Sentence Correction

Please help me with this question


Some of the tenth-century stave churches of Norway are still standing, demonstrating that with sound design and maintenance, wooden buildings can last indefinitely.
(A) standing, demonstrating that with sound design and maintenance, wooden buildings can last indefinitely
(B) standing, demonstrating how wooden buildings, when they have sound design and maintenance, can last indefinitely
(C) standing; they demonstrate if a wooden building has sound design and maintenance it can last indefinitely
(D) standing, and they demonstrate wooden buildings can last indefinitely when there is sound design and maintenance
(E) standing, and they demonstrate how a wooden building can last indefinitely when it has sound design and maintenance

I am confused between 'A' and 'D'.

'D' looks wordy so i am with 'A' here.

Amit

IMO:A

I m confused between 'A' and 'B'..
It could not be anything else as all other choices violate parallelism.
Why it can't be 'B'??

the first action cause the second action, so , must be "doing". because "church " do not demonstrate.

B is wrong because "how" must go with advert or adjective

A is left.

I think B also changes the meaning. The churches are not actually standing there putting on a presentation showing how wooden buildings can last indefinitely. A more clearly gets the point across.

IMO A

A - "demonstrating" incorrectly modifies "standing". hence incorrect.
B - same as A.
C - second half of the sentence (after semicolon) wont be able to stand on its own. hence incorrect.
D - "sound design and maintenance" of what? not clear. hence incorrect.

hence IMO E.



Thanks!

IMO E.

D is ambiguous

A is more clear. btw whats the answer?

A is more clear. btw whats the answer?

A is more clear. btw whats the answer?

OA is A

duongthang wrote:
B is wrong because "how" must go with advert or adjective

A is left.

hi duongthan , could you please explain the bolded portion above