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hey_thr67: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 299; Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:27 amFollowed by: 2 members; Thanked: 9 times

by hey_thr67 » Sun Jul 03, 2011 6:51 am

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

Could you please explain the answer ? I didn't get why it is not B, as here contrast is demanded.

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by aspirant2011 » Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:57 am

hey_thr67 wrote: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

Could you please explain the answer ? I didn't get why it is not B, as here contrast is demanded.

I feel B would have been better if there was no being in the same.......

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by vikram4689 » Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:57 am

Meaning of Sentence - Since his hand & arm was crippled, Horace worked by......

B changes the meaning - it says - Even though his hand & arm was hit by bullet, Horace worked by.....

B is grammatically correct but since it changes meaning, it is incorrect.

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