NightsKing wrote:
Although trained in Sweden, the renowned doctor has spent most of her life in Africa, grew up in Kenya as the eldest of a missionary couple’s six children, attended prep school in Namibia, and after college and medical school in Sweden, did graduate work in the Congo and Zimbabwe.
(A) grew up in Kenya as the eldest of a missionary couple’s six children, attended prep school in Namibia, and after college and medical school in Sweden, did
"grew up...","attended ... " and "did ..." describe how she spent most of her life in Africa. There are not independent actions. Hence, they must described in "verb-ing" form. In addition to that, a connector such as "and" is missing
(B) has grown up in Kenya as the eldest of a missionary couple’s six children, has attended prep school in Namibia, and after college and medical school in Sweden, did
Similar to option A, "has grown ...", "has attended", and "did graduation" - describe separate actions.
Missing connector.
(C) having grown up in Kenya as the eldest of a missionary couple’s six children, attended prep school in Namibia, and after college and medical school in Sweden, having done
"having done ..." describes an action that happened before a subsequent action was done.
Loss of parallelism between "attended" and "after college" - requires a verb before "after college"
(D) growing up in Kenya as the eldest of a missionary couple’s six children, attending prep school in Namibia, and, after college and medical school in Sweden, doing
"Verb-ing" correctly describes how she spent her life
"And + ," - correctly connects the parallel elements - "growing up", "attending" and "doing"
No flaws
(E) growing up in Kenya as the eldest of a missionary couple’s six children, attending prep school in Namibia, and, after college and medical school in Sweden, she did
"and" introduces a new ID clause starting with "she did" - even if neglect the meaning error, the two elements "growing up ..." and "attending" are not joint with "and"
Correct answer - D