GMAT Question of the Day: Sentence Correction

A calendar stick carved centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them on systematic astronomical observation.

(A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them
(B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them
(C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them
(D) of the North American Indians and their development of advanced full-year calendars based
(E) that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based

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  1. maxim730 says:

    Yah, i dont’ like my D. I didn’t see the “and’ in there.

  2. Valmik Desai says:

    (E) that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based

  3. saurabh008 says:

    c

  4. Raghu says:

    Answer shud be “E”

    Two mistakes in the question : Have developed.. and basing them

    So A,B & C can be eliminated. Now D and E are left. D is lengthy and inappropriate here. So ” E” is right.

    Let me know if I my approach is right or not.

  5. susil08 says:

    My Choice is C

  6. Yogi says:

    IMO E.

  7. K Sreenivas says:

    its E, Raghu is right in his explanation

  8. nav says:

    Have developed.. and basing them are the errors in A…

    E corrects it……

  9. Done with GMAT says:

    E is by all means the winner here!!

  10. Varun Vijay says:

    E

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