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In addition to being China's first administrators, in the sense that they developed a coherent bureaucracy for their empire, the first literate culture in East Asia were the Shang, and they were well known for crafting ornate bronze ritual vessels.

(A) the first literate culture in East Asia were the Shang, and they were well known for crafting The modifier "In addition to being China's first administrators..." should modify "the Shang". Here, it incorrectly modifies "the first literate culture". Eliminate.

(B) the first literate culture in East Asia were the Shang, well known as the crafters of Same error as (A). Eliminate.

(C) the Shang, as the first literate culture in East Asia, is well known for its crafting Singular verb "is" is incorrectly used for plural people "the Shang". Eliminate.

(D) the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and are well known as the crafters of Correct answer. Modifier and SVA errors are corrected and no new errors are introduced.

(E) the Shang were the first literate culture in East Asia and well known for its crafted The applicability of the past tense verb "were" to "well known" is incorrect - they are well know in the present as well. Use of singular possessive pronoun "its" for plural people "the Shang is incorrect. Eliminate.

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I chose e because: in choice a, ornate bronze ritual vessels is something "they were well known for crafting." Choise E uses are, thus changing the meaning of the sentence. Why is this correct?
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Bunuel, GMAT prep question. Could you please tag it?
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i think D is correct.
only doubt is verb tense are not parallel were and are ??
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i think D is correct.
only doubt is verb tense are not parallel were and are ??

Hello shubh103,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, the tenses of parallel verbs need not always be the same; the tenses of two verbs that act upon the same noun can be different if they refer to actions that took place in different time periods.

In this case, "were the first literate culture in East Asia" is an action that concluded in the past, and "are well known" is an action that takes place in the current time frame.

We hope this helps.
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