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50) Selling two hundred thousand copies in its first month, the publication of The Audacity of Hope in 2006 was an instant hit, helping to establish Barack Obama as a viable candidate for president.
Selling two hundred thousand copies in its first month, the publication of The Audacity of Hope in 2006 was an instant hit, helping to establish Barack Obama as a viable candidate for president.
The publication in 2006 of The Audacity of Hope was an instant hit: in its first month it sold two hundred thousand copies and it helped establish Barack Obama as a viable candidate for president.
Helping to establish Barack Obama as a viable candidate for president was the publication of The Audacity of Hope in 2006, which as an instant hit: it sold two hundred thousand copies in its first month.
The Audacity of Hope was an instant hit: it helped establish Barack Obama as a viable candidate for president, selling two hundred thousand copies in its first month and published in 2006.
The Audacity of Hope, published in 2006, was an instant hit: in its first month, it sold two hundred thousand copies and helped establish its author, Barack Obama, as a viable candidate for president.
The last option says: in its first month, it sold two hundred thousand copies and helped establish its author, Barack Obama, my question is doesn't it mean that the book established Barack Obama, as a viable candidate in its first month?
A:
Selling two hundred thousand copies in its first month, the publication
Here,
selling seems to refer
the publication, implying that the PUBLICATION of the book was SELLING.
This meaning is illogical.
The intended meaning is that the BOOK itself was selling.
Eliminate A.
B:
The publication...was an instant hit.
This meaning is illogical.
The intended meaning is that the BOOK was an instant hit.
Eliminate B.
COMMA +
which + SINGULAR VERB must serve to refer to the NEAREST PRECEDING SINGULAR NOUN.
C:
2006, which was an instant hit
Here,
which was seems to refer to
2006 -- the nearest preceding singular noun -- implying that 2006 was an instant hit.
This meaning is nonsensical.
The intended meaning is that the BOOK was an instant hit.
Eliminate C.
Mary opened the door and entered the room.
Here, the usage of
and implies the following sequence:
FIRST Mary OPENED.
THEN Mary ENTERED.
D:
selling...and published
Here, the usage of
and implies the following sequence:
FIRST the book was SELLING.
THEN the book was PUBLISHED.
This sequence is nonsensical.
Eliminate D.
The correct answer is
E.
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