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In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they [#permalink] New post   07 Aug 2017, 21:51
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In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they have done for centuries, hand-picking their crop and storing their precious spices in specially designed containers.

A. spice growers still grow spices as they have done
B. the spice grower still grow spices as he has
C. spice growers still grow spices as was done
D. spice growers still grow spices as has been done
E. spice growers still grow spices as they did
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Re: In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they [#permalink] New post   08 Aug 2017, 03:11
In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they have done for centuries, hand-picking their crop and storing their precious spices in specially designed containers.

A. spice growers still grow spices as they have done
B. the spice grower still grow spices as he has
C. spice growers still grow spices as was done
D. spice growers still grow spices as has been done
E. spice growers still grow spices as they did


Answer should be D
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Re: In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they [#permalink] New post   30 Aug 2017, 05:20
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In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they have done for centuries, hand-picking their crop and storing their precious spices in specially designed containers.

A. spice growers still grow spices as they have done
B. the spice grower still grow spices as he has
C. spice growers still grow spices as was done
D. spice growers still grow spices as has been done
E. spice growers still grow spices as they did


between A and D chose A for parallelism.
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Re: In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they [#permalink] New post   30 Aug 2017, 07:13
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In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they have done for centuries, hand-picking their crop and storing their precious spices in specially designed containers.

A. spice growers still grow spices as they have done
B. the spice grower still grow spices as he has
C. spice growers still grow spices as was done
D. spice growers still grow spices as has been done
E. spice growers still grow spices as they did


Answer should be D


Agree with you....OA should be D
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Re: In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they [#permalink] New post   29 Sep 2017, 08:24
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In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they have done for centuries, hand-picking their crop and storing their precious spices in specially designed containers.

A. spice growers still grow spices as they have done
B. the spice grower still grow spices as he has
C. spice growers still grow spices as was done
D. spice growers still grow spices as has been done
E. spice growers still grow spices as they did



I think A is correct.

Some people are confused between A and D.

Don't know why you would need "has been". D looks like a bad choice.


I would go with A.
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Re: In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they [#permalink] New post   29 Sep 2017, 08:33
I think A. Action started in past and still it is continue. So present perfect tense is correct.

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Re: In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they [#permalink] New post   29 Sep 2017, 08:52
By active/passive contrast, we can choose A over D.
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Re: In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they [#permalink] New post   29 Sep 2017, 08:54
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In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they have done for centuries, hand-picking their crop and storing their precious spices in specially designed containers.

A. spice growers still grow spices as they have done
B. the spice grower still grow spices as he has
C. spice growers still grow spices as was done
D. spice growers still grow spices as has been done
E. spice growers still grow spices as they did


Answer should be D


I think that in D has been done is passive and hand picking their crop is active, so we will reject that and choose A for maintaining the parallelism.
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Re: In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they [#permalink] New post   29 Sep 2017, 09:03
GMAT seems to like active voice, which is the only difference between a and d. So a is the answer.
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Re: In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they [#permalink] New post   29 Sep 2017, 09:08
sujithshetty2209 wrote:
GMAT seems to like active voice, which is the only difference between a and d. So a is the answer.


the issue is not active voice over here but to maintain the parallelism. If the other part had passive voice then we would have preferred the passive voice over here.
But since the non underlined part has active voice we will go with active voice in our answer choice.
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Re: In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they [#permalink] New post   07 Dec 2017, 03:36
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Simple, Verb-Tense problem.
For centuries gives us a hint that we need present perfect tense - they have been doing for centuries (till now). Only Option A satisfies it.

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Re: In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they [#permalink] New post   07 Dec 2017, 04:13
In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they have done for centuries, hand-picking their crop and storing their precious spices in specially designed containers.

A. spice growers still grow spices as they have done
B. the spice grower still grow spices as he has
C. spice growers still grow spices as was done
D. spice growers still grow spices as has been done
E. spice growers still grow spices as they did


I was looking for something like "spice growers still grow spices as they have been doing for centuries".. :)

+1 for A

what's OA ?
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Re: In the Deccan region of India, spice growers still grow spices as they [#permalink] New post   12 Mar 2020, 21:33
Here as is used to compare 2 times. In this case, as must be followed by a clause. e.g.
Amy takes care of the children in the day care as a mother does.

A) spice growers still grow spices as they have done - This seems fine, we can come back if there is some other choice better than this
B) the spice grower still grow spices as he has - he cannot refer to spice growers
C) spice growers still grow spices as was done - As is not followed by a clause, furthermore the sentence is passive. Although the subject can be implicit but we can reject it because of passiveness
D) spice growers still grow spices as has been done - Same issue as the issue is in (C)
E) spice growers still grow spices as they did - The action is continuous and the action or its effects are still present. Past perfect is the right usage

(A) is the correct choice.
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