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In the late 1880s, the journalist Jacob Riis visited tenement dwellings in several impoverished NewYork City neighborhoods to investigate housing conditions and photograph immigrant tenants' apartments, whose interiors were inhumanely overcrowded, their floors often serving as beds, and their walls often windowless and dilapidated with age and neglet.
A) whose interiors were inhumanely overcrowded, their floors
often serving as beds, and their walls often windowless and dilapidated with age and neglet
B) whose interiors were inhumanely overcrowded, their floors
were often serving as beds, and their walls were often lacking windows and dilapidated due to age and neglet
C) whose interiors were inhumanely overcrowded, their floors
were often serving as beds, and they had walls often windowless and dilapidated with age and neglet
D) having interiors inhumanely overcrowded, their floors often serving
for beds, and their walls were often windowless and dilapidated due to age and neglet
E) having interiors that were inhumanely overcrowded, their floors often
serving as beds, and their walls often lacked windows and were dilapidated on account of and neglet
answer A
i guess the correct answer is A as after ,Noun + modifer can describe the subject(apartment) , we cannot have a independent clause after , except(FANBOYS,subordinating conjunction and ;or .)
expert please explain my concept of absolute phrase
noun + modifer which gives information on subject(cannot contain a verb)
A) whose interiors were inhumanely overcrowded, their floors
often serving as beds, and their walls often windowless and dilapidated with age and neglet
B) whose interiors were inhumanely overcrowded, their floors
were often serving as beds, and their walls were often lacking windows and dilapidated due to age and neglet
C) whose interiors were inhumanely overcrowded, their floors
were often serving as beds, and they had walls often windowless and dilapidated with age and neglet
D) having interiors inhumanely overcrowded, their floors often serving
for beds, and their walls were often windowless and dilapidated due to age and neglet
E) having interiors that were inhumanely overcrowded, their floors often
serving as beds, and their walls often lacked windows and were dilapidated on account of and neglet
answer A
i guess the correct answer is A as after ,Noun + modifer can describe the subject(apartment) , we cannot have a independent clause after , except(FANBOYS,subordinating conjunction and ;or .)
expert please explain my concept of absolute phrase
noun + modifer which gives information on subject(cannot contain a verb)
