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Verb-ing is used to modify the clause before the comma here in option 'B'how judging is modifying 'a work that spans over 50 chapters and 400 characters and which many scholars' .
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Can anyone explain the meaning of the sentence?

MS completed something, after that "judging its psychological complexity, consider" does it tell about the MS or the The Tale of Genji
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In 1021, Murasaki Shikibu completed The Tale of Genji, a work that, spanning over 50 chapters and 400 characters, and which many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider the first novel.


(A) The Tale of Genji, a work that, spanning over 50 chapters and 400 characters, and which many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider

(B) The Tale of Genji, a work that spans over 50 chapters and 400 characters and which many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider

(C) The Tale of Genji, a work that had spanned over 50 chapters and 400 characters and which many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider it as

(D) her crafting of The Tale of Genji, a work spanning over 50 chapters and 400 characters and which many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider it as

(E) her crafting of The Tale of Genji, a work spanning over 50 chapters and 400 characters and which many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider it


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Why D is wrong??
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In 1021, Murasaki Shikibu completed The Tale of Genji, a work that, spanning over 50 chapters and 400 characters, and which many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider the first novel.


(A) The Tale of Genji, a work that, spanning over 50 chapters and 400 characters, and which many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider

(B) The Tale of Genji, a work that spans over 50 chapters and 400 characters and which many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider

(C) The Tale of Genji, a work that had spanned over 50 chapters and 400 characters and which many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider it as

(D) her crafting of The Tale of Genji, a work spanning over 50 chapters and 400 characters and which many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider it as

(E) her crafting of The Tale of Genji, a work spanning over 50 chapters and 400 characters and which many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider it


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Why D is wrong??


Because of "it" ambiguity.
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The problem with D is not the word "it" in itself--that's clear enough, and we see it in the credited answer, as well. The main problem is really one of structure/usage. We can say "Many scholars consider this book the first novel" or we can say "She wrote this book, which many scholars consider the first novel." Notice that the first option is a complete clause just about scholars' opinion of the book, while the second option uses "which" to form a modifier. What D provides is "She wrote this book, which many scholars consider it as the first novel." Aside from the unneeded "as," we can see that this choice mixes our two options. It follows "which" with a complete clause ("Many scholars consider it . . . "). We need to do one or the other.
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Why D is wrong??

..........which(the book) many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider it (the book)
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In 1021, Murasaki Shikibu completed The Tale of Genji, a work that, spanning over 50 chapters and 400 characters, and which many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider the first novel.


(A) The Tale of Genji, a work that, spanning over 50 chapters and 400 characters, and which many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider

(B) The Tale of Genji, a work that spans over 50 chapters and 400 characters and which many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider

(C) The Tale of Genji, a work that had spanned over 50 chapters and 400 characters and which many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider it as

(D) her crafting of The Tale of Genji, a work spanning over 50 chapters and 400 characters and which many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider it as

(E) her crafting of The Tale of Genji, a work spanning over 50 chapters and 400 characters and which many scholars, judging its psychological complexity, consider it


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Creating a filter: there's a problem with the original sentence. The phrase "a work that" is never completed with a verb. The "spanning" and "judging" phrases can be omitted and "consider" goes with "scholars." We will go to the answer choices with the aim to fix this problem.

Applying the filter: There is a 3 versus 2 grouping of answer choices, evident in the first words of each line. Choices (A) through (C) are clearer. In choices (D) and (E), the phrase "her crafting of" is needlessly wordy, and, even worse, an ungrammatical redundancy is set up between the relative pronoun "which" and the pronoun "it," both of which refer to the book. That leaves us with (B) and (C). Between (B) and (C), the present tense makes more sense, as the work still spans 50 chapters; the 50 chapters are a permanent property of the book, a timeless fact, and general, timeless facts are best expressed in the present tense.

The correct answer is (B).
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