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25 Jul 2023, 22:55
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Sentence: 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 => based on accounts this is trying to modify the academicians which is not the right modifying entity and changes the intended meaning. so not the ans
(B) Basing it on his contemporaries’ accounts => again contemporaries' accounts is very awkward connection so not the ans
(C) With accounts of his contemporaries used for a basis => here meaning is like academicians with the accounts of contemporaries .. reconstructed ... which is wrong meaning so not the ans.
(D) Using accounts of his contemporaries = yes this is our ans. this correctly conveys that using accounts of his contemporaries academicians reconstructed .... right modifier modifying right modifying entity that is action of doing reconstruction
(E) By the account of his contemporaries they used = > again this changes meaning as it uses by the accounts of which is not right intended meaning so not the ans
hence ans is D
(A) Based on accounts of his contemporaries => based on accounts this is trying to modify the academicians which is not the right modifying entity and changes the intended meaning. so not the ans
(B) Basing it on his contemporaries’ accounts => again contemporaries' accounts is very awkward connection so not the ans
(C) With accounts of his contemporaries used for a basis => here meaning is like academicians with the accounts of contemporaries .. reconstructed ... which is wrong meaning so not the ans.
(D) Using accounts of his contemporaries = yes this is our ans. this correctly conveys that using accounts of his contemporaries academicians reconstructed .... right modifier modifying right modifying entity that is action of doing reconstruction
(E) By the account of his contemporaries they used = > again this changes meaning as it uses by the accounts of which is not right intended meaning so not the ans
hence ans is D
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26 Jul 2023, 01:48
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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
(B) Basing it on his contemporaries’ accounts
(C) With accounts of his contemporaries used for a basis
(D) Using accounts of his contemporaries
(E) By the account of his contemporaries they used
Explanation:
The intended meaning of the sentence is that academicians have reconstructed a rough timeline of william shakespeare's life and career and this timeline was based on the accounts of shakespeare's contemporaries.
The original sentence here slightly changes this intended meaning as there is no correlation of the reconstruction of the timeline to the accounts of contemporaries.
A pronoun should have been there to link the timeline to the basing of contemporaries accounts.
(A) Based on accounts of his contemporaries
As explained above, INCORRECT
(B) Basing it on his contemporaries’ accounts
This sentence though uses a pronoun 'it' here and may look ambiguous at first, this choice conveys the intended meaning correctly. The 'it' here refers to the timeline reconstructed by the academicians. Also for the academicians to reconstruct a rough timeline of shakespeare's life and career, the contemporaries accounts were used as a reference. Hence 'basing' is correct. CORRECT
(C) With accounts of his contemporaries used for a basis
Awkward sentence construction and completely different meaning to what the original sentence intends to convey. INCORRECT
(D) Using accounts of his contemporaries
This is a trap choice. The sentence structure is correct but the intended meaning is slightly different. Can the academicians reconstruct the timeline 'using' shakespeare's contemporaries accounts? No because the timeline reconstructed will be not of shakespeare but of the contemporaries as the elements, events of their accounts was used. How can that translate to shakespeare's life and career. Rather the contemporaries accounts can be used as a reference to create a rough timeline. Hence it should be 'based' not 'using'. INCORRECT
(E) By the account of his contemporaries they used
Awkward sentence construction and completely different meaning to what the original sentence intends to convey. INCORRECT
(A) Based on accounts of his contemporaries
(B) Basing it on his contemporaries’ accounts
(C) With accounts of his contemporaries used for a basis
(D) Using accounts of his contemporaries
(E) By the account of his contemporaries they used
Explanation:
The intended meaning of the sentence is that academicians have reconstructed a rough timeline of william shakespeare's life and career and this timeline was based on the accounts of shakespeare's contemporaries.
The original sentence here slightly changes this intended meaning as there is no correlation of the reconstruction of the timeline to the accounts of contemporaries.
A pronoun should have been there to link the timeline to the basing of contemporaries accounts.
(A) Based on accounts of his contemporaries
As explained above, INCORRECT
(B) Basing it on his contemporaries’ accounts
This sentence though uses a pronoun 'it' here and may look ambiguous at first, this choice conveys the intended meaning correctly. The 'it' here refers to the timeline reconstructed by the academicians. Also for the academicians to reconstruct a rough timeline of shakespeare's life and career, the contemporaries accounts were used as a reference. Hence 'basing' is correct. CORRECT
(C) With accounts of his contemporaries used for a basis
Awkward sentence construction and completely different meaning to what the original sentence intends to convey. INCORRECT
(D) Using accounts of his contemporaries
This is a trap choice. The sentence structure is correct but the intended meaning is slightly different. Can the academicians reconstruct the timeline 'using' shakespeare's contemporaries accounts? No because the timeline reconstructed will be not of shakespeare but of the contemporaries as the elements, events of their accounts was used. How can that translate to shakespeare's life and career. Rather the contemporaries accounts can be used as a reference to create a rough timeline. Hence it should be 'based' not 'using'. INCORRECT
(E) By the account of his contemporaries they used
Awkward sentence construction and completely different meaning to what the original sentence intends to convey. INCORRECT
