gmat1393 wrote:
According to Greek mythology, Eris, the goddess of strife, threw the golden apple inscribed with the words “to the fairest” at Zeus’ grand feast, which left Hera, Aphrodite and Athena to argue amongst themselves to whom the apple belonged to.
A. Eris, the goddess of strife, threw the golden apple inscribed with the words “to the fairest” at Zeus’ grand feast, which left
B. Eris, the goddess of strife, threw the golden apple inscribed with the words “to the fairest” at Zeus’ grand feast, which was what left
C. Eris, the goddess of strife, threw the golden apple inscribed with the words “to the fairest” at Zeus’ grand feast, leaving
D. the grand feast organized by Zeus was where, Eris, the goddess of strife, threw the golden apple inscribed with the words “to the fairest”, which left
E. the grand feast organized by Zeus was where the golden apple was thrown by Eris, the goddess of strife, inscribed with the words “to the fairest”, leaving
OFFICIAL EXPLANATIONWe’ll go for LOGICAL because there is a double meaning we can easily correct.
The sentence has a double meaning, it is unclear whether it was Zeus’ grand feast or the throwing of the apple that led Hera, Aphrodite and Athena to argue. This double meaning is caused by using the phrase which left, which grammatically can refer to both the feast and the throwing of the apple. Answer (C), which uses the word leaving, is the only answer option that leaves no double meaning and makes it clear that Eris throwing the golden apple is what caused the following event.