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Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.



A.Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.


B.Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of how he famously and masterfully uses irony, evident in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.


C.Famed for using irony in a masterful way, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author slowly revealing a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.


D.Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author's famed and masterful use of irony, evidenced in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.


E.Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because he slowly revealed a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece, demonstrating his famed and masterful use of irony.

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Why Choice B wrong? Is 'because of + how....' incorrect??

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Mo2men wrote:Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.



A.Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.


B.Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of how he famously and masterfully uses irony, evident in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.


C.Famed for using irony in a masterful way, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author slowly revealing a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.


D.Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author's famed and masterful use of irony, evidenced in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.


E.Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because he slowly revealed a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece, demonstrating his famed and masterful use of irony.

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Why Choice B wrong? Is 'because of + how....' incorrect??

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C is incorrect because of improper use of modifier.
"Famed for using irony in a masterful way, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories"
This means that the short stories are using irony in a masterful way. This is not true. The author is using the irony in a masterful way.

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Mo2men wrote: Why Choice B wrong? Is 'because of + how....' incorrect??

Thanks

C is incorrect because of improper use of modifier.
"Famed for using irony in a masterful way, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories"
This means that the short stories are using irony in a masterful way. This is not true. The author is using the irony in a masterful way.

Does this help?

Thanks for your answer. However, I'm not asking for answer C. I ask about choice B.

The present perfect (have + VERBed) serves to refer to a PAST ACTION that affects the present.

B: Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of how he famously and masterfully uses irony.

Here, an action that took place in the PAST (Guy de Maupassant's short stories HAVE BECOME classics) is caused by an event taking place in the PRESENT (he USES irony).
This sequence is illogical:
A present event cannot cause a past action.
Eliminate B.