shoot4greatness wrote:59. The Olympic Games helped to keep peace among the pugnacious states of the Greek world in that a sacred truce was proclaimed during the festival's month.
Can anyone explain why "world, for a sacred truce was proclaimed during the month of the festival" is better than "world, proclaiming a sacred truce during the festival's month"?
I chose B because the "proclaiming" modified the subject and the verb of the previous clause. I understand "for a sacred truce" does make sense, but I just can't grasp how it is better than a -ing modifier.
The issues with this sentence:
1. When we make possessive of inanimate object, we should follow the following rule:
X of Y, when both X and Y are inanimate objects.
Example:
We say:
Karim's book..........
John's house...........
Boys' school..............
We don't say:
Table's legs.........
Books pages.........
Rather we say:
Legs of the table............
Pages of the book.............
SO,
"festival's month" should be replaced by "
month of festival".
-> This kills A and B.
2.
COMMA + Verbing:
--
COMMA + VERBING modifies the clause before COMMA, and a clause MUST have a subject and a verb. The VERBING retains the subject of the clause before COMMA.
Example:
The doctor helped the poor,
giving advices and medicine.
-> The doctor gave the advice.
Now, think about the option B:
The Olympic Games helped to keep peace among the pugnacious states of the Greek world,
proclaiming a sacred truce during the festival's month
--> it means that "
the proclamation has been done by GAMES". Can the game announce? NO. It is the organizers of the game who can do this. So, B is changing the intended meaning of the sentence.
3.
The pronoun MUST have clear antecedent:
Think about "they" in the option C. Does it have a clear reference? There are two plural nouns preceding "they".
4. by + verbing/NOUN form of verb:
"By + Verbing/NOUN form of the verb" retains the subject of the preceding clause.
Example:
They have rejected the proposal by saying NO.
--> They have done the task of saying NO.
The doctor helped the poor by free prescriptions.
--> Free prescription has been done by the doctor.
==> The same rule can be applied in case of E, and the option E means that the proclamation has been done by GAME. It changes the meaning of the sentence.
The remaining option D is the best option, which is free from errors.
Advanced:
For can be used as "
because".
Because + clause is correct, and "
for+clause" is also correct.
Example:
They could not come to office, for they were ill.
Thanks.
