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Many ancient civilizations were adept at observing celestial bodies, predicting astronomical events, and for developing complex calendars. Which option corrects the grammatical error in the underlined portion of the sentence?

A for developing complex calendars.
B developing complex calendars.
C they developed complex calendars.
D the development of complex calendars.

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

Option B correctly maintains parallelism with the preceding gerunds 'observing' and 'predicting.' The phrase 'adept at' should be followed by a series of parallel gerunds.

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