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18 Jul 2023, 07:33
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"Them" is referring to "hills", and per the meaning, mines were dug and not hills. So, this option distorts the meaning.
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Opening modifier is referring to "hills", meaning, the hills were dug and this distorts the logic again.
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Well, I am not sure but why I rejected C was that, copper mines by themselves cannot perform the action of dotting. Hence, using active voice doesn't make sense to me. There could be other issues as well in C but I am unable to find.
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This option I think is in passive voice, and correctly so. IMO OA should be D.
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Verb tense issue; Both digging and dotting are happening at the same time? Also, "are dug" is present tense, but we need a past tense verb because digging happened a century ago.
Kindly correct me if I am wrong. Thanks!
18 Jul 2023, 07:46
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(A) Many of them dug during the Greenwood copper boom a century ago, the hills to the east of Death Valley, Arizona, are dotted with hundreds of copper mines. Dug refers to Hills, instead of mines
(B) Dug during the Greenwood copper boom a century ago, the hills to the east of Death Valley, Arizona, are dotted with many hundreds of copper mines. Dug refers to hilss, instead of mines
(C) Hundreds of copper mines, most of them dug during the Greenwood copper boom a century ago, are dotting the hills to the east of Death Valley, Arizona. How can mines dot something & that too right now?
(D) The hills to the east of Death Valley, Arizona, are dotted with hundreds of copper mines, most of them dug during the Greenwood copper boom a century ago. Correct
(E) The hills to the east of Death Valley, Arizona, are dotted with hundreds of copper mines, most of which aredug during the Greenwood copper boom a century ago. Wrong tense. How can digging be in present when it was done a century ago?
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(B) Dug during the Greenwood copper boom a century ago, the hills to the east of Death Valley, Arizona, are dotted with many hundreds of copper mines. Dug refers to hilss, instead of mines
(C) Hundreds of copper mines, most of them dug during the Greenwood copper boom a century ago, are dotting the hills to the east of Death Valley, Arizona. How can mines dot something & that too right now?
(D) The hills to the east of Death Valley, Arizona, are dotted with hundreds of copper mines, most of them dug during the Greenwood copper boom a century ago. Correct
(E) The hills to the east of Death Valley, Arizona, are dotted with hundreds of copper mines, most of which aredug during the Greenwood copper boom a century ago. Wrong tense. How can digging be in present when it was done a century ago?
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18 Jul 2023, 07:50
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(A) Many of them dug during the Greenwood copper boom a century ago, the hills to the east of Death Valley, Arizona, are dotted with hundreds of copper mines.
This is incorrect. It starts with "Many of them dug during the Greenwood copper boom a century ago," but it's not clear what "them" refers to.
(B) Dug during the Greenwood copper boom a century ago, the hills to the east of Death Valley, Arizona, are dotted with many hundreds of copper mines.
This is incorrect. The modifer placement is wrong. It could be interpreted that the hills themselves were dug during the copper boom, which is not the intended meaning.
(C) Hundreds of copper mines, most of them dug during the Greenwood copper boom a century ago, are dotting the hills to the east of Death Valley, Arizona.
Incorrect. The use of "are dotting" is a bit awkward and wrong tense
(D) The hills to the east of Death Valley, Arizona, are dotted with hundreds of copper mines, most of them dug during the Greenwood copper boom a century ago.
This is grammatically correct
(E) The hills to the east of Death Valley, Arizona, are dotted with hundreds of copper mines, most of which are dug during the Greenwood copper boom a century ago.
Incorrect. If this was were dug, this would be correct
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