The people of the ancient Assyrian Empire were renowned warriors, alth

Question

Competition Mode Question

The people of the ancient Assyrian Empire  were renowned warriors, although they also crafted  some of the best-preserved ancient art.

(A) were renowned warriors, although they also crafted
(B) had been renowned warriors, although they also crafted
(C) were renowned warriors, and also crafted
(D) was renowned warriors, although they also crafted
(E) were renowned warriors, but also crafting

Leadership · Answer

In my Opinion, 'A' is the winner. 'C' is the runner up

The people of the ancient Assyrian Empire  were renowned warriors, although they also crafted  some of the best-preserved ancient art.

(A) were renowned warriors, although they also crafted  - Looks Ok, the people were renowned warriors, although they also crafted ...  
(B) had been renowned warriors, although they also crafted  - Changes the meaning. They were not renowned warriors first and then crafted art. 
(C) were renowned warriors, and also crafted  - Changes the meaning from original sentence - 'Runner Up'   
(D) was renowned warriors, although they also crafted  - SV error (was/were) 
(E) were renowned warriors, but also crafting  - Verb tense issue (Past to Present)

exc4libur · Answer

MEANING: The people of AE were great warriors, although they   also crafted great art.

NOTES: Who were warriors and crafted great art? The humans part of AE, plural.

Ans (A)

NHUANH · Answer

(A) were renowned warriors, although they also crafted => "S-V, although S-V" shows two contrasting ideas. Logic is ok here.
(B) had been renowned warriors, although they also crafted => problem with the past perfect. Past perfect is not necessary here.
(C) were renowned warriors, and also crafted => Active and Passive are combined with the same Subject with "and" sounds not okay here. Tenses and form must be consistent (please correct me if I am wrong)
(D) was renowned warriors, although they also crafted =>"was" is singular, not correctly refer to "soldiers"
(E) were renowned warriors, but also crafting => comma - ING modifies precede clause. I see no reason to put them here.

=> IMO Correct Answer is A

Archit3110 · Answer

IMO A ; 
 were renowned warriors, although they also crafted

The people of the ancient Assyrian Empire  were renowned warriors, although they also crafted  some of the best-preserved ancient art.

(A) were renowned warriors, although they also crafted
(B) had been renowned warriors, although they also crafted
(C) were renowned warriors, and also crafted
(D) was renowned warriors, although they also crafted
(E) were renowned warriors, but also crafting

eakabuah · Answer

The right answer is option A.

The original sentence is correct. I can't see any obvious errors. The sentence talks about two contrasting qualities of the people of the Ancient Assyrian Empire. They were renowned warriors and rightly, one wouldn't normally expect a warrior to craft art, but these people defied this logic and were able to craft some of the best-preserved ancient art. The original sentence presented expressed these qualities of the people as a contrast. The verbs  were  and  crafted  are rightly parallel. So A is the right answer.

In B, the use of past perfect tense  had been  is incorrect and unwarranted.
In C, there is no contrast. The qualities of the people are contrasting, hence a contrast is required.  and  is not appropriate.
In D, there is an S-V error.  was  should be  were  since it points to the noun warriors.
In E, there is a parallelism error.  were  and  crafting  are not parallel.

The people of the ancient Assyrian Empire  were  renowned warriors,  although  they also  crafted  some of the best-preserved ancient art.

(A)  were  renowned warriors,  although  they also  crafted 
(B)  had been  renowned warriors,  although  they also  crafted 
(C)  were  renowned warriors,  and  also  crafted 
(D)  was  renowned warriors,  although  they also  crafted 
(E)  were  renowned warriors,  but  also  crafting

ankaua · Answer

The people of the ancient Assyrian Empire  were renowned warriors, although they also crafted some of the best-preserved ancient art.

-  correct 
 - Past Perfect is no justifiable; one action is not taken part prior another one 
 - redundancy 
 - S-V agreement error 
 - "but" is parallelism marker, nothing prior "but" is parallel to participle "crafting"

madgmat2019 · Answer

(A) were renowned warriors, although they also crafted.......looks fine...will come back
(B)  had been  renowned warriors, although they also crafted
(C) were renowned warriors,  and also  crafted......The first clause is in present, while the second is in the past...........so the subject needs to be repeated

(D)  was  renowned warriors, although they also crafted
(E) were renowned warriors,  but also crafting

OA:A

PTD1995 · Answer

Option(A) is correct

The subject (people, which is plural) must agree with the verb (were, which is plural).
The two verbs (were and crafted) should be in the same tense since both happened at the same time in the past.

A.This correct sentence is written such that the subject and verb agree

B.had been renowned is improperly constructed in the past perfect tense, implying that the Assyrian Empire stopped being known for renown warriors before its people crafted well-preserved art

C.The comma improperly splits the sentence, creating a comma splice

D.The subject (people, which is plural) does not agree with the verb (was, which is singular)

E.The use of the participle crafting is improper and should be replaced by a verb

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

The subject ( people , which is plural) must agree with the verb ( were , which is plural).

The two verbs ( were  and  crafted ) should be in the same tense since both happened at the same time in the past.

A. This correct sentence is written such that the subject and verb agree

B.  had been renowned  is improperly constructed in the past perfect tense, implying that the Assyrian Empire stopped being known for renown warriors before its people crafted well-preserved art

C. The comma improperly splits the sentence, creating a comma splice

D. The subject ( people , which is plural) does not agree with the verb ( was , which is singular)

E. The use of the participle  crafting  is improper and should be replaced by a verb

VerbalBot · Answer

Automated notice from GMAT Club VerbalBot: 

A member just gave Kudos to this thread, showing it’s still useful. I’ve bumped it to the top so more people can benefit. Feel free to add your own questions or solutions.

 This post was generated automatically.

The people of the ancient Assyrian Empire were renowned warriors, alth

Prep Toolkit

Top 5 GMAT Debrief Videos

615 to 715 in 15 Days (Ria's Strategies)

More than Quant/Verbal Abilities: Speed vs. Accuracy

745 with Only Self-Prep and GMAT Club

From 555 to 765: 210-point Improvement

Perfect 805 Score Debrief by Julia

My Rewards

GMAT Sentence Correction (SC - EA only) Questions

The people of the ancient Assyrian Empire were renowned warriors, alth

Prep Toolkit

615 to 715 in 15 Days (Ria's Strategies)

More than Quant/Verbal Abilities: Speed vs. Accuracy

745 with Only Self-Prep and GMAT Club

From 555 to 765: 210-point Improvement

Perfect 805 Score Debrief by Julia

My Rewards