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by real2008 » Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:58 am
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


why not B?
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by DeepakR » Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:52 am
Firstly, since this event is related to past tense we shouldn't be using being (present). So we can eliminate A, B and D. Secondly, we need to have a pronoun reference for Horace Pippin and E seems the right one. C seems to be awkward with had been.

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by real2008 » Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:00 am
DeepakR wrote:Firstly, since this event is related to past tense we shouldn't be using being (present). So we can eliminate A, B and D. Secondly, we need to have a pronoun reference for Horace Pippin and E seems the right one. C seems to be awkward with had been.

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excellent explanations.....
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