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05 Oct 2023, 01:30
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The analysis, published by several researchers at Yale and Stanford, shows that the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage, a group that split off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — they arrived in North America.
(A) shows that the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage, a group that split off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — they arrived
(B) shows the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage and was a group that split off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — arriving
(C) shows that the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage, which was a group that split off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — and arrived
(D) show that the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage, a group splitting off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — arriving
(E) show that the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage, which was a group that split off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — they arrived
(A) shows that the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage, a group that split off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — they arrived
(B) shows the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage and was a group that split off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — arriving
(C) shows that the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage, which was a group that split off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — and arrived
(D) show that the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage, a group splitting off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — arriving
(E) show that the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage, which was a group that split off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — they arrived
05 Oct 2023, 20:08
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IMO Correct answer is A
The analysis, published by several researchers at Yale and Stanford, shows that the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage, a group that split off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — they arrived in North America.
Analysis is Singluar so requires a singular verb "shows"
Eliminate D and E
(A) shows that the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage, a group that split off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — they arrived
(B) shows the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage and was a group that split off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — arriving
and - incorrect parallelism also it is not required. also arriving is incorrect.
(C) shows that the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage, which was a group that split off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — and arrived
Meaning error
The analysis, published by several researchers at Yale and Stanford, shows that the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage, a group that split off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — they arrived in North America.
Analysis is Singluar so requires a singular verb "shows"
Eliminate D and E
(A) shows that the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage, a group that split off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — they arrived
(B) shows the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage and was a group that split off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — arriving
and - incorrect parallelism also it is not required. also arriving is incorrect.
(C) shows that the recently discovered individual belonged to a previously unknown human lineage, which was a group that split off from other Native Americans just after — or perhaps just before — and arrived
Meaning error
04 Nov 2023, 03:15
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VERITAS PREP OFFICIAL SOLUTION:
In Sentence Correction problems with a lot underlined, try to find one easy decision point to start with (because there is almost always at least one!). Here that is the subject-verb agreement choice between “shows” and “show” to start each answer. The subject commanding that verb is the singular “analysis” so you can confidently eliminate (D) and (E) based on that.
For (A), (B), and (C), the remaining decision points focus on some modifier choices and sentence construction choices – are the elements logically linked together? In (B), there is a clear construction error with how the elements are linked – the sentence states illogically: “shows the individual belonged to a lineage AND was a group…” An individual cannot be a group so this sentence is incorrect. In (C) a similar error occurs with the “and arrived” at the end of the sentence. This choice illogically states that “which was a group that split off from other Native Americans just after and arrived in North America.” Just after what?!? The last part “arrived in North America” must be linked to “just after” but the “and” in this choice improperly separates the last part into a random addition to the sentence.
Choice (A) gets everything right: the appositive “a group” gives more information about the noun before it (“lineage”) and the “just after they arrived in North America” is properly referring to the plural noun “Native Americans” before it. The correct answer is (A).
