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Archaeologists in Egypt have excavated a 5,000-year-old wooden hull that is the earliest surviving example of example of a “built” boat—in other words, a boat constructed out of planks fitted together—and that thus represents a major advance, in terms of boat-building technology, over the dugout logs and reed vessels of more ancient vintage.
A. together—and that thus represents
B. together—and this has represented
C. together, and it represents
D. together that was representing
E. together to represent



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Archaeologists in Egypt have excavated a 5,000-year-old 21 Apr 2008, 18:49
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Its between A and E , I go for E because the "that" is ambiguous in A.

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Archaeologists in Egypt have excavated a 5,000-year-old wooden hull that is the earliest surviving example of example of a “built” boat—in other words, a boat constructed out of planks fitted together—and that thus represents a major advance, in terms of boat-building technology, over the dugout logs and reed vessels of more ancient vintage.
A. together—and that thus represents
B. together—and this has represented
C. together, and it represents
D. together that was representing
E. together to represent
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Archaeologists in Egypt have excavated a 5,000-year-old wooden hull that is the earliest surviving example of example of a “built” boat—in other words, a boat constructed out of planks fitted together—and that thus represents a major advance, in terms of boat-building technology, over the dugout logs and reed vessels of more ancient vintage.
A. together—and that thus represents
B. together—and this has represented
C. together, and it represents
D. together that was representing
E. together to represent
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E. concise, clear, and sounds correct.

I don't like "that" in A, "this" in B, "it" in C
The verb tense is D is not right.
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this seems A..

that clearly refers to the entire clause preceding it..

I would go with A
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My choice is also A, as two technologies are being compared in the statement. The use of "that" clearly denotes technology.
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Archaeologists in Egypt have excavated a 5,000-year-old wooden hull that is the earliest surviving example of example of a “built” boat—in other words, a boat constructed out of planks fitted together—and that thus represents a major advance, in terms of boat-building technology, over the dugout logs and reed vessels of more ancient vintage.
A. together—and that thus represents
B. together—and this has represented
C. together, and it represents
D. together that was representing
E. together to represent
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A for me.

Excavated something to represent is not logical.

What is OA?
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A for me too

Archaeologists in Egypt have excavated a 5,000-year-old wooden hull that is the earliest surviving example of example of a “built” boat—in other words, a boat constructed out of planks fitted together—and that thus represents a major advance, in terms of boat-building technology, over the dugout logs and reed vessels of more ancient vintage.
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yes the Oa is A.Even i went for E.well a gmat prep question.Indeed a good one for practice.
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this seems A..

that clearly refers to the entire clause preceding it..

I would go with A
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I know that there will always be exceptions to every rule..but during my entire GMAT preparation, I have always read how 'that' must modify the word immediately before it and how '-ing' form should be used when referring to a preceding action....



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