fozzzy wrote:
In October 2001, responding to the devastating attack on New York’s World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, President Bush ordered an invasion of Afghanistan in order to remove the Taliban from power, destroy the al-Qaeda terrorist organization, and capture Osama bin Laden.
A responding to the devastating attack on New York’s World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, President Bush
B the devastation of the attack on New York’s World Trade Center’s Twin Towers occurred and, responding, President Bush
C because of the devastating attack on the Twin Towers, part of New York’s World Trade Center, President Bush responded and
D in response to the devastating attack on the Twin Towers, part of New York’s World Trade Center, President Bush
E New York’s World Trade Center’s Twin Towers were devastatingly attacked, and the response was that President Bush
Please Explain! source Grockit
Answer choices B, C and E all change the meaning to indicate that the attacks took place in October 2001. The grammar on some of them is suspect as well, but the only two that have the correct logical meaning are A and D.
The big difference between these two answer choices is "responding to" vs "in response to", in which "responding" is the wrong verb tense. "Responding" can be used for an ongoing issue (example: lowered interest rates) whereas "in response to" is for an event that was in the past (example: prom night). It has to be D.
Hope this helps!
-Ron