Akshay. wrote:
I agree (A) makes perfect sense from a meaning perspective. However, I was just confused with the structure. 2 ICs combined with a comma.
Some of the tenth-century stave churches of Norway
are still standing, demonstrating that with sound design and maintenance,
wooden buildings can last indefinitely.
Please correct me.
with x, y can be written as X with Y.
daagh VeritasKarishmaThe sentence is not connecting two independent clauses.
"demonstrating that ..." is a present participle modifier modifying the entire preceding sentence.
Yes, you can reword it like this for clarity:
Some of the tenth-century stave churches of Norway
are still standing, demonstrating that
wooden buildings can last indefinitely with sound design and maintenance.
Though, it is not very clear here that "with sound design and maintenance" is the reason wooden buildings last indefinitely.
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