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In 1294 Boniface VIII began his papacy, replacing Celestine V, who, having declared that it was permissible for a Pope to resign, and promptly did.
A) who, having declared that it was permissible for a Pope to resign, and promptly did
B) who declared it was permissible for a Pope to resign, which he promptly did
C) who had declared that it could be permitted that a Pope resign and then promptly did this
D) who had declared that it was permissible for a Pope to resign and then promptly did so
E) who, having declared it permissible for a Pope to resign, then promptly doing so
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
THE PROMPT
THE options
• strip the non-essential material and we end up with an incomplete sentence:
Wrong: In 1294 Boniface VIII began his papacy, replacing Celestine V, who . . . and promptly did.
Eliminate A
• logically, which refers to Celestine's resignation, but the noun resignation does not appear
• the infinitive to resign cannot act as the referent of which
Eliminate B
• the phrase that it could be permitted that a Pope resign is awkward and unnecessarily wordy
Eliminate C
• correctly uses the past perfect (HAD + declared) to refer to the earlier of two past events
• past perfect correctly refers to a completed action (Celestine's declaration that a Pope could resign) that occurred before a second action (Celestine V's resignation)
• fixes the missing referent problem in (C) by using did so
KEEP
• Remove the non-essential modifier and we end up with a sentence that does not make sense:
Wrong: In 1294 Boniface VIII began his papacy, replacing Celestine V, who . . . then promptly doing so.
Eliminate E
The best answer is D.
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THE PROMPT
Quote:
In 1294 Boniface VIII began his papacy, replacing Celestine V, who, having declared that it was permissible for a Pope to resign, and promptly did.
THE options
Quote:
A) who, having declared that it was permissible for a Pope to resign, and promptly did.
• this option is not a complete sentence. • strip the non-essential material and we end up with an incomplete sentence:
Wrong: In 1294 Boniface VIII began his papacy, replacing Celestine V, who . . . and promptly did.
Eliminate A
Quote:
B) who declared it was permissible for a Pope to resign, which he promptly did
• which is missing an antecedent• logically, which refers to Celestine's resignation, but the noun resignation does not appear
• the infinitive to resign cannot act as the referent of which
Eliminate B
Quote:
C) who had declared that it could be permitted that a Pope resign and then promptly did this
• this should be followed by a noun (or "point" to) a noun: I like this peach ice cream recipe, but not that recipe because it includes walnuts. • the phrase that it could be permitted that a Pope resign is awkward and unnecessarily wordy
Eliminate C
Quote:
D) who had declared that it was permissible for a Pope to resign and then promptly did so
• looks promising - did so is • correctly uses the past perfect (HAD + declared) to refer to the earlier of two past events
• past perfect correctly refers to a completed action (Celestine's declaration that a Pope could resign) that occurred before a second action (Celestine V's resignation)
• fixes the missing referent problem in (C) by using did so
KEEP
Quote:
E) who, having declared it permissible for a Pope to resign, then promptly doing so
• As is the case in option A, we have an incomplete sentence• Remove the non-essential modifier and we end up with a sentence that does not make sense:
Wrong: In 1294 Boniface VIII began his papacy, replacing Celestine V, who . . . then promptly doing so.
Eliminate E
The best answer is D.
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In 1294 Boniface VIII began his papacy, replacing Celestine V, who, having declared that it was permissible for a Pope to resign, and promptly did.
This is pretty much a meaning-based SC question. We have to understand that Celestine resigned and Boniface began his papacy as a replacement thereafter.
A) who, having declared that it was permissible for a Pope to resign, and promptly did -- "promptly did" should be the action of Celestine, but in this case wrongly is used as verb of the main subject(Boniface)
B) who declared it was permissible for a Pope to resign, which he promptly did -- "which" relative pronoun has no unambiguous noun referent. It is trying to modify the action(to resign) which is not permissible
C) who had declared that it could be permitted that a Pope resign and then promptly did this -- "this" has no referent noun
D) who had declared that it was permissible for a Pope to resign and then promptly did so -- CORRECT, "promptly did so" is correctly used as an action verb for Celestine.
E) who, having declared it permissible for a Pope to resign, then promptly doing so -- "who then promptly doing so" is a sentence fragment after removing the modifier.
So, the answer should be D
This is pretty much a meaning-based SC question. We have to understand that Celestine resigned and Boniface began his papacy as a replacement thereafter.
A) who, having declared that it was permissible for a Pope to resign, and promptly did -- "promptly did" should be the action of Celestine, but in this case wrongly is used as verb of the main subject(Boniface)
B) who declared it was permissible for a Pope to resign, which he promptly did -- "which" relative pronoun has no unambiguous noun referent. It is trying to modify the action(to resign) which is not permissible
C) who had declared that it could be permitted that a Pope resign and then promptly did this -- "this" has no referent noun
D) who had declared that it was permissible for a Pope to resign and then promptly did so -- CORRECT, "promptly did so" is correctly used as an action verb for Celestine.
E) who, having declared it permissible for a Pope to resign, then promptly doing so -- "who then promptly doing so" is a sentence fragment after removing the modifier.
So, the answer should be D
