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by jangojess » Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:56 am
Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.

A. Famed for his masterful use of irony, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics due to the author slowly revealing at the end of each piece a tragic twist of fate.

B. Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of how he famously and masterfully uses irony, evident in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.

C. Famed for using irony in a masterful way, many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author slowly revealing a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.

D. Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because of the author's famed and masterful use of irony, evidenced in the slow revelation of a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece.

E. Many of Guy de Maupassant's short stories have become classics because he slowly revealed a tragic twist of fate at the end of each piece, demonstrating his famed and masterful use of irony.

OA : D
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by [email protected] » Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:02 pm
A and C denotes misplaced modifiers;the author was famed for using irony and not his short stories and hence this makes A and C out.
D is clear and concise
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why not E???

by jangojess » Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:24 am
what's wrong with E??? the meaning in D and E is diff too...
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by wongee » Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:34 pm
D is the clear winner! Concise and lucid with no extrraneous words.
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