anksm22 wrote:Visitors to the park have often looked up into the leafy canopy and saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs hang like socks on
a clothesline.
(A) saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs hang
(B) saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs were hanging
(C) saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, with arms and legs hanging
(D) seen monkeys sleeping on the branches, with arms and legs hanging
(E) seen monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs have hung
Generally, verbs should be in the SAME TENSE unless a change in tense is required.
A, B and C:
Visitors...have often looked up...and saw...
Here, there is no reason to switch from the present perfect tense (
have looked) to the past tense (
saw).
Eliminate A, B and C.
In E,
whose seems to refer to
branches, implying that BRANCHES have ARMS AND LEGS.
This meaning is nonsensical.
Eliminate E.
The correct answer is
D.
Generally, COMMA +
with at the end of a sentence is an ADVERB serving to modify the nearest preceding action.
OA:
Visitors to the park have often looked up into the leafy canopy and seen monkeys sleeping on the branches, with arms and legs hanging like socks on a clothesline.
Here, the modifier in red is an adverb serving to modify
sleeping (the nearest preceding action).
HOW are the monkeys sleeping?
They are sleeping WITH ARMS AND LEGS HANGING LIKE SOCKS ON A CLOTHESLINE.
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