Modifier:OG 10:

[gmat740]

86. Having the right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War. Horace Pippin, a Black American painter, worked by holding the brush in his right hand and guiding its movements with his
left
(A) Having the right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
(B) In spite of his right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
(C) Because there had been a sniper's bullet during the First World War that crippled his right hand and
arm
(D) The right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
(E) His right hand and arm crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
[spoiler]
CONFUSED Between B and E[/spoiler]

[rookiez]

B is the correct one

[scoobydooby]

Pippin must have had his right hand+arm crippled in the 1stWW before he started using right hand+left hand. Also the right arm must refer back to Pippin


A. wordy and awkward. uses having and being together as if the crippling was continuing when he used his left hand for painting. whose arm and hand? doesnt refer back to Pippin

B. uses "being" for a past event.

C. wordy. seems to say 1stWW crippled his arm

D. whose right arm and right hand? doesnt refer back to Pippin

E. correct IMO. His right arm..refers to refers to Pippin. uses the correct past tense "crippled" for a past event.

hence, E

[gmat740]

B. uses "being" for a past event.

can you explain briefly?

when do we use Being correctly in GMAT?

[scoobydooby]

guess, being can be used to denote present continuous tense in passive voice - the athlete is being trained for the olympics.

found a couple of gmat sentences where being was in the correct choice

https://www.beatthegmat.com/usage-of-being-t19316.html

https://www.beatthegmat.com/i-though-bei ... 1323.html- check out Stacey's and aim-wsc's posts