Sentence Correction

26. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday by backing the controversial innovation and saying it would have to be used if the standard of umpiring keeps going down


A. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday by backing the controversial innovation and saying
B. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the controversial innovation was backed by the football team captain when he did a volte-face on Thursday saying that
C. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday and backed the controversial innovation saying that
D. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain had a volte-face on Thursday and is backing the controversial innovation by saying that
E. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday and has now decided to back the controversial innovation when he said that

A. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday by backing the controversial innovation and saying
B. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the controversial innovation was backed by the football team captain when he did a volte-face on Thursday saying that
C. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday and backed the controversial innovation saying that
D. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain had a volte-face on Thursday and is backing the controversial innovation by saying that
E. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday and has now decided to back the controversial innovation when he said that
Its A.
In B , the beginninning modifier incorrectly modifies the innovation.
In C,D and E:The issue is that the two joined by and seem to be independent events having on bearing upon each other.
The usage of and changes the Meaning.A explains the stance taken by the Captain

Reporting verb "say" does not require to be followed by "that" .

powerpuff wrote:26. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday by backing the controversial innovation and saying it would have to be used if the standard of umpiring keeps going down


A. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday by backing the controversial innovation and saying
B. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the controversial innovation was backed by the football team captain when he did a volte-face on Thursday saying that <- wrong modifer
C. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday and backed the controversial innovation saying that <- incorrect Parallelism
D. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain had a volte-face on Thursday and is backing the controversial innovation by saying that <- incorrect tense
E. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday and has now decided to back the controversial innovation when he said that <- meaning changes

IMO - A

powerpuff wrote:26. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday by backing the controversial innovation and saying it would have to be used if the standard of umpiring keeps going down


A. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday by backing the controversial innovation and saying
B. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the controversial innovation was backed by the football team captain when he did a volte-face on Thursday saying that modfier problem
C. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday and backed the controversial innovation saying that innovation is saying --> makes no sense
D. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain had a volte-face on Thursday and is backing the controversial innovation by saying that x and y --> should be parallel
E. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday and has now decided to back the controversial innovation when he said that

x and y --> should be parallel but here are different times used (past tense/past perfect)

I dont agree with A at all. Since A has many follies

A) A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday by backing the controversial innovation and saying

since doing a volte face and backing the controversial innovation are 2 different actions. One cant link them together using BY first of all. Second Captain X(did volt face ---) and Y (saying....) they are certainly not parallel by any chance..so ruled out. one is past tence verb and other is gerund (noun)

Only correct option here is C to which every one knocks out comes as a winner in my opinion.

C) A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday and backed the controversial innovation saying that ( the captain backed the controversial innovation by saying something) which is logically parallel as well as structurally parallel !

Hence C

IMO as well C is the ans.

powerpuff wrote:26. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday by backing the controversial innovation and saying it would have to be used if the standard of umpiring keeps going down


A. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday by backing the controversial innovation and saying
B. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the controversial innovation was backed by the football team captain when he did a volte-face on Thursday saying that
C. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday and backed the controversial innovation saying that
D. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain had a volte-face on Thursday and is backing the controversial innovation by saying that
E. A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday and has now decided to back the controversial innovation when he said that

c here too. whats the answer

Powerpuff can we have the official explanation for this question ?

vatsalroxy wrote:I dont agree with A at all. Since A has many follies

A) A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday by backing the controversial innovation and saying

since doing a volte face and backing the controversial innovation are 2 different actions. One cant link them together using BY first of all. Second Captain X(did volt face ---) and Y (saying....) they are certainly not parallel by any chance..so ruled out. one is past tence verb and other is gerund (noun)

Only correct option here is C to which every one knocks out comes as a winner in my opinion.

C) A staunch critic of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the football team captain did a volte-face on Thursday and backed the controversial innovation saying that ( the captain backed the controversial innovation by saying something) which is logically parallel as well as structurally parallel !

Hence C

Agree with vatsalroxy.

IMO C

How do you explain innovation saying in option c?
The innovation cant say anything.

How do you explain innovation saying in option c?
The innovation cant say anything.

see the point is that the football team captain (backed the controversial innovation) saying that so its not innovation saying rather than its the captain who backed saying something..

something like this ....a captain backed his team saying it did well in the Euro cup. and saying is a gerund...treat it as a noun not a verb .. Hope this helps..

IMO : C

Powerpuff please post the OA

prachich1987 wrote:IMO : C

Powerpuff please post the OA

Same here!

IMO A.

C has one flaw. Noun 'Innovation' is followed by 'saying'. It appears as if 'Innovation' is modified by 'saying', The true meaning is that something is being said....

In A, both parts are parallel, which explains the captains volte face by backing.....& by saying. 'ing' form correctly follows preposition.

Can we have OA ??