patanjali.purpose wrote:From plant dyes and other natural ingredients, nineteenth-century cosmeticians developed makeup that could even out complexions and vastly improve a woman's appearance so subtle that even close acquaintances were not aware that she was wearing it.
A) appearance so subtle
B) appearance being so subtle
C) appearance, yet being so subtle
D) appearance, and so subtle
E) appearance, yet be so subtle
Kaplan; Why A and C are wrong; OA-E
Subtle means
difficult to detect.
A and B imply that the woman's APPEARANCE was subtle -- a nonsensical meaning.
It was not the woman's appearance but the MAKE-UP that was difficult to detect -- the meaning conveyed by E:
Nineteenth-century cosmeticians developed MAKE-UP THAT COULD EVEN OUT complexions and VASTLY IMPROVE a woman's appearance, YET BE SO SUBTLE.
Please note that the non-underlined portion includes a pronoun error:
she (a SUBJECT pronoun) cannot serve to refer to
woman's (a possessive pronoun serving as an ADJECTIVE).
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