Having the right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War, Horace Pippin, a Black American painter, worked by holding the brush in his right hand and guiding its movements with his left.
(A) Having the right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
(B) In spite of his right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
(C) Because there had been a sniper's bullet during the First World War that crippled his right hand and arm
(D) The right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
(E) His right hand and arm crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
I know this one has a lot of previous postings and it is easy to find an answer wid "elimination method" using 'being' expression, yet I am still confusing in the following issues. plz help.
1) In my point of view the answer E still looks like sentence fragment. Can "possesive phrase, Subject" be treated as a flawless experession in GMAT? Plz note some examples.
2) Apart from being error, is the expression of "in spite of" wrong in meaning side? In my opinion the meaning referring that "although he got hurt in World war, HP worked by ~" seems still ok. Any difference between in spite of and although?
3) Ms. Koprince said "(A) "Having" is the wrong tense - the sentence should be in past tense." in this posting( https://www.beatthegmat.com/question-fro ... t1386.html ). But, isn't a subordinate phrase with participial construction of simple ~ing form meant same tense with the main clause and that, having clause of this question is also in the past tense as the main clause is?
Thank you ahead
(A) Having the right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
(B) In spite of his right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
(C) Because there had been a sniper's bullet during the First World War that crippled his right hand and arm
(D) The right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
(E) His right hand and arm crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
I know this one has a lot of previous postings and it is easy to find an answer wid "elimination method" using 'being' expression, yet I am still confusing in the following issues. plz help.
1) In my point of view the answer E still looks like sentence fragment. Can "possesive phrase, Subject" be treated as a flawless experession in GMAT? Plz note some examples.
2) Apart from being error, is the expression of "in spite of" wrong in meaning side? In my opinion the meaning referring that "although he got hurt in World war, HP worked by ~" seems still ok. Any difference between in spite of and although?
3) Ms. Koprince said "(A) "Having" is the wrong tense - the sentence should be in past tense." in this posting( https://www.beatthegmat.com/question-fro ... t1386.html ). But, isn't a subordinate phrase with participial construction of simple ~ing form meant same tense with the main clause and that, having clause of this question is also in the past tense as the main clause is?
Thank you ahead
