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Workers digging in New Zealand discovered an ancient waka, which is a Maori word for “canoe”, that partially had been completed and then buried
A. waka, which is a Maori word for “canoe,” that partially had been completed and then buried
B. waka that was the word that the Maori used for a canoe, which had partially been completed when they buried it
C. waka being a Maori canoe, which partially was completed and then buried
D. waka, a Maori version of a canoe, that had been partially completed before being buried
E. waka that was what the Maori called a canoe, which had been completed partially before its burial
A. waka, which is a Maori word for “canoe,” that partially had been completed and then buried
B. waka that was the word that the Maori used for a canoe, which had partially been completed when they buried it
C. waka being a Maori canoe, which partially was completed and then buried
D. waka, a Maori version of a canoe, that had been partially completed before being buried
E. waka that was what the Maori called a canoe, which had been completed partially before its burial
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Hi. can someone answer why A is wrong here?
Only things I can think of-
Workers digging in New Zealand discovered an ancient waka, which is a Maori word for “canoe”, that partially had been completed and then buried
1. past point here is 'discovered point', so buried doesn't make sense?(need another PP, but "and" require parallelism)
2. since "and" require parallelism, then buried doesn't fit along with completed
I knocked B,C,E out because they tweaked meaning by hiding 'completed...' using 'which'.
Compared to D:
Workers digging in New Zealand discovered an ancient waka, a Maori version of a canoe, that had been partially completed before being buried
Only things I can think of-
Workers digging in New Zealand discovered an ancient waka, which is a Maori word for “canoe”, that partially had been completed and then buried
1. past point here is 'discovered point', so buried doesn't make sense?(need another PP, but "and" require parallelism)
2. since "and" require parallelism, then buried doesn't fit along with completed
I knocked B,C,E out because they tweaked meaning by hiding 'completed...' using 'which'.
Compared to D:
Workers digging in New Zealand discovered an ancient waka, a Maori version of a canoe, that had been partially completed before being buried
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Hi, A has an issue with modifier, which distorts the intended meaning.
Scientiest have discovered an ancient waka, not the word describing it. How could scientiests discover a meaning? So basically, (A) by placing modifier directlly after waka tells us that waka is a word.
