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by ranjeet75 » Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:26 am
To attract more tourists, [u]the canton of Zurich commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues with chiming bells, having them decorated in a uniform pattern by local artists, and[/u] set them up on the streets of the greater Zurich metropolitan area.

A. the canton of Zurich commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues with chiming bells, having them decorated in a uniform pattern by local artists, and
B. the canton of Zurich commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues with chiming bells, they were decorated in a uniform pattern by local artists, and then
C. the canton of Zurich commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues with chiming bells, had them decorated in a uniform pattern by local artists, and
D. several life-size fiberglass cow statues with chiming bells were commissioned by the canton of Zurich, decorated in a uniform pattern by local artists, and then
E. several life-size fiberglass cow statues with chiming bells, commissioned by the canton of Zurich, were decorated in a uniform pattern by local artists, and they

OA is [spoiler]C[/spoiler]. [spoiler]Whether the use of "had" is right?[/spoiler]
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by amit2k9 » Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:59 am
ranjeet75 wrote:To attract more tourists, the canton of Zurich commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues with chiming bells, having them decorated in a uniform pattern by local artists, and set them up on the streets of the greater Zurich metropolitan area.

A. the canton of Zurich commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues with chiming bells, having them decorated in a uniform pattern by local artists, and -- having them - change is tense.eliminate.

B. the canton of Zurich commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues with chiming bells, they were decorated in a uniform pattern by local artists, and then -- usage of they ..then awkward.eliminate.

C. the canton of Zurich commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues with chiming bells, had them decorated in a uniform pattern by local artists, and -- decoration was before setting up the statues. correct.

D. several life-size fiberglass cow statues with chiming bells were commissioned by the canton of Zurich, decorated in a uniform pattern by local artists, and then -- modifier error. several .. eliminate.
E. several life-size fiberglass cow statues with chiming bells, commissioned by the canton of Zurich, were decorated in a uniform pattern by local artists, and they -- modifier error. several ... eliminate.

OA is C. [spoiler]Whether the use of "had" is right?[/spoiler]
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by sam2304 » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:46 am
To attract more tourists, who does it - the canton of zurich, so eliminate D and E

The main clause deals with the two things done by the canton, commissioning the cow statues and setting them up for display. Usage of had is right here because the statues had been decorated before it was out for display. So C is right.

having changes the tense from past to present and then back to past again which is not right. The tense should be proper. Hope this helps.
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by tuanquang269 » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:46 am
To attract more tourist => should be followed by the canton of Zurich

Among A, B, and C. Only choice C make the parallelism.

Final choice is C
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by tuanquang269 » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:48 am
To attract more tourist => should be followed by the canton of Zurich

Among A, B, and C. Only choice C make the parallelism.

Final choice is C
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