wastedyouth wrote:
The Final days of marie, for most of her life regarded to be egregiously sly and selfish exploitative,were endured with unexpected dignity and remorse.
a) The Final days of marie,for most of her life regarded to be egregiously sly and selfish exploitative,were endured
b) for most of her life regarded to be egregiously sly and selfish exploitative,marie's final days were endured
c) marie,for most of her life regarded as egregiously sly and selfish exploitative, endured her final days
d) marie,being for most of her life regarded egregiously sly and selfish exploitative, endured her final days
e) being for most of her life regarded as egregiously sly and selfish exploitative, marie endured her final days
Interesting question here.
A - the modifier could be confused to modify to "final days" instead of Marie; without Marie as the subject the meaning of the sentences is unclear - who endured the final days of Marie with dignity? Marie herself? Her family? Friends?
B - the modifier "for most of her life..." is illogically modifying "final days" instead of "Marie"
C - Marie is correctly modified; making Marie the subject conveys clear meaning that she endured her final days with remorse - CORRECT
D - Unnecessarily includes "being" what otherwise would be a correct sentence
E - Again uses "being" unnecessarily
KW
Could you please confirm whether it is allowed to have a modifier that modifies the object of a prepositon. For instance in Option A, the modifier
"for most of her life regarded to be egregiously sly and selfish exploitative" clearly is modifying "marie" (object of the preposition "of").
I have seen quite a number of incorrect options where the above pattern was used, but all of them had other problems as well. So I am having a hard time figuring out if
this is allowed.
question as well. Option B does exactly this.