Sentence Correction

lunarpower wrote:

mmslf75 wrote:@Ron,

Thanks

But with E we change the meaning
As in A author wants us to select an answer choice that says something that HAS CONTINUED and WILL certainly happen in future

E says in Present Perfect sense !! and does not account for future !

well, remember that grammatical issues are more important than "clarity" issues.

if the competing choices have grammatical problems, and your preferred choice only has "clarity" problems, then your choice wins.

lunarpower wrote:(d) has two immediately noticeable errors:

1/ redundancy (it says "shared" twice);

2/ idiom error (the correct idiom in this case is "continue + to + verb", not "continue + verbING").

mmslf75 wrote:The Limon Dance Company believes that, since the death of Jose Limon in 1972, they have and will continue to perpetuate the shared artistic vision of Limon and his mentor and collaborator Doris Humphrey, who both choreographed works in the company's active repertory.

(A) they have and will continue to perpetuate the shared artistic vision of Limon and his mentor and collaborator Doris Humphrey,

(B) they have and will continue to perpetuate Limon and his mentor and collaborator Doris Humphrey's shared artistic vision,

(C) it has and will continue to perpetuate the shared artistic vision of Limon and his mentor and collaborator Doris Humphrey,

(D) it has perpetuated and will continue perpetuating the shared artistic vision that Limon and his mentor and collaborator Doris Humphrey shared,

(E) it has continued to perpetuate the shared artistic vision of Limon and mentor and collaborator Doris Humphrey,


Source KAPLAN

OA is E

I strongly believe it is C

Wat say ??

lunarpower wrote:

mmslf75 wrote:@Ron,

Thanks

But with E we change the meaning
As in A author wants us to select an answer choice that says something that HAS CONTINUED and WILL certainly happen in future

E says in Present Perfect sense !! and does not account for future !

well, remember that grammatical issues are more important than "clarity" issues.

if the competing choices have grammatical problems, and your preferred choice only has "clarity" problems, then your choice wins.

winniethepooh wrote:

lunarpower wrote:

mmslf75 wrote:@Ron,

Thanks

But with E we change the meaning
As in A author wants us to select an answer choice that says something that HAS CONTINUED and WILL certainly happen in future

E says in Present Perfect sense !! and does not account for future !

well, remember that grammatical issues are more important than "clarity" issues.

if the competing choices have grammatical problems, and your preferred choice only has "clarity" problems, then your choice wins.

Hi Ron.
Can we take the bold and underlined portion above as a rule?
As in, mistakes which are not grammatical and which leave the intended meaning of the author vague can be correct answers in comparison with grammatical errors in a prospective answer choice.

Also, do you believe that we can face such situations in the real test?

Please reply at your earliest convenience.