<p>I am not sure what the answer would be for the following CR problem (the underlined part is: Miami…conducted).</p>
<p>For generations, the tribe had owned no land on which a longhouse could be built and
Miami religious ceremonies conducted.</p>
<p>A. NO CHANGE
B. Miami ceremonies were conducted there.
C. there were Miami ceremonies conducted there.
D. the conducting of Miami ceremonies.</p>
<p>It looks to me that none of the answers really work.
But the official answer is A (No Change).
Can someone explain to me?</p>
<p>I encountered this problem on page 301 of The Real ACT Prep Guide (2nd Edition).</p>
<p>A is clearly right. The rest sound insane. What makes you think A is wrong and why does that matter when all the other answers would never be said aloud by anyone?</p>
<p>Try simplifying the sentence.</p>
<p>“I wanted to buy a stage on which a box could be placed and a party thrown.”</p>
<p>Does that sound weird?</p>
<p>B, C, and D change the meaning of the sentence. They all take “religious” out which is “essential” to the sentence, I guess. This has me somewhat stumped too. Does it not have an explanation?</p>
<p>According to parallelism rule, I would rewrite the ending phrase like the following:</p>
<p>Miami religious ceremonies could be conducted.</p>
<p>Is there a grammar rule for omitting the second [could be]?</p>
<p>Don’t try to find the right answer. Mark the other ones off based on why they are the wrong answers. </p>
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