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priya2gupta5
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I have a question in OG12 #25. For this question I was able to narrow the answer choices to A and E. I am not able to choose between them!!! I feel that both modifiers: "Based on" and "Using" modifies correctly "scholars". Please explain the answer choices E and specially why A is wrong? Is there any rule for using "Based on" as a modifier?
Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted a sketchy picture of the activities of an all-female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth century B.C., worshipped a goddess known in Latin as Bona Dea, "the good goddess."
(A) Based on accounts of various ancient writers,
(B) Basing it on various ancient writers' accounts,
(C) With accounts of various ancient writers used for a basis,
(D) By the accounts of various ancient writers they used,
(E) Using accounts of various ancient writers,
Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted a sketchy picture of the activities of an all-female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth century B.C., worshipped a goddess known in Latin as Bona Dea, "the good goddess."
(A) Based on accounts of various ancient writers,
(B) Basing it on various ancient writers' accounts,
(C) With accounts of various ancient writers used for a basis,
(D) By the accounts of various ancient writers they used,
(E) Using accounts of various ancient writers,
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If you like what I write, do not hesitate to "thank"...
BTW origin of the word "thank"
- from Old English thancian;
- akin to Old English thanc gratitude
I would extend the discussion from "based on" to more generic verb-ed modifiers and verb-ing modifiers - noun modifiers. 
