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Notice the visual clue of the comma followed by “they” ( “..., they...” ). ETS has given us another Run-on.
The ancient Greeks had a frugal diet and ate mostly wheat, olive oil, and wine is an independent clause that
stands on its own and they managed to make the most of agricultural hardship by creating varied meals with
these three staples is also a complete sentence.
(B) remember it is okay to start a sentence with “because.” The insertion of “because” changes
the first phrase into a dependent clause and fixes the run-on error.
(C) has a “being” so let’s not even bother.
(D) the insertion of the second “and” creates a sentence fragment.
(E) they give us the extra pronoun “them,” which is as offensive as inserting an “it” into the
sentence.
Revised sentence:
Because the ancient Greeks had a frugal diet made
up of mostly wheat, olive oil, and wine, they managed
to make the most of agricultural hardship by
creating varied meals with these three staples.
Correct Answer: (B)
11.The ancient Greeks had a frugal diet and ate
mostly wheat, olive oil, and wine, they managed
to make the most of agricultural hardship by
creating varied meals with these three staples.
(A) The ancient Greeks had a frugal diet and ate
mostly wheat, olive oil, and wine, they
(B) Because the ancient Greeks had a frugal diet
made up of mostly wheat, olive oil, and
wine, they
(C) What with a frugal diet being made up of
mostly wheat, olive oil, and wine, the
ancient Greeks
(D) The ancient Greeks, who had a frugal diet
and ate mostly wheat, olive oil, and wine,
and
(E) With a frugal diet and them eating mostly
wheat, olive oil, and wine, the ancient
GreeksThe Scripps National Spelling Bee attracts
students having mastered words that the majority
of adults do not yet know how to spell, such as
menhir and apodyterium.(A) having mastered
(B) for mastering
(C) who have mastered
(D) to be mastering
(E) and they mastered