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As a result of this experience, he wrote a best-seller descr

by devikeerthan » Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:13 am
As a result of this experience, he wrote a best-seller describing the harrowing life of the inmates, which later becomes a movie, winning accolades from both the public and from national and international critics.


a.he wrote a best-seller describing the harrowing life of the inmates, which later becomes a movie
b.he writes a best-seller describing the harrowing life of the inmates, which later became a movie
c.he wrote a best-seller describing the harrowing life of the inmates, which later became a movie
d.he wrote a best-seller describing the harrowing life of the inmates, later becoming a movie
e.he writes a best-seller describing the harrowing life of the inmates, later becoming a movie

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by Terry@ThePrincetonReview » Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:06 pm
Choices A and B have errors in verb tense agreement. The events described in the sentence are all in the past, but choice A has he wrote a best-seller correctly in the past but later becomes a movie in the present. Choice B swaps the tenses, with he writes a best-seller in the present and later became a movie in the past. Both are in error.

Choice C is correct because it has both verbs, wrote and became, in the past tense.

Choices D and E both have a misplaced modifier in the participial phrase later becoming a movie. The participial phrase following the comma properly modifies the subject of the sentence (he). It is supposed to modify the noun best-seller, but doesn't effectively do that. Choice E also has the main verb in the present tense, writes.

The argument could be made that there is some ambiguity as to what is modified by the dependent clause which later became a movie in choice C. However, in choices D and E, the participial phrase can only be understood to modify the subject. In choice C, the dependent clause modifies the noun immediately preceding, which is essentially the word best-seller followed by a long descriptive phrase.

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by deloitte247 » Wed Apr 04, 2018 8:18 pm
option A--> 'As a result of experience', this phrase is supposed to have a plural antecedent. which therefore means it will attract a plural verb. The first clause of this option is very suitable for the best pick, but the last latter part which contains the verb "becomes" makes it guilty of parallelism and verb agreement. Because it is known that when the verb in the first clause is singular, then the verb in the second clause should be singular too. Thus, this makes option A incorrect.

option B suffers the same fate as option A above especially in the first part of the option, the use of 'he writes' is critically abnormal to the validity of this option, going by the concord rule which says when the verb in the first clause is singular, the verb in the second clause should be singular too. Thus, the option is INCORRECT

Option C gives an outstanding linkage between the verb usage, proper parallelism and correct verb agreement. It is important to know that the first part of this option is plural so also is the second part. The preceding phrase in the question should attract a plural verb , which is perfectly contained in this option. Being corrected and justified in this whole aspect, therefore, option C is the correct answer!!!

option D, Gerund is a verbal noun that functions as a verb form. Also, it can be represented as present participle or conjunctive participle is not the most suitable word to use in the last part of this option. 'Becoming' as it were is an action that seems to establish the said activity is in progress and not fully born. Therefore, we can say that this option in INCORRECT<i class="em em-pensive"></i>

Option E suffers the same fate as option D above. Its untimely use of gerund in that place is incorrect. It was said that 'winning accolades' that is to establish that 'there's a movie' not 'there will be a movie'
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