So both cannot be tensed the core function ‘communicated’ has to be tensed and the ‘embellishing’ has to be participled. In addition, ‘embellished’ and ‘communicated’ are not two separate, equal functions. Hence, they are out of the reckoning In E, we have no clear referent for the pronoun ‘them’. In A, and B, there is no clause with an authentic verb for the modifier to modify. If there is no clause before the modifier and if there is only a phrase, then it may not modify the phrase. However, if the verb+ing modifier is placed in the middle of a sentence, it can modify only a previous clause. The point here is that when a present participial modifier( verb+ing) starts a sentence, it modifies the following subject by virtue of its being an adjectival modifier. We can't use "their" to refer to monks and "them" to refer to the manuscripts in the same sentence. "Embellished" and "communicated" are not parallel ideas.įurthermore, the use of "them" is incorrect. This fixes the modifier issue, but it changes the meaning. This sentence now makes "embellished" a verb rather than a modifier. Here, the modifiers aren't directly in a row, but they're still both adverbial modifiers trying to modify the same thing. The "with which" tells us that this is now modifying the word that came before it: "illuminations." It's a modifier nested within another modifier - in other words, they're modifying two different things. Here, the idea of "embellishing" has been changed. Same issue here - the modifiers were simply moved to the beginning of the sentence, but it's still two adverbial modifiers modifying the same thing. Two adverbial modifiers modifying the same thing. We need to conjoin these modifiers (if they're modifying the same thing), or change one of them to modify something else. Subject, adverbial modifier, adverbial modifier, verb. The problem, though, is that we can't stack two modifiers in a row if they're modifying the same thing. The core of the sentence here is "monks communicated." The other pieces are modifying: "through their manuscript illuminations" tells us how they communicated, as does "meticulously embellishing." Because they're telling us how, these are both adverbial modifiers. On this basis I rejected C.Ī) Medieval monks, through their manuscript illuminations, meticulously embellishing the elaborate calligraphy, communicatedī) Through their manuscript illuminations, meticulously embellishing the elaborate calligraphy, medieval monks communicatedĬ) Through their manuscript illuminations, with which they meticulously embellished elaborate calligraphy, medieval monks communicatedĭ) Meticulously embellishing the elaborate calligraphy, medieval monks, through their manuscript illuminations communicatedĮ) Medieval monks, through their manuscript illuminations, meticulously embellished them and communicated In choice C, the main subject "medieval monks" becomes non essential. Through their manuscript illuminations, with which they meticulously embellished elaborate calligraphy, medieval monks, communicated their interpretive understanding of the texts they illustrated. , communicated their interpretive understanding of the texts they illustrated. This means comma is not part of "Sentence Correction" and the sentence reads as There is a comma after "elaborate calligraphy" and that comma is missing in all of the answer choices. If OA is C, then as per my understanding OA is incorrect because of placement of comma. Medieval monks, through their manuscript illuminations, meticulously embellishing the elaborate calligraphy, communicated their interpretive understanding of the texts they illustrated.Ī)Medieval monks, through their manuscript illuminations, meticulously embellishing the elaborate calligraphyī)Through their manuscript illuminations, meticulously embellishing the elaborate calligraphy, medieval monksĬ)Through their manuscript illuminations, with which they meticulously embellished elaborate calligraphy, medieval monksĭ) Meticulously embellishing the elaborate calligraphy, medieval monks, through their manuscript illuminationsĮ)Medieval monks, through their manuscript illuminations, meticulously embellished them and
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