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by maihuna » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:08 am
In an attempt to attract more tourists, the Swiss government commissioned several lifesize fiberglass cow statues, having them decorated by local artists, and set them up on the streets of Zurich.
A. the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues,
having them decorated by local artists, and
B. the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, they
were decorated by local artists, and then
C. the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, had
them decorated by local artists, and
D. several life-size fiberglass cow statues were commissioned by the Swiss
government, decorated by local artists, and then
E. several life-size fiberglass cow statues, commissioned by the Swiss government,
were decorated by local artists, and they
[spoiler]Split: ABC/DE[/spoiler]
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by gmatv09 » Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:13 pm
IMO C ...

[spoiler]the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, had them decorated by local artists

decoration happened before commissioning the cow statues. hence past perfect 'had'[/spoiler]
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by chrispy » Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:27 pm
[spoiler]A - Tense issues with "having" compared to "commissioned"
B - Introduced another subject with "they" and doesn't connect the first independent clause to the next correctly
D and E - Who is attempting to attract more tourists? The Swiss government, not cow statues.

C should be correct.[/spoiler]
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by varchar » Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:38 pm
IMO C
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by anabbasi » Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:23 am
I feel like C is switching Tenses
Active = the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, and
Passive = had them decorated by local artists,
Active = and set them up on the streets of Zurich

where as B has only slight issue of repeative Pronoun
they were decorated by local artists, and then

What is OA?
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by tanviet » Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:51 am
checking grammar, we sort out B. B is run-on sentence in which clause have no coordination or proper coordination.

"having" in A is not parallel to "commissioned and set"

"they" in E has no logic referent.

in D, "set them up" has no logic subject

C is left
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