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by heshamelaziry » Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:27 pm
Modern critics are amused by early scholars' categorizing Tacitus's Germania as an ethnographic treatise.

(A) scholars' categorizing Tacitus's Germania as
(B) scholars' categorizing Tacitus's Germania as if
(C) scholars, categorizing of Tacitus's Germania as
(D) scholars who categorize Tacitus's Germania as
(E) scholars who categorize Tacitus's Germania if


OA [spoiler]A, what the hell is wrong with D ? and how A can be correct ?[/spoiler]
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by palvarez » Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:35 pm
What amused crtics?

Scholars or categorizing?

Categorizing. So, you are left with A and B. Get rid of B.
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by Ludacrispat26 » Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:59 pm
D is also wrong because the early scholars aren't currently categorizing (which is what the present form of the verb implies in the sentence). It should be "categorized" at the least.

But as the previous poster said, it isn't the scholars who are doing the amusing anyway.
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