sondenso wrote:
The Acoma and Hopi are probably the two oldest surviving Pueblo communities, both dating back at least a thousand years.
(A) both dating
(B) both of which have dated
(C) and each has dated
(D) and each one dating
(E) each one of which date
This question is based on Modifiers and Construction.
In Option B,
the present perfect tense “have dated” is incorrect because there is no connection established between the past and the present in the sentence. The present perfect tense indicates that till the present, the communities have dated back at least a thousand years but this fact may change in the future. The meaning thus conveyed is illogical. So,
Option B can be eliminated.
In Option C also, the present perfect tense is inappropriate. Furthermore, the conjunction
‘and’ in Option C implies that dating back is an action done by the two communities.
Since this meaning is illogical, Option C can also be eliminated.
Option D is incomplete.
The conjunction ‘and’ should be followed by a clause as the coordinating conjunction joins a clause to a clause and a phrase to a phrase. So,
Option D can also be eliminated.
In Option E,
the plural verb ‘date’ does not agree with the singular subject ‘each’. So, Option E can also be eliminated.The participle ‘dating’ describes how the communities are probably the two oldest surviving Pueblo communities. The use of the modifier in Option A avoids the errors in the other options. Therefore, A is the most appropriate option.Jayanthi Kumar.
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