. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at
B. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at
C. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only
D. to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only
E. to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at
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Following the pattern - not only at ... but at .. we can eliminate C and D. Skill and precision together are plural "and skill .. is" is incorrect. This eliminates A. So between B and E "skill in measuring" sounds better (ie. more idiomatic) than "skill to measure" Hence B is my answer. nightwing79 wrote: The skill and the precision of the Anasazi, ancient inhabitants of the Southwest, in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at Chaco Canyon but at a number of other sites.
A. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at
B. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at
C. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only
D. to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only
E. to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at
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bsd_lover wrote: Following the pattern - not only at ... but at .. we can eliminate C and D. Skill and precision together are plural "and skill .. is" is incorrect. This eliminates A. So between B and E "skill in measuring" sounds better (ie. more idiomatic) than "skill to measure" Hence B is my answer. nightwing79 wrote: The skill and the precision of the Anasazi, ancient inhabitants of the Southwest, in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at Chaco Canyon but at a number of other sites.
A. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at
B. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at
C. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only
D. to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only
E. to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at agree with bsd_lover same logic.
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Yes B, Noun of Noun in V-ing is more idiomatic than Noun of Noun + to infinitive V
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nightwing79 wrote: The skill and the precision of the Anasazi, ancient inhabitants of the Southwest, in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at Chaco Canyon but at a number of other sites.
A. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at
B. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at
C. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only
D. to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only
E. to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at I can eliminate D, and E easily and eliminated C also ('at' infront of not only) but I am struggling to decide between A and B. I chose A as my answer but everybody else went for B. I thought 'measuring the movements' should be singular, isn't it? how this is plural? can some one explain in more detail? I know 'movements' is plural but we are talking about 'measuring the movements' right? measure is an activity and thinking this is singular ...
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ugimba wrote: nightwing79 wrote: The skill and the precision of the Anasazi, ancient inhabitants of the Southwest, in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at Chaco Canyon but at a number of other sites.
A. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at
B. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at
C. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only
D. to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only
E. to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at I can eliminate D, and E easily and eliminated C also ('at' infront of not only) but I am struggling to decide between A and B. I chose A as my answer but everybody else went for B. I thought 'measuring the movements' should be singular, isn't it? how this is plural? can some one explain in more detail? I know 'movements' is plural but we are talking about 'measuring the movements' right? measure is an activity and thinking this is singular ... Subject here are The skill and the precision of the Anasaziin measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is modifier for subject, not subject
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Minheequang wrote: ugimba wrote: nightwing79 wrote: The skill and the precision of the Anasazi, ancient inhabitants of the Southwest, in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at Chaco Canyon but at a number of other sites.
A. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at
B. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at
C. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only
D. to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only
E. to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at I can eliminate D, and E easily and eliminated C also ('at' infront of not only) but I am struggling to decide between A and B. I chose A as my answer but everybody else went for B. I thought 'measuring the movements' should be singular, isn't it? how this is plural? can some one explain in more detail? I know 'movements' is plural but we are talking about 'measuring the movements' right? measure is an activity and thinking this is singular ... Subject here are The skill and the precision of the Anasaziin measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is modifier for subject, not subject oh ...gotcha .. thank you ... may be I was too focussing on the answer choice(s) alone. +1 for ya.
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Minheequang wrote: Yes B, Noun of Noun in V-ing is more idiomatic than Noun of Noun + to infinitive V Can you elaborate on what you wrote ?
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Minheequang wrote: Yes B, Noun of Noun in V-ing is more idiomatic than Noun of Noun + to infinitive V How valid is this Yeah even i would choose B
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tenaman10 wrote: Why D is incorrect ?? Because "is evidenced" is incorrect, plural should be used here.
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tenaman10 wrote: Why D is incorrect ?? I think D is not correct because of two reasons: 1. 'to measure'... i think it should be 'in measuring' because it is following 'precision'. 2. 'is' is wrong. It should be 'are' because we got 'skill and precision' as subject to the verb.
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I think we use infinitive form for an action which is to be done, but here we are talking abt ancient Anasazi. So, in measuring will be preferable to to measure. Correct me, if I am wrong.
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nightwing79 wrote: The skill and the precision of the Anasazi, ancient inhabitants of the Southwest, in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at Chaco Canyon but at a number of other sites.
A. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at
B. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at
C. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only
D. to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only
E. to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at lookong fot the parallelism - so C, D are out.
skill and precision - require plural, so A and D are out as well
in measuring sounds better than to measure - but I don`t know the exact reason
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Precision should be followed by "in". you have "precision in doing something". precision to do something is awkward
Idiom: skill in doing something.
"His skill in teaching" is better than "His skill to teach"
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Hi this is a common pattern which is checked on gmat. "The skill and the precision of the Anasazi, ancient inhabitants of the Southwest," is just a phrase without any verb. I need a gerund (ing) to complete the action in the active voice. B does that wonderfully.
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A. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced not only at
subject verb agreement
B. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at
correct
C. in measuring the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only
subject verb agreement
D. to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon is evidenced at not only
subject verb agreement
E. to measure the movements of the Sun and Moon are evidenced not only at
wrong idiom
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