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Regardless of their form or function, all aerodynamically enhanced, curved objects made for throwing have been called boomerangs by non-Australians even since 1788, when Europeans saw Dharug-peaking men tossing “bumariny” in the area later known as Sydney.

A. Regardless of their form or function, all aerodynamically enhanced, curved objects made for throwing have been called boomerangs by non-Australians even since 1788,
B. Regardless of their form or function, any aerodynamically enhanced, curved object made for throwing has been called a boomerang by non-Australians even since 1788,
C. Ever since 1788, non-Australians have called all aerodynamically enhanced, curved objects made for throwing boomerangs, regardless of their form or function, from
D. Ever since 1788, any aerodynamically enhanced, curved object made for throwing has been called a boomerang by non-Australians, regardless of its form or function, from
E. Non-Australians have called all aerodynamically enhanced, curved objects made for throwing boomerang ever since 1788, regardless of their form or function, from

I picked C......views please????

Anything but A or B elim b/c, "when Europeans saw Dharug-peaking men tossing" should refer to 1788.

Now btwn A or B, i really don't see any difference. Both use Any and All correctly here, no tense errors.

Come test day id do... eni meenie minie moo.....

Do you have an explanation why B is incorrect?


I also had it down to A because the answers C,D,and E "from when" is not GMATically correct and A/B refers back to the year correctly
B is incorrect because if you look at the beginning "Regardless of their form or function" we need a plural form to keep the subject parallel. B is the singular form "any...curved object" rather than "all..curved objects"
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B. 'Regardless of their form or function, any '-> any cannot point to their

C. Lacks parallelism

D. 'from when europeans...' is awkward

'made for throwing boomerang' is awkward

A is best.
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Regardless of their form or function, all aerodynamically enhanced, curved objects made for throwing have been called boomerangs by non-Australians even since 1788, when Europeans saw Dharug-peaking men tossing “bumariny” in the area later known as Sydney.

A. Regardless of their form or function, all aerodynamically enhanced, curved objects made for throwing have been called boomerangs by non-Australians even since 1788,
B. Regardless of their form or function, any aerodynamically enhanced, curved object made for throwing has been called a boomerang by non-Australians even since 1788,
C. Ever since 1788, non-Australians have called all aerodynamically enhanced, curved objects made for throwing boomerangs, regardless of their form or function, from
D. Ever since 1788, any aerodynamically enhanced, curved object made for throwing has been called a boomerang by non-Australians, regardless of its form or function, from
E. Non-Australians have called all aerodynamically enhanced, curved objects made for throwing boomerang ever since 1788, regardless of their form or function, from

I picked C......views please????


I have a major problem with A -> 'even since' - that makes no sense in this context. Shouldn't the correct usage be 'ever since'???



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