Being a United States citizen since 1988 and born in Calcutt

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amysky_0205: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 193; Joined: Wed Dec 05, 2012 6:53 amFollowed by: 5 members; Thanked: 4 times

by amysky_0205 » Sat Dec 15, 2012 12:59 am

Being a United States citizen since 1988 and born in Calcutta in 1940, author Bharati Mukherjee has lived in England and Canada, and first came to the United States in 1961 to study at Iowa Writers' Workshop.

(A) Being a United States citizen since 1988 and born in Calcutta in 1940, author Bharati Mukherjee has
(B) Having been a United States citizen since 1988, she was born in Calcutta in 1940;author Bharati Mukherjee
(C) Born in Calcutta in 1940, author Bharati Mukherjee became a United States citizen in 1988;she has
(D) Being born in Calcutta in 1940 and having been a United States citizen since 1988, author Bharati Mukherjee
(E) Having been botn in Calcutta in 1940 and being a United States citizen since 1988, author Bharati Mukherjee

OA: C

can someone explain this~ especially option D!
tks a lot!

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by tomasnmr » Sat Dec 15, 2012 5:45 am

D should be wrong because it is not parallel around "and", right?

"being born..." vs. "having been..."

Other thaan that, I think D is fine, "being" seems to be used properly to describe the noun that follows the comma.

E is also asymetric around "and" and B seems to imply that she was a united states citizen before she was born.

Both A and C seem fine to me. What's up with that?

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by confused13 » Mon Dec 01, 2014 7:56 am

Could someone explain why she has lived is correct? It is Present perfect tense, seeming odd to me?

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by confused13 » Thu Dec 04, 2014 9:38 am

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by [email protected] » Thu Dec 04, 2014 12:26 pm

Hi confused13,

By using the phrase "she has lived", the implication is that Bharati Mukherjee is still alive. Furthermore, while she has lived in those two locations, the implication is that she now lives somewhere else (probably in the United States, given the last part of the sentence).

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