Having the crack Phoenician fleet being decimated by the much smaller Greek fleet in the straits of salamis, the persian king Xerxes, whose initial arrogance quickly changed to horror, fled back to Asia and left his remaining troops under the generalship of his brother in law , Mardonius.
A) same
B) In view of his crack Phoenician fleet had been decimated by the much smaller Greek fleet in the straits of salamis
C) Because of there having been a much smaller Greek fleet in the straits of salamis that decimated his crack Phoenician fleet
D) seeing as the crack Phoenician fleet having been decimated by the much smaller Greek fleet in the straits of salamis
E) His crack Phoenician fleet decimated by the much smaller Greek fleet in the straits of salamis
The answer is E
I can not understand. we are looking for modifier. but the right answer, I think it is not modified the "king persian". If any, can you give some example? I think the right answer is run on sentence. and the right answer needs the word such as "because".
please explain experts
Thanks in advance
A) same
B) In view of his crack Phoenician fleet had been decimated by the much smaller Greek fleet in the straits of salamis
C) Because of there having been a much smaller Greek fleet in the straits of salamis that decimated his crack Phoenician fleet
D) seeing as the crack Phoenician fleet having been decimated by the much smaller Greek fleet in the straits of salamis
E) His crack Phoenician fleet decimated by the much smaller Greek fleet in the straits of salamis
The answer is E
I can not understand. we are looking for modifier. but the right answer, I think it is not modified the "king persian". If any, can you give some example? I think the right answer is run on sentence. and the right answer needs the word such as "because".
please explain experts
Thanks in advance
