PAVANIJOSHI374 wrote:
Hi,
I have a problem in understand how is option E incorrect.
The -ing modifier is correctly modifying the correctly modifying the part " accounted for more than a quarter", thus explaining the "how" component associated with such -ing modifiers.
Also the correct verb-present perfect is used.
Is it incorrect due to the use of passive form of writing, which is not the case correct option B, which is also more concise and direct.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
There are a pair of related problems with (E). Here it is again:
Quote:
A March 2000 Census Bureau survey showed that Mexico accounted for more than a quarter of all foreign-born residents of the United States, the largest share for any country to contribute since 1890, when about 30 percent of the country’s foreign-born population was from Germany.
(E) having the largest share to have been contributed by any country
For starters, it's not 100% clear what, exactly, the modifier "having the largest share..." is trying to describe. The closest noun is "United States", but that doesn't make sense. It's not modifying the entire previous clause, or the subject of the previous clause, because it doesn't make sense to say that the Census Bureau survey has a large share of the foreign-born population.
My point is that you have to stare at it for a little while to realize that the modifier beginning with "having the largest share..." must logically describe Mexico, which is buried in the middle of the clause. That's not WRONG, exactly, but it's really not clear. And (B) is crystal-clear, and avoids that problem entirely.
The second problem is that if "having the largest share..." tells us how "Mexico accounted for more than a quarter of all foreign-born residents of the United States," then it would imply that Mexico HAS the largest share of all foreign-born residents
of the United States. But we are talking about people that LEFT Mexico! Mexico cannot
have a large share of people who have left Mexico.
Choice (B) is simpler and clearer and avoids this meaning issue.
I hope that helps!
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