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Based on accounts of his contemporaries, academicians have reconstructed a rough timeline of the life and career of William Shakespeare, who left behind virtually no firsthand accounts of his childhood in Stratford-upon-Avon or career in London.
(A) Based on accounts of his contemporaries
incorrect - the Verb-ed modifier "Based on accounts of ...., " modifies academicians. If we see the literal meaning it implies that the academicians themselves are based on accounts of his contemporaries. This is illogical.
(B) Basing it on his contemporaries’ accounts
Incorrect - It has no logical antecedent
(C) With accounts of his contemporaries used for a basis
incorrect - 'With accounts of his contemporaries used for a basis' is awkward and redundant.
(D) Using accounts of his contemporaries
Correct - this option correctly conveys that the academicians used the accounts of .... to reconstruct a rough timeline....
(E) By the account of his contemporaries they used
incorrect - the meaning is distorted - it implies that the academicians used his contemporaries to reconstruct a rough timeline
Answer D
(A) Based on accounts of his contemporaries
incorrect - the Verb-ed modifier "Based on accounts of ...., " modifies academicians. If we see the literal meaning it implies that the academicians themselves are based on accounts of his contemporaries. This is illogical.
(B) Basing it on his contemporaries’ accounts
Incorrect - It has no logical antecedent
(C) With accounts of his contemporaries used for a basis
incorrect - 'With accounts of his contemporaries used for a basis' is awkward and redundant.
(D) Using accounts of his contemporaries
Correct - this option correctly conveys that the academicians used the accounts of .... to reconstruct a rough timeline....
(E) By the account of his contemporaries they used
incorrect - the meaning is distorted - it implies that the academicians used his contemporaries to reconstruct a rough timeline
Answer D
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(A) Based on accounts of his contemporaries
This choice creates a modifying error. "Based on accounts of his contemporaries" modifies "academicians" which makes no sense at all in this case. Whatever is in the underlined part needs to correctly modify academicians.
(B) Basing it on his contemporaries’ accounts
This choice contains an ambiguous 'it'. There is no clear noun which "it" links to.
(C) With accounts of his contemporaries used for a basis
Similar issue to choice (A) in that this choice modifies "academicians" with "With accounts of his contemporaries used for a basis" which makes no sense.
(D) Using accounts of his contemporaries
Correct! This choice uses "Using accounts of his contemporaries" to modify "academicians" which makes perfect sense.
(E) By the account of his contemporaries they used
The meaning here becomes slightly blurred, but more strikingly the singular "account" pairs with the plural "contemporaries". That implies that all of them together had a single account, which is highly unlikely the case.
ANSWER D
This choice creates a modifying error. "Based on accounts of his contemporaries" modifies "academicians" which makes no sense at all in this case. Whatever is in the underlined part needs to correctly modify academicians.
(B) Basing it on his contemporaries’ accounts
This choice contains an ambiguous 'it'. There is no clear noun which "it" links to.
(C) With accounts of his contemporaries used for a basis
Similar issue to choice (A) in that this choice modifies "academicians" with "With accounts of his contemporaries used for a basis" which makes no sense.
(D) Using accounts of his contemporaries
Correct! This choice uses "Using accounts of his contemporaries" to modify "academicians" which makes perfect sense.
(E) By the account of his contemporaries they used
The meaning here becomes slightly blurred, but more strikingly the singular "account" pairs with the plural "contemporaries". That implies that all of them together had a single account, which is highly unlikely the case.
ANSWER D
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(A) Based on accounts of his contemporaries-- Correct No worries!
(B) Basing it on his contemporaries’ accounts-- incorrect usage of basing as a gerund in sentence makes no sense.
(C) With accounts of his contemporaries used for a basis-- changes the meaning of sentence
(D) Using accounts of his contemporaries-- changes the meaning of sentence
(E) By the account of his contemporaries they used--changes the meaning of sentence
IMO: A
