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During a cool rain on a hot summer day to enjoy the cooling sensation, nature enthusiasts have observed that the frogs jump in the puddles.A. During a cool rain on a hot summer day to enjoy the cooling sensation, nature enthusiasts have observed that the frogs jump in the puddles.
B. To enjoy the cooling sensation during a cool rain on a hot summer day, nature enthusiasts observed that the frogs jump in the puddles.
C. To enjoy the cooling sensation during a cool rain on a hot summer day, the frogs jump in the puddles that nature enthusiasts observed.
D. During a cool rain on a hot summer day, nature enthusiasts observed the frogs jumping in the puddles to enjoy the cooling sensation.
E. Nature enthusiasts have observed that to enjoy the cooling sensation during a cool rain on a hot summer day, the frogs jump in the puddles.
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A. This option implies that the nature enthusiasts have made the observation in order to enjoy the cooling sensation - this implication does not make sense. The intended meaning is that the frogs, not the nature enthusiasts, intended to enjoy the cooling sensation,
B. Same meaning issue as explained in option A above.
C. The modifier “that nature enthusiasts observed” wrongly refers to “the puddles”.
D. The construction distorts the meaning - it refers to some particular incident in the past, when frogs jumped and the nature enthusiasts observed. The present participle “jumping” takes on the same tense as the main verb “observed”, i.e. simple past. However the intention is to refer to an action that generally happens. Thus the action “jumping” should be in simple present (or if present participle is used, then the main verb should be in simple present).
E. CORRECT. The correct meaning is conveyed: the frogs, not the nature enthusiasts, intend to enjoy the cooling sensation. Simple present is correctly used for the verb “jump” to depict an action that generally happens. The usage of present perfect for the verb “have observed” is also alright because present perfect is used to depict an action that happened in the past whose effect is still present or an action that started in the past but continues in the present.