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16 Jul 2021, 05:30
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Once the archaeologists dug and cleaned the artifact, they were surprised to find that it was not an antiquity, but rather a modern day object.
A. Once the archaeologists dug and cleaned the artifact, they were surprised to find that it was not an antiquity, but rather a modern day object
B. Once the archaeologists dug up and cleaned the artifact, they were surprised to find that it was not an antiquity, but rather a modern day object
C. Once the archaeologists dug and cleaned the artifact, they were surprised to find that it was a modern day object rather than an antiquity
D. After the archaeologists dug up and cleaned the artifacts, they were surprised to find that it was not an antiquity, but rather a modern day object
E. After the archaeologists dug and cleaned the artifacts, they were surprised to find that it was not an antiquity, but rather a modern day object
A. Once the archaeologists dug and cleaned the artifact, they were surprised to find that it was not an antiquity, but rather a modern day object
B. Once the archaeologists dug up and cleaned the artifact, they were surprised to find that it was not an antiquity, but rather a modern day object
C. Once the archaeologists dug and cleaned the artifact, they were surprised to find that it was a modern day object rather than an antiquity
D. After the archaeologists dug up and cleaned the artifacts, they were surprised to find that it was not an antiquity, but rather a modern day object
E. After the archaeologists dug and cleaned the artifacts, they were surprised to find that it was not an antiquity, but rather a modern day object
18 Jul 2021, 03:45
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Once the archaeologists dug and cleaned the artifact, they were surprised to find that it was not an antiquity, but rather a modern day object.
A. Once the archaeologists dug and cleaned the artifact, they were surprised to find that it was not an antiquity, but rather a modern day object
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect.
The verb dug requires a preposition in order to logically connect to the artifact. Archaeologists dig up artifacts.
What helps us identify this question as a Split Construction question and identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: A split construction: Verb A + and/or + Verb B + object
B. Once the archaeologists dug up and cleaned the artifact, they were surprised to find that it was not an antiquity, but rather a modern day object
This answer choice corrects the original mistake by adding the required preposition up after the verb dug.
C. Once the archaeologists dug and cleaned the artifact, they were surprised to find that it was a modern day object rather than an antiquity
This answer choice repeats the original mistake.
The verb dug requires a preposition in order to logically connect to the artifact. Archaeologists dig up artifacts.
What helps us identify this question as a Split Construction question and identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: A split construction: Verb A + and/or + Verb B + object
D. After the archaeologists dug up and cleaned the artifacts, they were surprised to find that it was not an antiquity, but rather a modern day object
While this answer corrects the original Split Construction mistake, it is grammatically incorrect. Changing the singular noun artifact to the plural artifacts creates a pronoun agreement mistake. The singular pronoun it does not agree with the plural noun artifacts to which it refers.
E. After the archaeologists dug and cleaned the artifacts, they were surprised to find that it was not an antiquity, but rather a modern day object
This answer choice repeats the original mistake.
In addition, changing the singular noun artifact to the plural artifacts creates a pronoun agreement mistake. The singular pronoun it does not agree with the plural noun artifacts to which it refers.
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Option B is the correct answer.
Split 1 : Dug Vs Dug Up
Reject choices with "dug". A,C,E eliminated.
Split 2 : Artifact Vs Artifacts
In option B "artifact" (singular) corresponds to singular "it". Keep.
In option D "artifacts" (plural) can not correspond to singular pronoun "it". Reject.
Split 1 : Dug Vs Dug Up
Reject choices with "dug". A,C,E eliminated.
Split 2 : Artifact Vs Artifacts
In option B "artifact" (singular) corresponds to singular "it". Keep.
In option D "artifacts" (plural) can not correspond to singular pronoun "it". Reject.
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