sivasanjeev wrote:
A Sumatran rhinoceros was recently born in a Cincinnati zoo, the first birth in captivity of that species in more than a century, making it a landmark development for the effort to save the endangered animal.
(A) A Sumatran rhinoceros was recently born in a Cincinnati zoo, the first birth in captivity of that species in more than a century, making it
(B) A Sumatran rhinoceros was recently born in a Cincinnati zoo, and as the first birth of that species in captivity for more than a century, it is
(C) A Sumatran rhinoceros recently born in a Cincinnati zoo, as the first birth for that species in captivity for over a century, is
(D) The recent birth of a Sumatran rhinoceros in a Cincinnati zoo, the first birth in captivity for that species in over a century, is
(E) The recent birth of a Sumatran rhinoceros, as the first birth in over a century of that species in captivity, took place in a Cincinnati zoo,
MartyMurray GMATNinja KarishmaBCould you help me understand why (D) is better than (A) and (E)?
I couldn't eliminate (A) as there are correct
OG answers where the subject of the clause need not be the agent/actor of the modifier (present participial phrase) action
I eliminated (D) as "The recent birth of X....is a landmark development" didn't make sense. Probably because I missed out on the fact that landmark is acting as an adjective.
I eliminated (E) as the meaning conveyed by the modifier "as the first birth...captivity" seemed wordy
So I selected (A) based on this reasoning