OG 12 SC #53

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by mundasingh123 » Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:26 am
The nineteenth-century chemist Humphry Davy
presented the results of his early experiments in his
"Essay on Heat and Light," a critique of all chemistry
since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a
new
chemistry that Davy hoped to found.
(A) a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as
well as a vision of a
(B) a critique of all chemistry following Robert Boyle
and also his envisioning of a
(C) a critique of all chemistry after Robert Boyle and
envisioning as well
(D) critiquing all chemistry from Robert Boyle
forward and also a vision of
(E) critiquing all the chemistry done since Robert
Boyle as well as his own envisioning of
Why doesnt the OG consider the critiquing... in D & E as a part of an -ing modifier that modifies the entire preceding sentence
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by greenshadow » Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:41 am
The option (D) lacks a parallel structure.
In option (E), the word "his" is misleading.

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by mundasingh123 » Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:30 am
greenshadow wrote:The option (D) lacks a parallel structure.
In option (E), the word "his" is misleading.
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