Why doesnt the OG consider the critiquing... in D & E as a part of an -ing modifier that modifies the entire preceding sentenceThe 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
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Hi Did You read what i saidgreenshadow wrote:The option (D) lacks a parallel structure.
In option (E), the word "his" is misleading.
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