Nearly 2000 years after its initial construction, the United Nations declared the Roman aqueduct of Segovia to be a Heritage of Humanity in 1985, prompting the Spanish government to begin renovations on the aqueduct, which had been deteriorating.

Nearly 2000 years after its initial construction, the United Nations declared the Roman aqueduct of Segovia to be a Heritage of Humanity in 1985, prompting the Spanish government to begin renovations on the aqueduct, which had been deteriorating.

Since its initial construction nearly 2000 years earlier, the Roman aqueduct of Segovia had been deteriorating, prompting the Spanish government to begin renovations after the United Nations declared the aqueduct to be a Heritage of Humanity in 1985.

After being declared a Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations in 1985, the Spanish government began renovations on the Roman aqueduct of Segovia, which had been deteriorating since its initial construction nearly 2000 years earlier.

In 1985, the United Nations declared the Roman Aqueduct of Segovia to be a Heritage of Humanity and prompted the Spanish government to begin renovations on the aqueduct, which had been deteriorating since its initial construction nearly 2000 years earlier.

In 1985, the United Nations declared the Roman aqueduct of Segovia a Heritage of Humanity, prompting the Spanish government to begin renovations on the aqueduct, which had been deteriorating since its initial construction nearly 2000 years earlier

Please your help

Arzad

What do you think about the had been (plural) reference to aqueduct, which IMO is Singular?

Chose 'D' by reading first line and by figuring ||ism However, I understood 'to be' issue.
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Chose E. Declared to be sounded wrong. E is concise.

Guys, some hints from the author of the question

The idiom is "declare X Y" not "declare X to be Y"

By making paralell the two actions "declared" and "prompted" as in D the meaning is changed. The promting came after the declaration, therefore E is correct.

This one was hard for me.

Good luck

Since its initial construction nearly 2000 years earlier, the Roman aqueduct of Segovia had been deteriorating, prompting the Spanish government to begin renovations after the United Nations declared the aqueduct to be a Heritage of Humanity in 1985.

Modification error with B

Since its initial construction nearly 2000 years earlier, the Roman aqueduct of Segovia had been deteriorating, prompting the Spanish government to begin renovations after the United Nations declared the aqueduct to be a Heritage of Humanity in 1985.

Could someone please explain the issue here?

Thanks,

Ravi

The reason behind B being wrong is- The usage of prompting is wrong. The correct usage would be- the Roman aqueduct of Segovia had been deteriorating, which prompted the spanish.....


Could you please elaborate a bit more here, what is the tense issue that you are referring to?

Is this past perfect continuous?

Thanks
Ravi

A) "its" incorrectly modifies united nations .

B) Declared To be is wrong idiom usage.

C) usage of being , "After being declared " modifies spanish govt.

D) "declared to be a" wrong usage , united nations prompted is wrong.

E)Correct
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How would you know what prompted the Spanish government though? I don't see why it wouldnt be possible that the UN actually prompted the Spanish government.