Sentence Correction

aspirant2011 wrote:

sameerballani wrote:What's the issue in case created is used in place of formed.
We can eliminate all the other options because of some or the other reason.
And even using created doesn't change the meaning of the sentence, therefore i feel there should not be any problem using it.
Can we have expert comments please.

Thanks

Hi Sameer,

Can you please explain why exactly is D wrong,though I feel that if in D preposition "is" would have been there then it would have been the best choice out of 5 but now also whats exactly wrong with option D.....

Smelling of rotten eggs, sulfur dioxide is formed in smokestacks from sulfur and oxygen, two of the major elements consumed in coal smelting, react with each other.

D. sulfur dioxide, formed in smokestacks when

I think above part in Green is acting as a modifier and modifies sulfur dioxide.............somebody in the above post mentioned that D is having fragments and is therefore, wrong but I am confused on the same as I don't find any issue related to the fragmentization..........

Ok agreed in case we remove the green part, let us see what we have
Smelling of rotten eggs, sulfur dioxide, formed in smokestacks when sulfur and oxygen, two of the major elements consumed in coal smelting, react with each other.

Does the part in bold makes sense? In case you say that two of the major... modifies sulfur and oxygen then let us consider-

Smelling of rotten eggs, sulfur dioxide, formed in smokestacks when sulfur and oxygen, two of the major elements consumed in coal smelting, react with each other.[/b]
Now see. Don't you feel there should be a IS after sulfur dioxide instead of a comma, so that it make sense. Like this doesn't it appears as if nothing follows sulfur dioxide.

Please,Correct me if i am wrong.

Considering option B
Smelling of rotten eggs, sulfur dioxide is created when sulfur and oxygen, two of the major elements consumed in coal smelting, react with each other.
Removing all modifier. Does this makes sense without distorting the meaning.

Please give your comments, I have expressed my views.

But I hope it helped.

Thanks

sameerballani wrote:

aspirant2011 wrote:

sameerballani wrote:What's the issue in case created is used in place of formed.
We can eliminate all the other options because of some or the other reason.
And even using created doesn't change the meaning of the sentence, therefore i feel there should not be any problem using it.
Can we have expert comments please.

Thanks

Hi Sameer,

Can you please explain why exactly is D wrong,though I feel that if in D preposition "is" would have been there then it would have been the best choice out of 5 but now also whats exactly wrong with option D.....

Smelling of rotten eggs, sulfur dioxide is formed in smokestacks from sulfur and oxygen, two of the major elements consumed in coal smelting, react with each other.

D. sulfur dioxide, formed in smokestacks when

I think above part in Green is acting as a modifier and modifies sulfur dioxide.............somebody in the above post mentioned that D is having fragments and is therefore, wrong but I am confused on the same as I don't find any issue related to the fragmentization..........

Ok agreed in case we remove the green part, let us see what we have
Smelling of rotten eggs, sulfur dioxide, formed in smokestacks when sulfur and oxygen, two of the major elements consumed in coal smelting, react with each other.

Does the part in bold makes sense? In case you say that two of the major... modifies sulfur and oxygen then let us consider-

Smelling of rotten eggs, sulfur dioxide, formed in smokestacks when sulfur and oxygen, two of the major elements consumed in coal smelting, react with each other.[/b]
Now see. Don't you feel there should be a IS after sulfur dioxide instead of a comma, so that it make sense. Like this doesn't it appears as if nothing follows sulfur dioxide.

Please,Correct me if i am wrong.

Considering option B
Smelling of rotten eggs, sulfur dioxide is created when sulfur and oxygen, two of the major elements consumed in coal smelting, react with each other.
Removing all modifier. Does this makes sense without distorting the meaning.

Please give your comments, I have expressed my views.

But I hope it helped.

Thanks

"two of the major elements consumed in coal smelting" modifies sulphur and oxygen........Yup I agree that if there would have been preposition "is" preceding "formed" then it would have been a better option but the word "created" in option B is somewhat I feel to be misleading .........please correct me if I am wrong.......

Smelling of rotten eggs, sulfur dioxide is formed in smokestacks from sulfur and oxygen, two of the major elements consumed in coal smelting, react with each other.

A. sulfur dioxide is formed in smokestacks from
B. sulfur dioxide is created when
C. sulfur dioxide is formed in smokestacks, and when
D. sulfur dioxide, formed in smokestacks when
E. sulfur dioxide, formed in smokestacks from

sulfur dioxide is formed from... & ... react with each other sounds wrong. I prefer the use of when instead of from. Eliminate A & E.

C has a sentence fragment because of the , and when, The 'and when' between commas does not make any sense. Eliminate.

Left to B & E.
If we logically look at the time frame of the sentence, the two elements react first and THEN sulfur dioxide is formed. B is very clear in this respect.

However, in E I realized 'formed' is only a modifier and does not function as an active verb so the sentence construction is not good.

IMO E is correct.