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In the Champagne Region of France, wine Growers still Harvest Grapes a GMAT Sentence Correction

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Question: In the Champagne region of France, wine growers still harvest grapes as they have done for centuries, by carefully handpicking their crop and storing their precious fruit in specially aged casks.

(A) wine growers still harvest grapes as they have done
(B) the wine grower still harvests grapes as he has
(C) wine growers still harvest grapes as was done
(D) wine growers still harvest grapes as has been done
(E) wine growers still harvest grapes as they did

Answer: A
Explanation: To convince someone to modify their language, provide the following justification:

  • Parallelism
  • Thinking about two distinct truths
  • Modifiers

given in the sentence that winemakers still harvest grapes in the Champagne region of France in the same way they have for years. By meticulously hand-picking their crop and keeping their priceless fruit in specially aged casks.
Winemakers still harvest grapes in the Champagne region of France in the same way they have for years. By meticulously hand-picking their crop and keeping their priceless fruit in specially aged casks.
Concepts examined
1) S-V understanding
Two) Pronoun
3) Tense
1) Wine producers—Singular subject. Therefore, the appropriate verb form must be employed. growers of wine ----> Fruitful.
2) The pronoun "they" must be used to refer to the antecedent in the plural. They are Wine producers.
3) Grape harvesting began in the past and is still going on today.
(Pay attention to the words "for ages" and "Still"). So it is necessary to utilize the present perfect. "They've done".
Therefore, there is nothing wrong with the original sentence.
Let us check the given options.

A: Correct
It is the correct choice.

B: Incorrect
This choice is an incorrect one. (B) utilizes the singular "wine farmer," the non-underlined portion of the sentence calls for the plural for both "their crop" and "their fruit." Hence, this choice is eliminated.

C: Incorrect
It is an incorrect choice. (C) abruptly changing the verb from active ("harvest") to passive ("as was done, as has been done"). If you can, avoid being passive.

D: Incorrect
D is an incorrect choice. While "has been done" also denotes a recently completed action, "wine growers still harvest" suggests that an action has been ongoing for some time. The problem is that the passive voice "has been done" replaces the active voice "wine growers still harvest" in this sentence. Once more, this calls into question the sentence's intelligibility.

E: Incorrect
This is an incorrect choice. "did" in In(E) suggests that the wine growers have finished their harvest. Growers continue to harvest, therefore "have done" is required in (A) to denote ongoing activity.
If you are unable to identify an error in the original, evaluate the options and look for reasons to eliminate some. Then, infer from the remainder.
(B) uses "wine producer" in the singular, while "their crop" and "their fruit" in the non-underlined portion of the sentence require the plural.
Unnecessarily, (C) and (D) change the sentence from active ("harvest") to passive ("as was done, as has been done") If possible, avoid the passive voice.
The implication of "did" in (E) is that the wine growers have ceased harvesting. Growers continue to harvest, therefore "have done" is required in (A) to imply ongoing action.

“In the Champagne region of France, wine growers still harvest grapes a” is a GMAT sentence correction question. The text that is underlined in these questions has grammatical mistakes, and we must select the right response from the list of possibilities. The GMAT verbal section includes GMAT sentence correction.

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