When Henry dreams about his late wife, he sees her as she was during her youth.
(A) he sees her as she was during
(B) he sees her as she had been during
(C) he sees her as if during
(D) she appears to him as she did in
(E) she appears to him as though in
my doubt: how do i eliminate D in this?
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Hi aditya8062,
This SC has a bit of a quirk to it. The opening part of this sentence is a modifying phrase; it's tempting to think that what immediately follows the comma would be a reference to the wife, BUT the modifier is describing what HENRY dreams about, so the first word after the comma should be a reference to Henry.
Answers D and E can be eliminated for the same reason - they don't match the opening modifying phrase.
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This SC has a bit of a quirk to it. The opening part of this sentence is a modifying phrase; it's tempting to think that what immediately follows the comma would be a reference to the wife, BUT the modifier is describing what HENRY dreams about, so the first word after the comma should be a reference to Henry.
Answers D and E can be eliminated for the same reason - they don't match the opening modifying phrase.
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in D, did is standing in for appeared, the simple past tense form of appears.aditya8062 wrote: my doubt: how do i eliminate D in this?
The result is the following:
When Henry dreams, his wife appears to him as she appeared in her youth.
Here, a reader might construe that -- just as Henry's wife now appears only in his dreams -- so too IN HER YOUTH she appeared only in his dreams.
Not the intended comparison.
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