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Dedicated exactly 100 years after the Wright Brothers flew the first plane in North Carolina on December 17, 2003, the Wright Flyer Replica attracted a 65,000 person crowd to the Visitor Center at the Wright Brothers National Memorial.


(A) Dedicated exactly 100 years after the Wright Brothers flew the first plane in North Carolina on December 17, 2003, the Wright Flyer Replica attracted a 65,000 person crowd to the Visitor Center at the Wright Brothers National Memorial.

(B) Dedicated on December 17, 2003, exactly 100 years after the Wright Brothers flew the first plane in North Carolina, a 65,000 person crowd was attracted to the Visitor Center at the Wright Brothers National Memorial by the Wright Flyer Replica.

(C) Dedicated on December 17, 2003, exactly 100 years after the Wright Brothers flew the first plane in North Carolina, the Wright Flyer Replica attracted a 65,000 person crowd to the Visitor Center at the Wright Brothers National Memorial.

(D) Attracting a 65,000 person crowd to the Visitor Center at the Wright Brothers National Memorial, the Wright Flyer Replica was dedicated exactly 100 years after the Wright Brothers flew the first plane in North Carolina on December 17, 2003.

(E) Attracting a 65,000 person crowd to the Visitor Center at the Wright Brothers National Memorial exactly 100 years after the Wright Brothers flew in North Carolina, on December 17, 2003, the dedication of The Wright Flyer Replica
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by patanjali.purpose » Sun Jul 15, 2012 10:31 pm
karthikpandian19 wrote:Dedicated exactly 100 years after the Wright Brothers flew the first plane in North Carolina on December 17, 2003, the Wright Flyer Replica attracted a 65,000 person crowd to the Visitor Center at the Wright Brothers National Memorial.


(A) Dedicated exactly 100 years after the Wright Brothers flew the first plane in North Carolina on December 17, 2003, the Wright Flyer Replica attracted a 65,000 person crowd to the Visitor Center at the Wright Brothers National Memorial.

(B) Dedicated on December 17, 2003, exactly 100 years after the Wright Brothers flew the first plane in North Carolina, a 65,000 person crowd was attracted to the Visitor Center at the Wright Brothers National Memorial by the Wright Flyer Replica.

(C) Dedicated on December 17, 2003, exactly 100 years after the Wright Brothers flew the first plane in North Carolina, the Wright Flyer Replica attracted a 65,000 person crowd to the Visitor Center at the Wright Brothers National Memorial.

(D) Attracting a 65,000 person crowd to the Visitor Center at the Wright Brothers National Memorial, the Wright Flyer Replica was dedicated exactly 100 years after the Wright Brothers flew the first plane in North Carolina on December 17, 2003.

(E) Attracting a 65,000 person crowd to the Visitor Center at the Wright Brothers National Memorial exactly 100 years after the Wright Brothers flew in North Carolina, on December 17, 2003, the dedication of The Wright Flyer Replica
Problems in original sentence: on December 17, 2003 MODIFIES North Carolina OR first plane in North Carolina (meaning BROTHERS flew the first plane in North Carolina in 2003, but the part before suggests REPLICA WAS DEDICATED 100 YEARS AFTER - absurd meaning; how can replica is dedicated after 100 yrs when first plane is flown in 2003).

SAME Problem in E. Moreover, in E THE DEIDATION IS ATTRACTING CROWD (its not dedication but replica that can attract crowd).

D also has same problem as A. In addition, this choice reverses the original relationship SUBORDINATE CLAUSE is MADE INTO MAIN CLAUSE (and vice-versa)

B suggests CROWD WAS DEDICATED on 2003 (Dedicated..2003, A 65000 PERSON CROWD....)

IMO C

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