Carbon-14 dating suggests that Neolithic man built the monumental stru

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Carbon-14 dating suggests that Neolithic man built the monumental structure at Stonehenge long before  any comparable achievement by the Greeks .

A) any comparable achievement by the Greeks

B) Greek achievements that were comparable

C) any comparable Greek achievement

D) the Greeks achieved anything comparable

E) anything Greek was comparable as an achievement

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Carbon-14 dating suggests that Neolithic man built the monumental structure at Stonehenge long before any comparable achievement by the Greeks . The subject noun in the non-underlined part is "Neolithic man". So we should be looking for answer option which does man-to-man comparison.

A) any comparable achievement by the Greeks -> The comparison should be between Neolithic man and the Greeks, however here it is between Neolithic man and achievement

B) Greek achievements that were comparable-> Comparison between Neolithic man and achievements

C) any comparable Greek achievement-> Same as B

D) the Greeks achieved anything comparable -> Correct

E) anything Greek was comparable as an achievement -> comparison between Neolithic man and "Anything Grrek"

Abhishekrao12 · Answer

Carbon-14 dating suggests that Neolithic man built the monumental structure at Stonehenge long before  any comparable achievement by the Greeks .

What should be replace the underlined portion is a event or time. Neolithic built structure.... long before ( another event / 8 BC ) etc.

A) any comparable achievement by the Greeks
achievement by the Greeks is just a noun that doesn't have a time frame.

B) Greek achievements that were comparable
Greek achievements is just a noun that doesn't have a time frame.

C) any comparable Greek achievement
any comparable Greek achievement is just a noun that doesn't have a time frame.

D) the Greeks achieved anything comparable
This is a event where Greek achieved any structure that is comparable to the one built by the Neolithic. Best option

E) anything Greek was comparable as an achievement
anything Greek is just a noun that doesn't have a time frame.

monk123 · Answer

Carbon-14 dating suggests that Neolithic man built the monumental structure at Stonehenge long before any comparable achievement by the Greeks.
 
POE:
The stop point is 'long before', which shows the comparison. Here, we are comparing 'neolithic man' to something which shows 'people'
Eliminate (A) - comparing the neolithic man with achievement
Eliminate (B) - comparing the neolithic man with greek achievements
Eliminate (C) - comparing the neolithic man with greek achievement
Eliminate (E) - comparing the neolithic man with anything

A)  any comparable achievement  by the Greeks

B)  Greek achievements  that were comparable

C)  any  comparable Greek  achievement

D)  the Greeks  achieved anything comparable -   CORRECT

E)  anything  Greek was comparable as an achievement

FauleKatze · Answer

A)    any comparable achievement    by the Greeks -> The comparison should be between Neolithic man and the Greeks, however here it is between Neolithic man and achievement

B)    Greek achievements    that were comparable-> Comparison between Neolithic man and achievements

C) any comparable   Greek achievement  -> Same as B

D) the Greeks achieved anything comparable -> Correct

E)    anything Greek    was comparable as an achievement -> comparison between Neolithic man and "Anything Grrek"

Anshurana · Answer

A) any comparable achievement by the Greeks -  WRONG   the construction should be like "Neolithic man did something" long before "Greek Man" did something.

B) Greek achievements that were comparable -  WRONG   Neolithic man is compared with Greek achievements instead of Greek man

C) any comparable Greek achievement -  same issue as above

D) the Greeks achieved anything comparable -  CORRECT  ,  here Neolithic man is compared with Greek Man

E) anything Greek was comparable as an achievement -  Same issue comparison error

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