Based on extant archeological evidence, each hunting season women and

Question

Based on extant archeological evidence, each hunting season women and men collaborated in pursuit of game animals that would feed  the tribe and that, contrary to textbook histories, women hunting alone were not uncommon.

(A) Based on extant archeological evidence, each hunting season women and men collaborated in pursuit of game animals that would feed

(B) Based on extant archeological evidence, each hunting season women and men had collaborated in pursuit of game animals which would feed

(C) According to extant archeological evidence, each hunting season women and men collaborated in pursuit of game animals that would feed

(D) Extant archeological evidence indicates that each hunting season women and men collaborated in pursuit of game animals with which they fed

(E) Extant archeological evidence indicates each hunting season women and men had collaborated in pursuit of game animals for feeding

Bunuel · Accepted Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

D

The modifier "based on extant archeological evidence" is incorrect: "each hunting season" is not based on evidence. Perhaps research regarding the hunting is "based on archeological evidence". Eliminate (A) and (B). (C) has a more accurate modifier, while (D) and (E) have no modifiers at all.

(C) is incorrect: To see why, focus on the word "that". "in pursuit of game animals that would feed the tribe and that, . . . , women hunting alone. . ." In
this choice, "that" refers to the pursuit of game animals. "Women hunting alone" does not. The choice, then, creates a list that is structured around the word "that", but that makes no sense.

(D) is better. The evidence "indicates that" women and men collaborated, and that women hunting alone were not uncommon. That's a well-structured list, and both of the phrases following the appearances of the word "that" refer to what the evidence indicates.

(E) has a similar opening to (D), but is missing "that" following the word "indicates". "Indicates", like "suggests", "implies", or "points out", should be followed with "that' in order to be idiomatic. Choice (D), then, is correct.

Palak74 · Answer

Based on extant archeological evidence, each hunting season women and men collaborated in pursuit of game animals that would feed the tribe and that, contrary to textbook histories, women hunting alone were not uncommon.

(A) Based on extant archeological evidence, each hunting season women and men collaborated in pursuit of game animals that would feed
 Incorrect  
Meaning is not conveyed as well as parallelism is faulty

(B) Based on extant archeological evidence, each hunting season women and men  had  collaborated in pursuit of game animals which would feed
 Incorrect  
Again it is not parallel. and the Had is incorrect. Simple past tense should be used

(C) According to extant archeological evidence, each hunting season women and men collaborated in pursuit of game animals that would feed
 Incorrect  
Meaning is not conveyed as well as parallelism is faulty
Nothing is changed from the 1st option other than the "based on"

(D) Extant archeological evidence indicates that each hunting season women and men collaborated in pursuit of game animals with which they fed 
correct  
Evidence indicates two things:
1st - that each hunting season they collaborated 
2nd - an that women hunting alone was not uncommon

(E) Extant archeological evidence indicates each hunting season women and men had collaborated in pursuit of game animals for feeding
 Incorrect  
That is missing after each hunting season. 
and feeding is incorrect

gauranggarg · Answer

With which they fed the tribe seems off

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PyjamaScientist · Answer

No. Let me explain why it is not "off" as you seem to suggest.

First, note that there is a list that ends with "  and that,..., women hunting alone were not uncommon  ". The first item in the list must correspond with this, so the correct answer must follow the following structure:

"...that X, and that women hunting were not uncommon"

(A) Modifier Error.  
" Based on evidence " cannot be followed by " each hunting season " because this creates a dangling modifier error. "each hunting season" is not "based on evidence". A correct sentence might say something like " Based on evidence, the new scientific theory claims... "

Parallelism Error. 
A is also incorrect because it doesn't provide a good match to start the list. It says "they collaborated in pursuit of animals that would feed the tribe and that women hunting were not uncommon." Eliminate A

(B) Modifier error (see A)

Parallelism error. 
The first part of the list doesn't match the ending. B says "they had collaborated in pursuit of game animals which would feed the tribe and that women hunting were not uncommon"

Verb tense error. 
B uses the  past perfect  " they had collaborated ". This is incorrect and incompatible with "each hunting season". The past perfect is only appropriate to express a past action that precedes another past action ie: "They had collaborated regularly before the revolution changed everything". Both actions are past, but "to collaborate" happens before "to change", so the past perfect "had collaborated" is used. Eliminate B

(C) Parallelism error  
The first part of the list doesn't match the ending. C says "they collaborated in pursuit of game animals that would feed the tribe and that women hunting were not uncommon." Eliminate C

(D) is correct.   It corrects the above errors without using any modifiers like A,B,C. And makes the two lists parallel.
It offers a parallel match to the end of the sentence.

Let's remove the junk; you will see that the intent of the sentence is actually to list 2 things that the evidence indicates:

(a) each season women and men collaborated
(b) women hunting alone were not uncommon

"Evidence indicates that each season they collaborated in pursuit of animals and   that women hunting were not uncommon." :  Correct

(E) The missing "that" between "indicates" and "each" changes the meaning.

Verb tense eror. 
E uses the past perfect "they had collaborated" and commits the same error as B does.

Parallelism error 
E doesn't offer any clear match to start the list that ends with "and that women hunting were not uncommon." Eliminate E

gauranggarg · Answer

I completely agree that D is the best choice. My point was simply that a part of that option, even though it is correct, seems a little off grammatically. But I under we have to pick the best option.

With which they fed the tribe makes it sound as if they are physically feedding the tribe with their hands. Thats what seemed off

Based on extant archeological evidence, each hunting season women and

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