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The wife of the poet Shelly wrote the world-famous and [#permalink]
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106.The wife of the poet Shelly wrote the world-famous and increasingly relevant Gothic horror tale, Frankenstein, in response to a challenge to create a ghost story.
A. The wife of the poet Shelly wrote the world-famous and increasingly relevant Gothic horror tale, Frankenstein, in response to a challenge to create a ghost story.
B. To create a ghost story, the wife of the poet Shelly wrote the world-famous and increasingly relevant Gothic horror tale, Frankenstein, in response to a challenge.
C. The world-famous and increasingly relevant Gothic horror tale, Frankenstein, the wife of the poet Shelly wrote in response to a challenge to create a ghost story.
D. Writing in response to a challenge to create a ghost story, the wife of the poet Shelly made the world-famous and increasingly relevant Gothic horror tale, Frankenstein.
E. In response to a challenge to create a ghost story, the wife of the poet Shelly wrote the world-famous and increasingly relevant Gothic horror tale, Frankenstein.
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Is it A?
I know B, C and D are awkward.,
Between A and E, A seems simpler and concise
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Its between A and E
I choose "A".
To me, E seems to say that the ghost story us "the wife of poet Shelly..."
which is incorrect.
A. The wife of the poet Shelly wrote the world-famous and increasingly relevant Gothic horror tale, Frankenstein, in response to a challenge to create a ghost story.
E. In response to a challenge to create a ghost story, the wife of the poet Shelly wrote the world-famous and increasingly relevant Gothic horror tale, Frankenstein.
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pb_india wrote: Its between A and E
I choose "A".
To me, E seems to say that the ghost story us "the wife of poet Shelly..."
which is incorrect.
A. The wife of the poet Shelly wrote the world-famous and increasingly relevant Gothic horror tale, Frankenstein, in response to a challenge to create a ghost story.
E. In response to a challenge to create a ghost story, the wife of the poet Shelly wrote the world-famous and increasingly relevant Gothic horror tale, Frankenstein.
I read it the opposite way in response -> the wife wrote instead of the wife wore -> blah blah blah Frankenstein -> in responce
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IMO, there is no difference between A & E. It is a style that the author adopts.
E creates an interest in what the author is going to say next
- hence I pick E
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Re: SC-Frankenstein [#permalink]
12 May 2005, 19:38
ngobaotrung wrote: 106.The wife of the poet Shelly wrote the world-famous and increasingly relevant Gothic horror tale, Frankenstein, in response to a challenge to create a ghost story.
A. The wife of the poet Shelly wrote the world-famous and increasingly relevant Gothic horror tale, Frankenstein, in response to a challenge to create a ghost story.
B. To create a ghost story, the wife of the poet Shelly wrote the world-famous and increasingly relevant Gothic horror tale, Frankenstein, in response to a challenge.
C. The world-famous and increasingly relevant Gothic horror tale, Frankenstein, the wife of the poet Shelly wrote in response to a challenge to create a ghost story.
D. Writing in response to a challenge to create a ghost story, the wife of the poet Shelly made the world-famous and increasingly relevant Gothic horror tale, Frankenstein.
E. In response to a challenge to create a ghost story, the wife of the poet Shelly wrote the world-famous and increasingly relevant Gothic horror tale, Frankenstein.
between A and E I go with E because
1- E is simpler
2- The challenge came first then the ghost story is created.
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also between A and E
E sounds better 
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OA is E, but I can't find any error in A
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I'll go with the crowd & pick E, though I find no flaw in A.
Suspence is created holding Frankenstein to the end
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A. The wife of the poet Shelly wrote the world-famous and increasingly relevant Gothic horror tale, Frankenstein, in response to a challenge to create a ghost story.
A is wrong because " in response to a challenge to create a ghost story.
" should modify wife, not Frankestein, so it should not be placed the way it is.
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Re: The wife of the poet Shelly wrote the world-famous and [#permalink]
02 Feb 2013, 09:48
I too find no issues with A or E.
It's just that E sounds better.
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Re: The wife of the poet Shelly wrote the world-famous and [#permalink]
02 Feb 2013, 16:19
Can somebody explain why A is wrong ?
I feel that A is better than E because ", in response to a challenge to create a ghost story." correctly modifies the entire clause. Whereas in E it seems to incorrectly modify "The wife of the poet Shelly" which does not make sense to me. Indeed, "in response to a challenge to create a ghost story" refer to the action which was the "response" hereby to write the novel. The wife is not herself "in response of something". Can somebody clarify this point?
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Re: The wife of the poet Shelly wrote the world-famous and [#permalink]
03 Feb 2013, 05:28
Darmody wrote: Can somebody explain why A is wrong ?
I feel that A is better than E because ", in response to a challenge to create a ghost story." correctly modifies the entire clause. Whereas in E it seems to incorrectly modify "The wife of the poet Shelly" which does not make sense to me. Indeed, "in response to a challenge to create a ghost story" refer to the action which was the "response" hereby to write the novel. The wife is not herself "in response of something". Can somebody clarify this point? I think "In response to a challenge to create a ghost story" is a prepositional modifier. It can either modify the complete clause OR noun. So I cannot rule out E as wrong.
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