Horace Pippin's hand

[LulaBrazilia]

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

[Patrick_GMATFix]

The sentence tests the proper way to modify Pippin. The modifier needs to refer to him, and make logical sense given what the author is trying to convey. I go through the question in detail in the full solution below (taken from the GMATFix App).



-Patrick